Felt AR4

Felt’s AR4 is, as the name suggests, the fourth rung in the American company’s AR range – their take on the aero road bike concept as pionered by Cervelo, so how does it stack up?At £2400 the AR4 it is the lowest of three models in the AR (aero-road) line up available in the UK, … Read more

Riding out the recession: an introduction

Road.cc wrote an article about my trip from Cornwall to Cape Town last month and I thought it was about time for an update from the horse’s mouth.My journey will hopefully start at the beginning of November and I will be travelling through France and Spain before hitting Africa. From there I will pass through … Read more

Children should have the right to ride to school say CTC

With the majority of pupils in the UK back at school this week after their summer holidays, the days of cycling the short journey could be over. That is the warning from cycle campaigners, as more and more children face active official discouragement and bans against cycling to and from school.Just a small minority of … Read more

Eurobike caption compo! Win Schwag!

Here’s a little cameo from the road.cc road trip to Eurobike. but what’s going on? Caption suggestions below! the best one will win some Euro schwag, we’ll have a dig through our big bags of leaflets and wurst wrappers – there’s bound to be something nice in there…

Vuelta Stage 10: Gerrans takes sprint for Cervélo

Vuelta 2009 Stage 10: Alicante – Murcia, 170KMSimon Gerrans, the Australian who rides for Cervélo TestTeam, timed his sprint to perfection in Murcia this afternoon, coming off Alexandre Vinokourov’s wheel to take Stage 10 of the Vuelta. The Kazakh rider, back from a two-year suspension for doping but clearly off the pace in the mountains … Read more

Cavendish stays put

Team Columbia-HTC have confirmed that Mark Cavendish will stay with the team in 2010, ending speculation the Briton will ride for Team Sky.Cavendish, from the Isle of Man, has taken 10 Tour de France stage wins in the last two years, a record for a British rider, and is now firmly established as the quickest … Read more

Cycling stars to visit North Devon schools

With the Tour of Britain coming to various towns and cities in the UK from next week, thousands of spectators are expected to line the streets to see some of the best pro cyclists from around the globe, including Olympic gold medallist Bradley Wiggins. But councillors in Devon hope it will lead to more youngsters … Read more

“I’m not part of your race”

Cracking video (below) from French Prankster Remi Gaillard, this. The infamous joker set up a full size mountain finish on a French Col, complete with fans, film crews, a 2CV support car, motorbike outriders and a man in his underpants, then filmed the reactions of sunday cyclists as they were mobbed by the adoring crowd … Read more