It’s been a good few years since we last heard from Eddy Merckx Bikes, the brand bearing the name of Belgian cycling legend Eddy Merckx – and while it’s not quite back on the WorldTour (yet), you can now buy Eddy Merckx bikes once more, with a whole new revamped range launching this week including road, gravel … Read more
We’ve seen our fair share of crap cycle paths over the years on road.cc, but one popular active travel route in Cumbria this week offered a startlingly literal interpretation of that unwanted descriptor, after schoolchildren were forced to trudge through raw sewage that had spilled onto the path following a blockage.The sewage spill – described … Read more
The BodyLite Gear NightVision Light is a neat secondary light you can wear around your waist, or that can be fitted to your bike using an additional mount. It’s bright enough to get you noticed and has a decent battery life. But it’s expensive even if you factor in the belt, though the ability to … Read more
The shocking extent to which women cycling in London face a frequent barrage of verbal and physical abuse, sexual harassment, and intimidation from motorists and other road users has been laid bare in a revealing report from the London Cycling Campaign, which found that nine out of ten women who ride their bikes in the … Read more
A lustworthy Colnago C68 road bike in a unique finish from Japanese designer Motoki Yoshio is going up for auction at Sotheby’s this week, and if you want to be in with a chance of owning it, you need to make a sealed bid; the winning price will not be seen by any participating bidders, … Read more
It’s time to check out the very best folding bikes that we’ve reviewed on road.cc and our sister sites over the past year.Folding bikes are a diverse bunch, but the one common denominator is that you can pack them down for hopping on the train, tossing in the boot of your car, or whatever – … Read more
The Condor Odyssey Gravel is a smart-looking aluminium machine with mounts aplenty and decent tyre clearance. It keeps things simple, too, with external cable/hose routing and a threaded bottom bracket, which makes it reliable and easy to fix and the ideal companion for those adventures away from some civilisation, as well as the daily commute. … Read more
Mason has launched the Definition 3.0, its long-distance all-road bike that we first saw a few weeks ago when Transcontinental Race winner Josh Ibbett rode it in the 2,700km Japanese Odyssey endurance cycling event. At the time, we had the pictures but Mason was keeping shtum about the update. That has all changed with the … Read more
The Department for Transport is not on track to meet its active travel targets by 2025, has not ensured active travel schemes are sufficiently joined-up with wider transport infrastructure, has failed to communicate effectively with the public to help tackle perceptions that active travel is unsafe or to encourage more people to take part, and is holding back local authorities from … Read more
