- News
- Reviews
- Bikes
- Accessories
- Accessories - misc
- Computer mounts
- Bags
- Bar ends
- Bike bags & cases
- Bottle cages
- Bottles
- Cameras
- Car racks
- Child seats
- Computers
- Glasses
- GPS units
- Helmets
- Lights - front
- Lights - rear
- Lights - sets
- Locks
- Mirrors
- Mudguards
- Racks
- Pumps & CO2 inflators
- Puncture kits
- Reflectives
- Smart watches
- Stands and racks
- Trailers
- Clothing
- Components
- Bar tape & grips
- Bottom brackets
- Brake & gear cables
- Brake & STI levers
- Brake pads & spares
- Brakes
- Cassettes & freewheels
- Chains
- Chainsets & chainrings
- Derailleurs - front
- Derailleurs - rear
- Forks
- Gear levers & shifters
- Groupsets
- Handlebars & extensions
- Headsets
- Hubs
- Inner tubes
- Pedals
- Quick releases & skewers
- Saddles
- Seatposts
- Stems
- Wheels
- Tyres
- Health, fitness and nutrition
- Tools and workshop
- Miscellaneous
- Tubeless valves
- Buyers Guides
- Features
- Forum
- Recommends
- Podcast
news
Lawson Craddock (taken from Twitter video).jpg11 things we’ve learnt this week
1. Cannondale Pro Cycling’s Lawson Craddock can throw a jelly bean in the air and catch it in his mouth while riding no-handed.
Find out more here. 
2. There’s a pair of Oakleys for sale on ebay for $24,999.99.
Find out more here.
3. It’s possible to change a disc brake in a pro road race in about 19 seconds.
Find out more here.
4. You can get a grant for exploring the world by bike (well, you can if you're aged 18-25 years old).
Find out more here. 
5. It doesn’t count against a team if one of its riders uses banned drugs for recreational purposes.
Find out more here.
6. The highest point ever reached in the Tour de France is the 2,802m (9,193ft) Col de la Bonette in the Alps.
Find out more here.
7. It has been possible to hide motors inside bicycles since the 1970s.
Find out more here.
8. There were 10.1 million Boris Bike cycle hires in the year to March 2015.
Find out more here. 
9. The GB 4,000m team pursuit men’s quartet is aiming for 3:49mins at Rio 2016. That’s an average speed of 62.9km/h (39.1mph)
Find out more here.
10. The UCI scan bikes for hidden motors using a tablet computer.
Find out more here.
11. You can use a washing machine motor to power a bicycle.
Find out more here.
Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.
That's pretty impressive accuracy if true. For comparison, the best of the very expensive commercial torque meters I use at work (much larger, 10...
Personally I do move Lime and other hire bikes when they are blocking the pavement, often having to move three or more on the 500 metre walk to the...
Firstly, you're making a huge assumption that discovery+ was giving the cycling away free at a loss. I was paying my £6.99 a month so I wasn't...
Good for her. Just see how the country has gone to the dogs since that awful day.
were you getting blue triangle, or freezing on the boot up screen that says "epix pro"...
Well I'm guilty also, or there's precedent; as I noted three deaths reported by the BBC recently in a rather similarly-written story...
...
Is anyone else here from Ireland? I (in the ROI) have had the Discovery+ subscription since July last, and haven't received any notice about the...
*sighs*
I trust that the police will be putting some effort into stopping this?...