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Disc brakes and impact drivers: Dissecting a modern Tour de France wheel change
Wheel changes have changed. Disc brakes, thru-axles – the fundamental act remains the same, out with the old wheel and in with the new, but the details are very different today than they were even two...
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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...
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Cannondale CAAD13: Alloy, aero, and more comfortable
We speculated a few months ago that Cannondale was planning to release the next iteration of its long-standing CAAD aluminium performance range. Today, the CAAD13 is official. According to Cannondale,...
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Specialized’s Turbo Creo SL is a marvel of technology, with a price tag to match
They’re gorgeous. They’re electric. They’re surprisingly light. They handle like a conventional bike. And wow, are they expensive. Say hello to the Turbo Creo SL, Specialized’s new line of...
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Delta Airlines eliminates additional fees for checked bicycles
Perhaps following the lead of competitor American Airlines, Delta Airlines today announced that it would be eliminating additional fees for checked bicycles, effective immediately. “Delta customers...
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Cervelo Aspero first-ride review: The go-fast gravel bike
Gravel bikes these days fall somewhere on a spectrum that ranges from ultra-capable and adventure-ready, to pared-down and race-ready, and Cervelo is being very clear where its new Aspero gravel...
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Colnago V3Rs: An all-round racer that’s amusingly on-trend for 2020
Colnago has a number of top-tier carbon fibre race bikes in its line-up. There’s the Italian-made lugged-construction C64, the latest in the iconic C-series. There’s the Concept, the company’s answer...
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Photo gallery: Team bikes of the 2019 Tour de France, part two
In part one of this series, we showed you the road bikes of the Ineos, Deceuninck-Quicktep, CCC, Jumbo-Visma, and Trek-Segafredo teams, which obviously left an awful lot of lovely two-wheeled machinery...
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Tour 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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Details 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...
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Photo 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,...
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2020 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...
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There’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...
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The 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...
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New 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...
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How 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...
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Bikes 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...
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Best 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. The American company released its first camera way back in 2004 — a 35mm film camera, no less — but it was in the...
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The best mini pumps for road, gravel and mountain bike – 45 tested!
When it comes to putting things on my bike or in my pockets, I’m a minimalist. For years I’ve carried just CO2 on my rides and hoped for the best, or cheekily relied on others for a pump on long rides....
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Specialized 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...
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