Cyclists complete 500km ‘Zoodax’ around Regent's Park
On Saturday October 3, four cyclists from Regent's Park Rouleurs cycled for 18 hours, non-stop around the Regent's Park Outer Circle. They covered just over 500 kilometres, raising money for The...
View ArticleNew Zealand teenager aims to hold world’s longest ‘manual’
Whether it’s John Degenkolb and Matteo Trentin going up Sheffield’s Jenkin Road during the Tour de France or Peter Sagan no-handed atop La Planche des Belles Filles, everyone loves a wheelie. The...
View ArticleLeisure cycling tourism worth half a billion pounds to British economy
Tourism related to leisure cycling is worth half a billion pounds a year to the British economy according to new figures released by VisitEngland.The tourism body, which compiled the data alongside...
View ArticleWhen should cyclists ride two abreast?
A recent video uploaded by the Global Cycling Network (GCN) has given rise to debate about when cyclists should and should not ride two abreast. How To Ride Safely On The Road has been produced in...
View ArticleBack To The Future - cycling predictions for the year 2045
A futurologist claims that 30 years from now, cycle lanes in London “will pull bikes along using linear induction motors and simple metal plates fitted to the bike."The prediction, reported in the...
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What's the best rear light for cycling? Help decide the road.cc People's Choice
What's your favourite rear light? Tell us in this week's People's Choice poll.The days of feeble incandescent-bulb rear lights are thankfully long gone, swept away by LED devices visible from hundreds...
View ArticleHow to find great deals with cycling discounts from eBay's bike shops
If you enjoy bargain-hunting or are looking for something that's hard to find in bike shops or the usual online retailers, eBay is the place to go.Need a Shimano Dura-Ace aero rear mech for a project ?...
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11 things we’ve learnt this week
1 You’re not allowed to fit a 750w motor to a Boris Bike. 2 Lizzie Armitstead won the World Road Race Championship without a computer on her bike. 3 Extreme unicycling is a thing. 4 There’s a Halloween...
View ArticleWiggle launches smartphone app
Wiggle has launched a retail app, reports BikeBiz. Initially available only on iOS – which the firm says accounts for 63 per cent of its mobile traffic – an Android version is said to be in...
View ArticleNew book celebrates the life, career and legacy of Dave Rayner
A new has been released celebrating the life, career and legacy of Dave Rayner. Written by Peter Cossins, Everybody’s Friend tells the story of Rayner’s life and racing career as well as the subsequent...
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What's the best front light for cycling? Help decide the road.cc People's Choice
What's your favourite front light? Tell us in this week's People's Choice poll.The days of feeble incandescent-bulb front lights are thankfully long gone, swept away by LED devices some of which light...
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Cycle-specific insurance — Your questions answered
We asked for your questions about bike insurance for the insurance companies. We put the questions to our panel of insurers, and got some comprehensive replies. Here they are.Note: This article does...
View ArticlePeter Sagan marries fiancee Katarina - and in style! (+ video)
World road champion Peter Sagan got married to fiancée Katarina Smolkova today – and the happy couple’s nuptials in the town of Dolny Kubin in their home country, Slovakia, didn’t pass unnoticed on...
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11 things we’ve learnt this week
1. Assos is the brand that road.cc readers think most likely to take over from Rapha as clothing sponsor to Team Sky in 2017.2. The world’s longest bicycle measures 35.79m (117ft 5in).3. Peter Sagan...
View ArticleMan tows piano by bike to Bataclan Theatre in Paris and plays John Lennon's...
A pianist from Germany yesterday towed his bike to the Bataclan Theatre in Paris, where at least 89 people were killed in a terrorist attack on Friday evening, to play the John Lennon song,...
View ArticleVideo: Trials star Martyn Ashton walking again - with help of Parawalker
Martyn Ashton, the stunt cyclist who was paralysed from the waist down when a trick went wrong during a show in 2013, is back walking with the help of cutting edge technology.The 40-year-old star of...
View ArticleCyclist's Strava records moment he fell into canal
If he creates a segment for it, few will be keen to challenge him. Chris Kent went for a lunchtime ride and in his own words ‘went for an unintentional swim in the canal.’ Thanks to Strava, this...
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11 things we’ve learnt this week
It’s possible to have a two-piece bicycle with entirely separate front and rear sections.Read more here.The record for cycling from Cairo, Egypt to Cape Town, South Africa, is 38 days.`Read more...
View ArticleLord Sugar picks up new Pinarello... then moans about being stuck in his limo...
Last week, at the Rouleur Classic show in London, The Bike Rooms presented Lord Sugar with a new custom designed Pinarello Dogma K8-S in Union Jack colours. He has since suggested that Mayor of London...
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11 things we’ve learnt this week
1 Wind tunnels aren’t necessarily tunnels, and the big fan at one end doesn’t blow, it sucks. Read more here.2 There’s an official world record for the most steps climbed on a road bike.Read more...
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