Bell are launching two new helmets for 2011 that incorporate several commuter-friendly features while keeping the styling low-key.Details are limited – the US manufacturer has only shown us a few pages out of the dealer catalogue so far – but the models are called the Muni and the Arella. Reading between the lines, we’re saying … Read more
Kona have announced that they’ll be making their long-standing Major Jake cyclocross machine in carbon fibre next year. The traditionally scandium alloy bike, which is often pressed into service as a year-round commuter, will be built to the same geometries as previously but, Kona say, it’ll be both stiffer and lighter.The Major Jakes gets a … Read more
Mark Cavendish may have claimed his third win of this year’s Tour de France in Bourg-les-Valence this afternoon to move back into contention in the points competition, but after his 13th career stage victory, Lady Luck – or rather, the race commissaries – immediately dealt him a card that severely weakens his hand by kicking … Read more
Mark Cavendish of HTC-Columbia took his third sprint of this year’s Tour de France, winning Stage 11 in Bourg-les-Valence this afternoon, as team-mate Mark Renshaw used his head – quite literally – to move Garmin-Transitions lead-out man Julian Dean out of the way to free up the way for the Manxman to sprint to the … Read more
A cyclist who suffered a shattered arm when he was hit by a car, requiring him to undergo five hours of surgery, has criticised the apparent leniency of the driver’s sentence and highlighted the disparity between the punishment handed out to the driver and that given for more trivial offences that don’t involve bodily injury.Stewart … Read more
Off to London town to hang with some hipsters, and TR for the Charge Bikes 2011 Press Day, this is Charge’s launch for the mainstream press and is somewhere between a sneak peek and a range launch, but with a free bar and pizza thrown in and minus the Powerpoint presentation on frame angles and … Read more
Remember the powered pedals? There was plenty of discussion on road.cc as to whether they’d even work, let alone be a good way of getting some power assistance on your bike. Well we’re a step closer to finding out whether the technology can make it to your bike shop, as inventor Stephen Britt has landed … Read more
British Cycling says that four new cycling facilities opening across Britain this Summer reflect a “major development” in its attempts to introduce up-to-date facilities to meet increasing demand as a result of the boom in cycling.The facilities comprise closed road circuits at Ashton under Lyne in Tameside, Greater Manchester, and Stourport in the West Midlands, … Read more
So we’re halway through an exciting Tour de France, and the road.cc Fantasy TDF game has been a big hit. As we write it’s The Pedal Os topping the leaderboard with 830 points from 11 completed stages (well, ten plus the prologue) – that’s an average of 75 points a stage, not bad at all! … Read more
The Silene bar bag from Abus is a bit different from the norm, turning away from the common box type shape of many bar bags, where the lid can often be used for maps, towards a more ‘handbag’ like shape, complete with compartments, padding and even a shoulder strap. It’s the kind of bar bag … Read more
