The Oladance OWS Sports open-ear headphones have a pair of 23x10mm drivers that provide a crisp, clear, high-quality sound – with an impressive bass – while still allowing you to hear your surroundings. Throw in a great battery life, low weight and a first-rate build quality and you’ve got a pair of phones with very few … Read more
As Remco Evenepoel and Primož Roglič gather today in the suburbs to the north-west of France’s capital for the opening stage of Paris-Nice – for what many believe to be the real start to the stage racing season – the professional cycling is still reeling from the shock and awe inflicted upon it yesterday by … Read more
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has acquired Wiggle Chain Reaction Cycles’ brand and intellectual property in a deal believed to be worth less than £10 million, according to reports.The deal for the online cycling retailer, first reported by road.cc last week, will see Frasers Group – now run by former Newcastle United owner Ashley’s son-in-law Michael … Read more
A cyclist has criticised what she believes is the “pure discrimination” faced by people on bikes using ferry services, after she was refused entry by Irish Ferries – despite booking a motorcycle ticket – and left stranded at night and forced to take a lengthy, complicated detour to make it home a day later.Tipperary-based Elaine … Read more
“Bonkers… absurd”. It doesn’t happen too often, but Eurosport’s British champion-turned-ever effervescent commentator Adam Blythe was lost for words.Because, just like the showers that turned Tuscany’s famous white roads an earthy brown during the previous 15 minutes, with 81km to go of this year’s expanded version of Strade Bianche, Tadej Pogačar changed the complexion of … Read more
Spring has sprung and so has this month’s curated selection of the best bikes and products reviewed on road.cc in February. 11 products make it into our latest road.cc Recommends selection which features bikes from Pearson, Argon 18 and Tern, wheels from Hunt and clothing from MAAP, Gorewear, Velocio and Iris. While these 11 are … Read more
A legally blind man has received his second conviction in as many years for cycling while drunk, after police found him riding his bike in an “extremely unsteady” manner along the hard shoulder of a dual carriageway after a night out.Gintaras Jankauskas was fined €200 by a judge at Letterkenny District Court this week, after … Read more
The Jagwire Sport Zip Tie Cutter is an excellent tool for anyone regularly working on bikes who wants a professional, safe, zip-tie-trimming finish delivered to common-sense home and workplace safety standards.Bikes Love Zip-ties. It’s a rare bicycle indeed that doesn’t have at least one or two zip-ties on its person somewhere. And the golden rule … Read more
Whether you’ve just entered your first sportive, have a target event on the horizon or are one of the very best in the world, thorough preparation can make or break how an event goes. It can be the difference between achieving that lifelong dream, and being sat on the side of the road crying! To … Read more
The women’s cycling team that made headlines across the sporting world this week, after the UCI dished out sanctions including a one-race suspension for the entire team, have blamed its “fraudulent actions”, namely dressing a mechanic up as an ill rider to avoid disqualification from a race, on a “rogue director” and said he would not be working … Read more
