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Seven out of ten people say they never ride a bike, as safer roads – not more cycle lanes – viewed as key to encouraging cycling, new national travel study finds

Seven out of ten people never ride a bicycle, a new government survey on attitudes towards travel has found, which also revealed that safer roads – rather than the introduction of new cycling-specific infrastructure – would encourage more people to cycle on a regular basis.According to the National Travel Attitudes Study (NTAS), which collected responses … Read more

“They just don’t make them like Mick Ives anymore”: Tributes pour in for British cycling legend who dies aged 84

Mick Ives, the hugely popular former elite-turned champion veteran cyclist from Coventry, has died peacefully at the age of 84, the news confirmed by the Ives family yesterday evening. Ives’ career saw him compete in many cycling disciplines, including road riding, time trials, mountain biking and cyclocross, manage teams such as Peugeot Cycles and Ever Ready and … Read more

road.cc Recommends Bikes of the Year 2023/24: the best superbikes

Over the past year on road.cc, we’ve ridden and rated some of the world’s top superbikes – high-end rides with hefty price tags – and here are the very best of them…For a bike to get into this elite category, it must meet two criteria. First, it must have been tested on road.cc during 2023. … Read more

Bike industry “on the road to recovery”, new research suggests

After a few incredibly challenging years in the bike industry things are predicted to become a bit brighter in 2024, new research suggesting new bike sales could grow by 12 per cent with “easing inflation and wage growth helping to improve consumer confidence” and cycling for transport seen as an effective means to “reduce spending on petrol and … Read more

Lezyne Zecto Drive Max 400+ LED Rear Light

The Lezyne Zecto Drive Max 400+ is an ideal rear light for just about any kind of riding. It’s big but not too heavy, very bright, and offers really useable run-times. It feels seriously rugged too, and will happily take commuting, off-road use and being thrown around in bags. The physically awkward button and so-so … Read more

Has the move to full internal cable routing on road bikes been worth it? We asked some experts to weigh in on cycling’s cable-tidy revolution

Bikes with internal cable routing looks super slick and cleaner than the most minimalist of whistles. But beyond the aesthetics has the move to full internal cable routing really been worth all the extra hassle we’re told it comes with? We talked to industry experts, from aerodynamicists to framebuilders and WorldTour mechanics, to find out…The … Read more

“If you want more groups to cycle, you can’t just build more cycle paths”: Researcher behind study into attitudes towards cycling suggests “range of needs and preferences” must be considered

A researcher from Malmö University who studied attitudes towards cycling has suggested that building more cycle paths is just one part of encouraging more people to cycle and that there is “a range of needs and preferences to consider”.Zahra Hamidi published her work ‘Examining Inequalities in Cycling Motility: A Pathway Towards Cycling Justice’ with Malmö University Publications, in … Read more