Organisers of the Halfords Tour Series have confirmed to road.cc that this year’s event will comprise eight rounds instead of the planned ten, with large-scale road works forcing Chester to join Kettering in pulling out this year, although there are hopes that both venues will be back for 2012. Meanwhile, the rounds in Peterborough, Stoke, … Read more
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that an advert showing a group of cyclists cheerfully pursuing a Citroën C4 car cannot be broadcast during children’s TV programmes because the bike riders concerned are not wearing cycle helmets.The advertising watchdog made the ruling after receiving just one complaint from a viewer who “challenged whether the … Read more
Kinesis have a distinguished history in cyclo-cross, producing a well respected range of frames, good enough for National Championship status no less, and a veritable cutlery drawer of forks in both carbon and alloy. The RC09 fork is the culmination of all their knowledge and experience in this field, a particularly muddy field. Rather than … Read more
6.34kg (13.95lb). That’s how much this Pearl Dice Pro weighs. That’s… not very much at all. Less than a stone. This must be the lightest bike we’ve ever had in for test at road.cc. Once you’ve added your pedals, this is still well under the minimum weight limit for UCI-sanctioned racing so you’ll have to … Read more
Great Britain has slipped to 11th place in the latest UCI WorldTour Rankings and the country risks not being able to field a full complement of riders in this September’s UCI Road World Championships or the men’s road race in next year’s London Olympics. Leopard Trek top the team rankings for the first time. Meanwhile, … Read more
Measuring just 21x12cm, the Abus Granit Futura Mini is small enough to fit in the pocket of your jeans and strong enough to beat most thieves. It’s light, too, and under 700g, and not too pricey either. The Futura Mini is dinky, but don’t think it’ll roll over under attack. Ours was barely marked by … Read more
Top BMX rider Liam Phillips is to train with British Cycling’s Track Sprint Programme with a view to riding the Man One position the Men’s Team Sprint.In a statement today British Cycling said that 21-year old Liam had shown the power output potential to ride in the Team Sprint – according to British Cycling he will target … Read more
With just three weeks to go until the first round of the 2011 Halfords Tour Series, it is being reported that budget cuts have forced the Northamptonshire town of Kettering to pull out of hosting a race in the 10-round competition.Kettering hosted round six of the competition, now in its third year, last June, with … Read more
We’ve been beavering away here at road.cc over Easter to make our image galleries a bit more useful. there’s lots of lovely pics on the site and we know how some of you like to dig down to the detail when you’re looking at stuff, so we’ve done a bit of tinkering to make moving … Read more
Secretary of State for Transport Philip Hammond has insisted that the UK is pressing for European legislation to be introduced that would help protect vulnerable cyclists from the danger posed by heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), including fitting vehicles with cameras and sensors. The cabinet minister was speaking to The Independent newspaper, which earlier this month … Read more
