A few years ago, around Tour time a French fella got in touch with me to see whether the website I was then editing would be interested in running some animations and an online cycling game* that he had put together… I was, “we” weren’t. The animations starred a cycling hero called Yellowjacket and centred … Read more
Justin Burls has mysteriously purged old faithful ( his Columbus framed winter workhorse) of several season’s grime and treated it to a new chain. This loyal, high mileage (and some might say, mistreated) racy winter companion extrudes a really authentic lived-in beauty rendering it all the more desirable. True, the salt monster has left his calling card … Read more
We met up with Rory from U.S.E. recently for breakfast and a talk through the new range of Exposure lights. Well regarded in mountainbike circles where their cable free design and long run-time has gained many fans the Exposure portfolio has expanded to include some models that should prick the interest of road users. Allow … Read more
If you’re not familiar with the concept of the Buff, then you’re missing out on what is a supremely useful and versatile piece of kit. Named by the manufacturer as ‘Multi-Function Headwear’ the original Buff is essentially a lightweight seamless microfibre tube that can be used as a throat warmer, bandana, beanie, or any other … Read more
We know that many of you look forward to Cervélo TestTeam’sBeyond The Peloton films, which give a fly-on-the-wall take on the ProTour outfit’s debut season, as much as we do here at road.cc.Now, the fourth and final video covering the team’s Tour de France campaign this year has been put online and like its predecessors, … Read more
London’s Mayor today announced that he was giving the London Borough’s £155m for local transport improvements including £1.49m to “support” Cycle Superhighways. The announcement comes hot on the heels of the release of details of the charging regime for his new bike hire scheme.According to a Transport for London (TfL) statement the funding is designed … Read more
According to two out of five road.cc users, using an iPod while cycling should be discouraged but not banned, while one and three believe that the whole issue is a red herring and there are much bigger problems facing cyclists out there.Meanwhile, only a little over one in seven say that the practice should be … Read more
Phew. Yesterday’s news that Bradley Wiggins has signed on the dotted line for team Sky has finally drawn a line under the 2009 road season, and now we can all look forward to what promises to be an equally intriguing 2010.But before we consign 2009 to the history books, we want to know who you … Read more
A study has found that the number of car drivers illegally using hand-held mobile phones at the wheel has doubled in the past two years. Similar patterns were observed among taxi and van drivers.The research was carried out by the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), which surveyed 12,000 cars and taxis and 2,500 vans in 30 … Read more
Transport for London (TfL) has announced that London’s Cycle Hire scheme, which is due to launch next summer, will be free for the first half an hour of use. However users will have to pay a daily, weekly, or annual access fee first before throwing a leg over one of the 6,000 new hire bikes. … Read more
