When the weather turns chilly on your bike ride — or if you’re riding outside after the frigid depths of winter but it’s still a bit nippy out there — arm and leg warmers are a useful weapon in your bad-weather armoury. Welcome to the latest edition of road.cc’s buyer’s guide to arm and leg warmers … Read more
Bristol City Council has agreed to move the planned location of a cycle rack – originally intended to be positioned outside a city centre church – after churchgoers and opposition councillors branded it a “flagrant act of vandalism” and claimed the bike rack would “block access for hearses”.The soon-to-installed covered cycle rack forms part of … Read more
We know that our readers are always looking for the best products out there and our reviews are here to help you choose the best of the best. road.cc recommends is a badge that only the best-performing products will claim – and it’s rewarded for those products that have scored very highly in our rigorous testing. We review … Read more
Team DSM may currently be under a rather dubious investigation by the UCI for their controversial road-blocking tactics at last weekend’s Tour of Flanders, but another innovative scheme seems to have slipped through the net of the notoriously picky and hard to please governing body: the use of a ground-breaking on-the-fly tyre pressure adjustment system, … Read more
The Btwin Ultra Compact 1 Second Light packs small, is easy to carry and includes a range of features that make it excellent value for money. Reservations about the handling limit its versatility, but if your ride to the station is more or less flat, it’s a viable alternative to a Brompton.If you’re interested in … Read more
Lotte Kopecky of SD Worx won the Tour of Flanders for a second time on Sunday, making it look easy with an acceleration on the final ascent of the Kwaremont, and here’s the Specialized Tarmac SL7 she was riding.SD Worx has dominated the UCI Women’s World Tour this spring, taking victories at Strade Bianche, Gent … Read more
Tailfin’s aim for its top tube bag range is unapologetic: fix the problems with the current crop based on rider feedback, and make this the ‘ultimate’ version. And you know what? I think they’ve done it. These come in three sizes – 0.8L, 1.1L and 1.5L – and the two biggest ones have flip lid … Read more
We have officially entered spring, the season when we all wish it would already be summer! The weather can go from sunshin to hail in a blink of an eye, and it seems like you’re never quite wearing the right clothes. Because of the ever-changing conditions, the spring cycling wardrobe is somewhat of a mix of everything that you … Read more
Sheffield-based road.cc reader Steve was left wondering what this motorist actually gained from this impatient Near Miss of the Day manoeuvre (apart from “saving a few seconds”)…As the cycle lane approaches the turning, Steve told us people “rushing around the front is a regular problem”, this driver racing ahead and fortunately avoiding his front wheel by … Read more
