We went on a Milton Keynes double header earlier this week, checking out the new ranges from Genesis and Ridgeback and Trek and Gary Fisher. We’ve had a look at the G-man’s new road bike so now let’s turn our attention to some homegrown bikes from Genesis and Ridgeback. We had a sneak peak at some … Read more
If the Genesis launch we’ve just been to is any kind of barometer then we’re set to see a lot more steel bikes returning to UK roads over the next year. And one that’s made it all the way to the doors of road.cc is the Dawes Sportif Comp, an £849 Audax and light touring … Read more
The prospect of Bradley Wiggins riding for Team Sky is certainly an exciting one – too exciting for many in the British media, road.cc included, to wait until it was actually a done deal. Reports in various media outlets today were saying that agreement had been reached on a deal to bring Wiggins to Team … Read more
From Monday, October 5-Sunday, October 11 the I Bike MCR Mini Festival takes over Manchester with a huge array of bicycling activities and events that would appeal to anyone on two wheels.I Bike MCR are a grassroots community group of cyclists that began organising bicycle festivals and events in Manchester in 2006. The founder of … Read more
Light and Motion make some pretty serious lights and the Vega 120 is the latest evolution of their original groundbreaking Vega. It’s an unusual looking piece of kit, with beefy looking cooling fins sitting at the front of a wide case. It’s distinctive, if not elegant, and looks like it should survive the rough and … Read more
Edvald Boasson Hagen made it four in a row today winning the sprint for the stage from Frome to Bideford in the West Country, his soon to be team team principal, Dave Brailsford must be hugging himself in anticipation at the prospect of what the young Norwegian rider will be capable of next season in … Read more
Plans to create a traffic-free route that will link two South Wales valley communities have been given the go-ahead following a Welsh Assembly announcement. The new £1.1m vehicle-free route will link Pontypridd and Treforest for people wanting to travel by bike or on foot.The scheme is part of the planned £16m Valleys Cycle Network project … Read more
Image © UnipublicVuelta Stage 18: Talavera de la Reina – Avila, 165KMIreland’s Philip Deignan of Cervélo TestTeam came out ahead in a gripping, winner-takes-all game of cat-and-mouse against Liquigas rider Roman Kreuziger to claim Stage 18 of the Vuelta this afternoon in the walled city of Avila.On a rainswept afternoon with the route punctuated by … Read more
Transport chiefs in Edinburgh are set to spend up to £150,000 on a cycle “corridor” across the south of the city. The route, which will link Edinburgh University’s George Square and King’s Buildings campuses, is among a range of measures to be put in place as council bosses work towards ambitious targets for promoting cycling … Read more
A debate took place on Channel 4 News at Noon today about cycle helmets after accident and emergency doctors demanded that the government make it illegal for under-16s to cycle without a helmet. The Association of Paediatric Emergency Medicine voted this morning for a change in the law to help reduce the number of children … Read more
