Lawrence Dallaglio isn’t a name you’d normally associate with cycling, but the former England rugby captain is saddling up for a 2,800km charity expedition this February, and dragging a hoard of celebrities and an army of volunteers along for the ride. As you might expect, there’s a big rugby influence on the route.The Dallaglio Cycle … Read more
Another contender for the round-the-world cycling record has pedalled forward in a bid to outdo Julian Emre Sayarer and road.cc favourite James Bowthorpe, who both set global benchmarks in 2009.Vin Cox, who lives in Cornwall, will visit six continents and cross more than 20 countries in 2010, as he aims to beat the 165 day … Read more
Weatherbeaten, abused and shoved into a damp handlebars bag, the trusty OS map is still the maintstay of the serious touring cyclist – but perhaps not for much longer if a new iPhone application called Outdoors lives up to its promise.It was only a matter of time before someone replaced it digitally and here it … Read more
A plan to put 10,000 electric vehicles (EVs) on the streets of Amsterdam in five years has met with fierce resistance from an unlikely quarter – the city’s famed body of cyclists.Cyclists say that the promotion of EVs will diminish the status of the bike, swallowing up a large portion of the 550,000 parking spots currently used … Read more
The Government has dismissed a call for better safety standards for LGV (large goods vehicles) drivers in relation to cyclists.More than 4,000 people signed the petition on the 10 Downing St website to ‘reduce to zero’ the number of cyclists killed by LGVs.The petitioner, Joanne Clegg, called for a two-part safety standard that would be … Read more
Between now and the New Year various members of the road.cc team are picking their most memorable moments from the vast amount of news, review, blogs and features that have appeared on road.cc in the last 12 months. On Boxing Day TR dragged himself away from the turkey leftovers to give us his list and … Read more
A cyclist killed at a central London junction would still be alive if the lorry that hit her hadn’t broken the law, her boyfriend told an inquest.Maria Fernandez, 24, died from head injuries sustained following the crash at Holborn Circus. A bin lorry had crept into the green ‘bike box’ zone at the lights then … Read more
Tom Zirbel, the American time trial specialist who finished a surprise fourth behind Fabian Cancellara in the discipline at this year’s UCI World Championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland, has announced that he has tested positive for the banned steroid, DHEA.The positive test relates to a urine sample taken at the end of August at the US … Read more
Way back in the mists of time we took a look at the 09 version of this pump. Now we have the new, updated version to play with. Question is, have Lezyne improved it?Well, yes they have. The main criticism that we had was that the valve was a cheap and faffy plastic arrangement which … Read more
Cinelli’s Vai handlebar has been around for a while now but it’s still well worth a look. As the ancient engineering cliche goes, pick any two from light, stiff or cheap. The Vai certainly ticks the cheap and stiff boxes, but light it ain’t.The 44cm comes in at around 400g, hefty in handlebar terms but … Read more
