Photo gallery: Team bikes of the 2019 Tour de France, part one
The Tour de France is obviously a competition between the racers themselves, but for road bike gearheads, it’s also the premier showcase for the best the road world has to offer. The most advanced...
View ArticleUpside bike rack review: an inverted carrier from Down Under
Growing up in Australia often meant endless hours cruising highways on the way to a holiday spot that somehow still looked like home. I remember counting cars, caravans and motorbikes, and...
View ArticleSpecialized Pathfinder Pro gravel tyre: a visual report card
Specialized is one of the mainstream originators of the ambiguously defined gravel category, with a broad and growing range of adventure-oriented products on offer. The brand’s new Pathfinder Pro...
View ArticleCT Recommends: Cycling rain jackets that work
Whether you’re a fair-weather rider or the no-day-off type, a rain jacket is sure to come in handy at some point. Personally, I’m very much in the former camp, and if I’m riding in the rain, it’s...
View ArticleThesis OB1 long-term review: Good performance, lots of custom options
The Thesis OB1 isn’t flashy, and the upstart brand name carries no prestige. It’s not particularly light, it definitely isn’t aero, and in fact, there’s not a ton about it on paper that will blow...
View ArticleBikes of the Bunch: Argon 18 Nitrogen Pro Gran Fondo Racer
In this Bikes of the Bunch, reader Lachlan Brown shares his custom painted and custom equipped Argon 18 Nitrogen Pro. It’s a bike that Brown rides in competitive Grand Fondos and on his local roads of...
View ArticleTech trends of 2020: Rome’s Rants and Raves
The past few months have seemed busier than usual as far as new product goes. Sure, the Tour de France is always busy, but the burst-dam of newly released bikes across road, gravel and cross-country...
View ArticleThe best mini pumps for road, gravel and mountain bike – 45 tested!
Conducted over an arm-busting period of months, from a broad field of the biggest and best-known brands in the market, this is your definitive guide to the best mini pumps for your needs. Read the full...
View ArticleGrading gravel: How do you define off-road surfaces?
There’s no such single thing as gravel riding – it exists on a kind of shifting scale, defined by where you live, what your appetite for adventure is, and the capabilities of your bike and the tyres it...
View ArticleSpecialized overhauls Epic HT: A 790g hardtail mountain bike frame
Few cycling disciplines place as much importance on weight quite like cross-country mountain bike racing. With extremely steep gradients, stop-and-start accelerations, and technical features to...
View ArticleBest action camera for cycling? DJI Osmo Action vs GoPro Hero7 Black
When it comes to action cameras, GoPro has been the top dog for a long time. But now, there’s a new challenger in town with the Osmo Action, the first action camera from Chinese drone brand DJI. We put...
View ArticleBikes of the Bunch: Unno Aora, the world’s lightest mountain bike frame
Anyone reading this will have been bitten by the cycling bug, a bite that causes a deep obsession with no cure. But what happens when that bug consumes your life? Adam Kerin of Zero Friction Cycling...
View ArticleHow do teams carry so many bikes at the Tour de France?
Every team at the Tour de France has an elaborate network of equipment support for each of its eight riders in the event of a mechanical or crash during the race. Within the race caravan are two cars...
View ArticleNew Nerd Alert podcast, episode 1: Go faster with aerodynamics made simple
As cyclists, we are forever chasing the elusive free watts of power, extra few kilometers per hour and a few less grams on the scales, all with the goal of going faster. In this first mini-series of...
View ArticleThe Hulk has two sides: Peter Sagan’s green jersey bike
In what’s becoming an expected tradition, the brands sponsoring the winner of each classification often go to great lengths to celebrate the victory. From basic things like coloured Boa shoe dials and...
View ArticleThere’s a flood of Direct Mount derailleur hangers at the Tour de France —...
Shimano began drastically changing the designs of its mountain bike rear derailleurs in 2007, moving the entire mechanism toward the rear of the bike in an effort to improve shifting performance and...
View Article2020 Trek Domane goes all-in on all-road versatility: First-ride review
The new third-generation Trek Domane is a far cry from the endurance road bike it was when it first debuted in 2012. The Domane was once more of a toned-down road bike with ultra-stable handling, a...
View ArticlePhoto gallery: Team bikes of the 2019 Tour de France, part three
There are still a few crucial days of racing left in this year’s Tour de France, and still bikes from several teams that we have yet to cover in any sort of detail. We’re rectifying that situation now,...
View ArticleDetails on the team-edition Continental tires at the 2019 Tour de France
When it comes to tires at the Tour de France, Continental and Vittoria utterly dominate the landscape, with the former still enjoying a slight advantage in terms of the number of teams and riders that...
View ArticleTour ready: Specialized S-Works Turbo Rapid Air tubeless tire unveiled
“The tubular predates the rear derailleur. It’s outlived steel and alloy — it’s reigned supreme in the era of carbon and aerodynamics. No more. 100 years at the top is long enough.” That’s a line from...
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