Figures released in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed a sixfold rise since 2008 in the number of fines given to cyclists for riding on pavements in Wales. While shop owners maintain that anti-social cycling is a menace that needs to be eradicated, cycling campaigners insist that the data highlight … Read more
A hammer’s a hammer, right? Not necessarily. The Birzman Deadblow is designed to take the place of your standard workshop mallet, and there’s no denying that it’s a classy bit of kit that discharges its hammering duties in style. The ‘deadblow’ moniker refers to the anti-bounce construction, which incorporates a chamber containing loose metal bearings. … Read more
Yesterday’s Milan-San Remo victory by Matt Goss of HTC-Highroad came after one of the most dramatic editions of the race seen in recent years, a split in the peloton just under 100km to go ultimately proving fatal to the chances of many pre-race favourites. It was a long time before the chasing pack gave up … Read more
There’s not getting away from it, Nokon slimline cables are expensive in relation to top-flight weather sealed Bowden type cables, they’re even more expensive than standard width Nokons,and installation is very time consuming too. On the flip side, performance is superb and the design’s malleable characteristics come into their own on bikes with torturous cable … Read more
Matt Goss of HTC-Highroad has won the 102nd edition of Milan-San Remo today, outsprinting Fabian Cancellara with Philippe Gilbert third in a finale contested by just eight riders, including other big names such as Vincenzo Nibali and Alessandro Ballan.The young Australian, who with his first Classic win caps a phenomenal start to the season with … Read more
Attempts are being made to set up a rival professional cycling tour outside of UCI control, reveals UCI President Pat McQuaid at the end of a long open letter to the riders in the continuing row over the UCI’s planned phased ban of radio earpieces in professional races. While many fans of cycling would cheer … Read more
Crank Brothers Cobalt are a thin density lock-on design grips making the transition perfectly from XC trail blazer to road whippet, tourer to tagalong thanks to high quality materials uniting shock absorption and tenacious all weather grip without the chunky profiles. Death gripping the bars when screaming into winding descents wouldn’t budge them but some … Read more
A proposal to make wearing helmets compulsory for cyclists in Northern Ireland appears to be dead in the water, for now at least.Roger Geffen of the CTC, who on Wednesday gave evidence to Northern Ireland Assembly in opposition of the proposal, has told road.cc that the Bill will run out of time when the current … Read more
For me the defining image of last week was of Tony Martin during Friday’s TT stage from Rognes to Aix-en-Provence. Over an undulating 27km the powerfully built German HTC Highroad rider flew, head down, mouth jammed wide open whilst drooling like a rocket propelled guppy fish. And how he flew. Perhaps the saliva detracted from the … Read more
Friday night! before we go out clubbing and drinking WKD and fighting* we’ve delved into the database with the help of www.random.org to pull out one lucky winner of our Charge Bikes bag o’schwag. The fickle finger of fate is pointing at you…benmatthews90!Congrats to Ben (if that’s your real name) and sorry if you missed … Read more
