Cyclists warned to stay off bikes as Ophelia hits Ireland
Cyclists living in several counties in the Republic of Ireland have been warned to avoid cycling as Hurricane Ophelia batters the country with winds approaching 95 miles an hour.Red weather warnings...
View ArticleStrava makes activity feed non-chronological and launches blog posts for all...
Strava has introduced a new activity feed that it says ‘makes it easier for athletes to see what’s going on in their athletic world’ – but which some might at first find confusingly non-chronological....
View ArticleEd Sheeran says he "cycled to the pub" after bike crash that left him with...
Ed Sheeran has revealed that he cycled to the pub after the bike crash earlier this week in which he broke bones in both his arms and fractured a rib.Speaking on the Jonathan Ross show to be screened...
View ArticleCyclist creates impressive 'face' Strava art in Cardiff
A 49-year old cyclist from Cheltenham has created an extraordinary piece of Strava art in Cardiff. Anthony Hoyte’s seven-and-a-half-hour 78.9 mile ride saw him create a bespectacled moustachioed face....
View ArticleBBC regional news segment asks ‘how close is too close?’
‘How close is too close?’ asked last night’s Inside Out South. The segment, which looked at factors influencing the number of close passes and near misses involving cyclists, is available to watch via...
View ArticleVideo: Cyclist in Ireland tries to beat level crossing barrier - and loses
Ireland's national rail operator has warned people top respect warning signals at level crossings, tweeting footage of a cyclist who crashed into a barrier while trying to make it across before a train...
View ArticleVideo: Channel 4's Jon Snow - president of Cycling UK - filmed taking...
In one of the more surprising videos we've seen this year, Channel 4 newscaster - and president of the charity, Cycling UK - Jon Snow has been filmed in central London taking a pair of bolt-croppers to...
View ArticleAmsterdam calls time on beer bikes
Bad news for pedaller-revellers thinking of paying a visit to Amsterdam – the city has called time on its beer bikes. You’ll have to go to Wisconsin now.Beer bikes – known locally as bierfiets– are...
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Six arresting - and strange - images from Strava Global Heatmap
We’ve been having a little play around in the road.cc office with the latest version of Strava Global Heatmap, launched yesterday, and we’ve found some very arresting images, plus others that are just...
View ArticlePhilippa York would have traded cycling career to have lived as a woman from...
Philippa York – formerly Robert Millar – has told the BBC that she would have transitioned in her teenage years had she known then what she knows now. After only learning that she could transition in...
View ArticleBuy a (£655,000) cycling watch and get a free Colnago
We know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that even if it does come with a free bike, you’d only drop two-thirds of a million pounds on a cycling watch if it were for some reason dedicated to a...
View ArticleCyclist filmed riding on M60 in Manchester
A Manchester delivery driver has spleen of his shock at spotting a cyclist riding along the hard shoulder of a bridge on the M60 motorway close to the Trafford Centre.Peter Waterworth supplied the...
View ArticleNico Rosberg says giving up cycling helped make him Formula 1 world champion
Nico Rosberg has claimed that s decision to give up cycling was directly responsible for his winning the Formula 1 world championship last year.The 32-year-old, who has dual German and Finnish...
View ArticleDriver shares video of 'blinding' cycle light
A driver has warned of the dangers of powerful cycle lights after filming how he was blinded by one bright light.Dashcam footage from the motorist shows the incident off Lockwood Road and up Swann Lane...
View Article"You're fired!" - Cyclist who gave Trump the middle finger gets the sack
A cyclist who gave President of the United States Donald Trump the middle finger as she rode alongside his motorcade on Virginia last week has been sacked from her job.An image of the woman flipping...
View ArticleStrava denies Global Heatmap uses full ride data and poses security risk
Strava has denied suggestions that its Global Heatmap ignores users’ privacy settings in response to claims that it features rides that start from people’s homes even where there is a privacy zone in...
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Two live blogs launched on road.cc today
As you may have noticed, we’ve launched two new features on the site this morning – the road.cc live news blog, and the road.cc Black Friday live blog. Here’s a quick introduction to both.The road.cc...
View ArticleBacon sandwich-loving cyclist recognised by pork trade body
A bacon sandwich-loving cyclist from Shropshire who posts reviews of his mid-ride snacks to Facebook has been recognised by a trade body for his Outstanding Services to Bacon.Steve Grice of the Newport...
View ArticleCycling app of the week: Smartcycle
Image, gallery or video: smartcycle.pngCycling app of the week: Smartcycle
View Article$50,000 raised for cyclist sacked for flipping the bird at Donald Trump
A GoFundMe campaign set up for a woman sacked from her job after she was pictured raising her middle finger at Donald Trump as she cycled alongside the presidential motorcade has raised $50,000 in just...
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