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Ten products I loved in 2016: Neal Rogers
Cycling media outlets are invariably littered with all sorts of gift ideas for your Lycra-clad loved ones around this time of year. But we like to do things a little differently at CyclingTips, so our...
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Ten products I loved in 2016: Matt Wikstrom
Our survey of the products our editors love continues with the next installment from Australian tech editor Matt Wikstrom. If you haven’t been following this series, this is the stuff that our editors...
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Ten products I loved in 2016: Anne-Marije Rook
The greatest testament any editor of a cycling publication can give to a piece of gear is what he or she uses themselves. Call this a gift guide if you like, but think of it more as insight into what...
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Crash-resistant carbon fiber: Why your next frame might just be made of...
One of the typical ironclad rules of structural materials is that as stiffness goes up, ductility goes down. As far as carbon fiber frames are concerned, that’s essentially just a fancy way of saying...
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Enve SES 4.5 AR Disc wheelset review: Changing the game
Of all the wide-profile road wheelsets on the market, none are pushing the envelope more than Enve Composites with its radically forward thinking, ultra-fat, SES 4.5 AR Disc. If you prefer...
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Ten products I loved in 2016: David Everett
Our gregarious roaming reporter, David Everett, closes out our collection of editors’ personal favorites for 2016. The weather is now deep into winter in his European home base, so several of the...
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Opinion: When it comes to carbon bicycle frames, durability should also be a...
I recently wrote an article discussing some of the new technologies that have been proposed to help improve the damage tolerance of carbon fiber frames, forks, and components. On the one hand,...
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Fitness trackers and cycling: a match made in heaven, or the odd couple?
Fitness trackers were once touted as the next big thing in consumer electronics, and two companies — Fitbit and Garmin — have set their sights on cyclists with two tiny wrist-based models packed with...
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January 2017 Product Picks: Pearl Izumi, Versus, Epic Ride Weather,...
In this month’s edition of Product Picks, Australian tech editor Matt Wikstrom takes a look at some gloves from Pearl Izumi, socks from Versus, a backpack with modular contents from Skin Grows Back,...
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Peter Sagan’s gold Specialized Venge ViAS Disc
This morning, the day before the Santos Tour Down Under’s official start, world champion Peter Sagan went out for one last training ride around Adelaide. While Sagan certainly isn’t unique in getting...
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Bikes of the 2017 WorldTour
The 2017 WorldTour has arrived and its first race, the Santos Tour Down Under, is the perfect chance to see all the new team bikes in one place. Much like we did in 2016, here are the WorldTour bikes...
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New 2017 bikes and components on display at the Tour Down Under
The Santos Tour Down Under is the first WorldTour race of the year and it’s not just new bikes that are on display. There’s also an array of new tech being used by the teams of the 2017 TDU. Some teams...
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Specialized Venge ViAS Expert Disc Ultegra review: Aero, disc, and all business
Disc brakes and aerodynamic efficiency have traditionally been considered to be mutually exclusive, especially when compared to the latest crop of ultra-integrated rim-brake calipers that sleekly blend...
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New kits, kicks and lids of the 2017 WorldTour
The clothing of professional cycling is a crucial part of the sport’s commercialisation. Without this canvas space, the rolling billboard that is the WorldTour just wouldn’t be the same. Teams come and...
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Movers and Shakers: Meet the woman who saved Enve Composites from bankruptcy
Our Movers and Shakers series features Q&As with women trail blazers in the sport and industry of cycling. These are women who often go unnoticed but make the world of (women’s) cycling go round....
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January 2017 Women’s Product Picks: Voler, Queen of the Mountain, The Offset...
In this edition of Women’s Product Picks, we take a look at kit by Voler and Queen of the Mountain, Club Ride Apparel’s versatile top, Foothill Products’ ingenious way to store wheels, and Bontrager’s...
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Prime RP-38 carbon clincher road disc wheelset review
Prime is a new wheel brand brought to life by Chain Reaction Cycles, the online retailer based in the UK. It is no small undertaking, though, since the in-house collection comprises over two dozen...
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Opinion: Boonen’s win in Argentina was historic, but disc-brake proponents...
Earlier this week, Belgian Tom Boonen (Quick-Step Floors) made a bit of cycling history on Stage 2 of the Tour de San Juan as the first rider to win a UCI road race while using disc brakes. The...
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Cannondale CAAD12 vs SuperSix EVO Hi-MOD: road disc bike comparison review
The number of road disc bikes in Cannondale’s catalogue has been steadily growing over the last few years with the most recent addition being the SuperSix EVO Disc announced last year. This means...
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Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 R9150 and R9170 first-ride review
Electronic shifting wasn’t invented by Shimano, but it was the Japanese company that first nailed the concept with the original Dura-Ace Di2 7970 groupset in 2008. Since then, the world of high-end...
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