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YouTube driving instructor Ashley Neal visits new CYCLOPS cycling junction… and calls it an “absolutely awful waste of time and money”

Driving instructor Ashley Neal — who uploads videos to his YouTube following of 150,000 subscribers, often tackling topics concerning cycling and cyclist safety — has driven and cycled across one of the United Kingdom’s newest CYCLOPS cycling junctions for his latest video, claiming that the infrastructure designed to better protect vulnerable road users is an “absolutely awful waste of time … Read more

Unveiling the ultimate cycling bargains: check out the road.cc Recommends Bargain Buys of the Year 2023/24

We all love a bargain, and here are the best of them, selected from the hundreds of bikes, components, accessories, and items of clothing that we’ve reviewed over the past year.How we made our selectionsYou know the drill by now. We review dozens of products on road.cc every month and select the very best of them … Read more

“Obviously designed by a motorist”: New “Kerplunk-style” slalom barriers on cycle path divide opinion; Bizarre Wout van Aert/Tory party crossover; Cyclists blast party’s call for bus lane suspension; Footballers who ride Lime Bikes + more on the live blog

Microshift Sword 1x Groupset

Shimano is developing AI suspension adjustment

Green with Enve: Spoon Customs’ head-turning limited edition XCR Izoard with Enve components

Spoon Customs is renowned for its bespoke steel frames, and the brand originally showcased this limited-run Enve Spec’ Izoard XCR back last summer. We see and review many bikes every year on road.cc, and admittedly, many of them are pretty – but that said, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and for me, bikes like … Read more

Delivery driver who hit cyclist and blamed low sun found not guilty of causing death by careless driving

A jury has found a delivery driver not guilty of causing death by careless driving following a trial that centred around the defence that the accused was unable to see the cyclist killed due to glare from the low sun.Christopher Morrison was found not guilty at Peterhead Sheriff Court on Friday, the Press and Journal … Read more

Enigma Edge Frameset

Titanium alloy is an excellent choice for a gravel bike, and the Enigma Edge is a perfect example of why. It’s finished to a very high standard, giving it that dream bike kind of look, one that you want to love and cherish, but with the robustness and damage-resistant properties that make it tough as … Read more

Four cyclists fined as police force shares footage of group ride stopped for ignoring red light

A group ride in Surrey was stopped by police this weekend, with all four cyclists issued fixed penalty notices after “contravening a red traffic light”.In footage shared on social media by Surrey RoadSafe, a partnership between the county’s police force and council “working to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured on Surrey roads”, the … Read more

Joey Barton’s latest unhinged cycling-related social media rant tackles “road tax, insurance and MOT” for cyclists

Telling us a couple of years ago that in 2024 we would be reporting on retired footballer Joey Barton’s career change from League One football manager to social media ranter, after several high-profile posts about Jeremy Vine and cycling, we would probably be fairly surprised to say the least. And yet, here we are…Barton — whose playing career … Read more