Adventure: /ədˈventʃə(r)/: An unusual and exciting or daring experience.We often assume that ‘adventure’ has to mean extreme. We think of the great explorers from the past, or thoughts might jump to a huge undertaking, such as cycling the length of a country or continent – however, an adventure can just be something that takes us … Read more
A £500,000 cycle lane on Middleton Road in Gorleston has attracted widespread media coverage, including from The Telegraph and GB News, after criticism from some residents.However, many of the reported safety concerns appear to stem from parking, access conflicts and road user behaviour rather than the cycle infrastructure itself.The scheme, funded through the government’s Active Travel Fund, … Read more
Choosing the right on-bike storage can transform your riding, whether you’re commuting across town, heading out on a weekend adventure, or tackling a multi-day tour.From classic panniers to frame packs, saddlebags and bento boxes, there’s a huge range of options out there that can help you maximise capacity, improve weight distribution, and provide accessibility on … Read more
There’s a lot of buzz around tyre pressure monitoring right now, and TPU tube pioneer Tubolito has joined the movement with its Tubo-Road SYNCD. It takes the brand’s lightweight and robust thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) road tube and integrates a battery-powered Bluetooth pressure sensor, delivering real-time tyre pressure data straight to your device. Let’s see what … Read more
The Gorewear Lupra Gore-Tex Pants are tough, really well shaped, impressively breathable and ideal for wet gravel and mountain bike rides. If you’re from the UK, rest assured they’re not actually, in either sense of the word, pants.> Buy from Amazon for £130.26At £199.99 these are not cheap, but if you ride off-road in all … Read more
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Landowners across the UK are blocking the delivery of 117 miles of traffic-free active travel routes, forcing locals to take matters into their own hands, according to campaigners behind a new toolkit designed to help rural communities push for greenways and active travel routes. This week a new toolkit was launched by active travel campaigner, journalist, … Read more
This competition is now closed. A winner will be selected at random and contacted to arrange delivery of their prize. Thanks for all your entries! We’ve now had our first taste of warmer weather for 2026 here in the UK, and many of you are now probably looking ahead to many more sun-drenched rides… but … Read more
If you’re taking your bike to an island in the sun during the next few months, or maybe heading off to ride one of Europe’s big sportives, you need to choose your airline carefully. A few years back, keen cyclist and regular road.cc reader Dan Kenyon was checking the cost of flying himself and a bike … Read more
The announcers tasked with whipping the crowd in the Roubaix velodrome into a frenzy had a fairly easy job of it on Sunday. As the leading duo in the men’s race made their way north, the magnetic bond between them too strong to crack (despite Tadej Pogačar’s best efforts), the men with the microphones employed … Read more
