The cycling industry is lending bikes and making cycle training available to 800 people in Sheffield during the next two years to encourage them to commute by bicycle in an initiative that, if successful, could be implemented elsewhere in Yorkshire and further afield.Called BikeBoost, the scheme is backed by the industry’s Bike Hub New Ideas … Read more
There’s always plenty to talk about when Rapha launch a new range of clothing and their 2010 Spring Summer collection is true to form with a new small but perfectly formed “capsule” women’s range, an expanded City range, that jumper – yes the £285 one, updated versions of some of Rapha’s classics plus the promise … Read more
Cold weather never fails to remind us of our frailties and biological shortcomings. For me winter = frozen extremities, making cycling a physically uncomfortable experience rather than the endorphin generating pleasure it should be.So, every autumn I embark upon a new annual quest for winter riding gloves. Annual, because despite riding for a long number … Read more
Having just placed my first order on their new online service I am possible tempting fate by writing this piece but I just wanted to say how much I love Decathlon!Some cycle snobs may think this statement is mental but I have nothing but praise for them in general and even in a cycling context.Forget the clothing that … Read more
We’ve given up tiffin for lent here at road.cc, either that or we can’t be bothered to go to the Co-op. So it’s with slightly shaky hands that we’ve fired up the random-o-tron to pick a winner from the nigh-on 500 of you that have put your names in the hat…clunk…whirr…and this week it’s you, … Read more
A ‘bike train’ proposed for a busy road in Brighton has been proposed by a local campaign group.The Lewes Road for Clean Air group are hoping to encourage a large group of cyclists to ride between The Level and Falmer in a bid to cut the number of vehicles using the stretch.The group has announced … Read more
Police in Reading are looking for thugs who fired at a cyclist with an air rifle.The 22-year-old man from Three Mile Cross was hit by an air rifle pellet on Wednesday as he was cycling along Romsey Road in Tilehurst near its junction with Oxford Road.The victim said the shot felt like a punch in … Read more
A BBC regional programme to be screened next Monday (February 22) hints at a large dollop of cyclist-bashing.The Inside Out London programme, presented by Matthew Wright, is to feature a report by Adrian Simpson, who is to ask: “With one in five cyclists riding roughshod over the law, has pedal power gone too far?”Because details … Read more
Like we said over a week ago, Shimano are launching a new semi-deep RS80 wheel that uses the rim technology of the excellent Dura Ace WH-7850 wheel and an Ultegra rim to bring semi deep performance to the masses. Well, more people.This time they’ve properly released it though, with a picture and everything. So we … Read more
Apologies for the the fact that the pics above don’t show the bike in showroom condition but the Salsa Fargo is the kind of bike that you just want to have a blast around on as soon as it shows up, so it’s already been round the block a few times, on the tarmac and … Read more
