Almost everybody who has ever jumped aboard a bicycle has, even for only a fraction of a second, fantasised about competing in a Grand Tour like the Giro d’Italia. There’s a unique excitement that comes with the idea of soaking up the sights and sounds of one of cycling’s greatest events, whilst competing against the world’s … Read more
The SKS Rennkompressor NXT has an old-school style – maybe it should be LST instead of NXT – and a substantial build that feels good for the high price. Unfortunately, the fancy metal and wooden parts are arguably outperformed by cheaper plastic ones, and the retro design extends to the ergonomics – it’s like they … Read more
For episode 78 of the road.cc Podcast, we donned our reading glasses, grabbed our bikes, and headed over to the National Cycle Network, that underfunded, unwieldy, often fractured, but very important collection of routes, lanes, and paths used by cyclists across the UK and which forms the central subject of Laura Laker’s brilliant new book, Potholes … Read more
The Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council has announced that it will be investing more than £40,000 to install CCTV cameras at an upgraded Teesside cycle route in a bid to deter anti-social behaviour.The council completed improvement work last autumn on a two mile-section of Black Path between Harcourt Road in South Bank and Ormesby High Street, also known locally as … Read more
While low traffic neighbourhoods have become the battlegrounds for active travel policies, often drawing up deep, divisive lines ever since the proliferation during the lockdown, there have been few which have piqued passion, dialogue and action as the one in Exeter. After months of vandalism, protests, and intimidation of local politicians, now cyclists are mounting a last resort … Read more
A new report published by Transport for London (TfL) has revealed that pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists continue to be the most vulnerable road users in the capital, making up 80 per cent of all people killed or seriously injured in 2023, while drivers were involved in 68 per cent of all casualties on London’s roads.According to TfL, the … Read more
We told you earlier in the week that F1 driver Valtteri Bottas had been seen riding an unreleased Canyon Aeroad CFR aero road bike, and now it looks like the updated model is being raced by Movistar at the Critérium du Dauphiné in France. Canyon Aeroad spotted at Critérium du Dauphiné (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)Canyon Aeroad spotted at … Read more
