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Exposure Joystick Mk16
The new Exposure Joystick once again ups the game in the contest for best helmet/bar light, and once again it’s up there at the top of the pile. There are cheaper options – check out rivals in our best bike lights buyer’s guide – but in my opinion it justifies it; it’s well worth the money.Few … Read more
Near Miss of the Day 857: Driver of HGV carrying crane barely misses cyclist during shocking close pass
As far as Near Miss of the Day goes the ‘near miss’ part rarely gets closer than this, an absolute shocker of a close pass submitted by a road.cc reader in west London.And as anyone who read yesterday’s edition will note, Gary was wearing hi-vis and had lights on his bike, something a taxi licensing board objected … Read more
Finish Line FiberLink Tubeless Tire Sealant
Finish Line FiberLink Tubeless Tire Sealant works very well, sealing quickly at setup and staying sealed whatever happened over several months of testing. I did have one strange issue early on which I never got to the bottom of, but it was never repeated.The strange problem was the fibres (or fibers, if you prefer simplified … Read more
Cycle lane notorious for parked cars “urgently” needs bollards, councillor warns “genuine concern” of fatality
More concerns have been voiced about the ongoing issue of drivers parking in an Edinburgh cycle lane, with one city councillor going as far as to say the “rampant” pavement and bike lane parking leaves her “genuinely concerned there is going to be a fatality”.On Friday’s live blog a road.cc reader told us he has … Read more
Forget about folders… the Pop-Cycle’s sliding frame aims to revolutionise the compact bike genre
We’ve spotted a new folding bike design on Kickstarter: the Pop-Cycle city bike with a sliding frame. This rather unusual design, that Pop-Cycle is claiming to be a world first, slides and folds up to about a third of its rideable size, and also ticks the eco box due to the die casting manufacturing method. Like many … Read more
On-the-fly tyre pressure adjustment appears on Dwars door Vlaanderen cobbles
Team Jumbo-Visma’s Edoardo Affini is racing today’s Dwars door Vlaanderen semi-classic using the Gravaa KAPS system that allows on-the-fly tyre pressure changes. Could its use over the cobbles indicate that Jumbo-Visma is considering using the tech in Sunday’s Tour of Flanders and/or in Paris-Roubaix the following weekend? It’s certainly possible. 👀 Looks like Affini is … Read more
Zwift racer banned for hacking data tries MyWhoosh… gets disqualified immediately
The disgraced virtual cycling racer banned from Zwift races for six months, suspended by Cycling South Africa and sacked by his team after hacking data to win a world championships qualifier has now been disqualified from a MyWhoosh event and suspended from all of the platform’s future races until further notice.The news, reported by DC Rainmaker, comes after … Read more
Jeremy Vine tells cyclists to “cycle in anything you like” — wants media portrayal of cyclists to move away from Lycra and race bikes
We’ve got good news and even better news for you this morning — cycling keeps you fit (if you didn’t already know) and even better, it can keep you healthy regardless of if you choose to wear Lycra skinsuits and ride a carbon aero race bike.Of course there is nothing wrong with indulging your passion for the sport, but BBC and … Read more