Need longs but don’t want tights? Seeking the mid-price option? Then look no further than Revolution’s pursuit. Made by Endura, these shorts bridge the gap between summer wear and winter training tights. The substantial CoolMax insert provides ample support and has good wicking properties, keeping the crotch area drier and therefore less prone to bacterial … Read more
The bike eye is a surprisingly effective awareness aid that is likely to challenge preconceptions held about mirrors. Weighing a mere 60g, the Bike Eye is closest in principle to a car’s interior mirror. It attaches with zip ties to the head tube, giving you a view down the length of the bike and directly … Read more
If you’ve got a BlackBerry great news Lance Armstrong is going to help save you from yourself.Don’t panic he’s not going to come round to your house and make you ditch your favourite piece of convergent mobile technologies all wrapped up in one BlackBerry shaped package and instead making you actually talk to people … … Read more
After the heady heights of the Howies jacket we blagged to give away last week, it was always going to be a let down to return to the seedy world of mugs, t-shirts and general, well, schwag in which the Friday Schwag Grab normally dwells. So to soften the blow a bit we’ve decided to … Read more
megan1. Drawn by the fair hand of the road.cc random number generator. Apparently the jacket will go with Megan’s new bike. It is a large jacket so possibly you’ll be able to get the bike in there too.Get in touch with your address Megan and we’ll stick it in the post. Next week’s Friday Schwag grab … Read more
A cyclist injured when he was thrown from his bike after hitting a pothole has won £7,600 in compensation. Ian Davis, 49, of Ermin Street in Berkshire, took legal action against West Berkshire County Council using the CTC’s Accident Helpline.Mr Davis suffered broken ribs and a dislocated shoulder, plus hip and knee injuries, when he … Read more
We took delivery of one of these a short while back and it sat in the box for a bit while we worked up the strength to lift its 42lb heft out, and remembered to bring some ols-skool spanners to put it together with. I’ve been riding it around the last couple of days and … Read more
Just in some sneak peak pics of the new Halo Aerotrack Rims – 27mm Deep Section 32H non brake surface rims.The new rims will come in a wide range of colours: Green, Red, Purple, Blue, Silver, White, Black, Gold, Pink, Yellow.The difference between these and Halo’s Aerorage Rims is that the Aerotracks have a deeper section … Read more
Isaac the Anglo German bike firm noted for it’s high end carbon bikes the Newton, the Sonic and Joule time trial bike has gone in to voluntary liquidation.At the end of last year the company recalled all complete bikes and framesets made between 2004 and 2008 when it was discovered that certain stem and spacer … Read more
Intended primarily for an MTB audience, these Charger grips well prove interesting to the latest generation of road fixers coming from a BMX background and they make worthy upgrades for other flat-bar road mounts. The grips themselves are soft polymer with rows of tactile ribbing and subtle logos mounted atop black anodised sleeves with laser-etched … Read more
