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What’s up with Jumbo-Visma’s all-black Bianchis? It’s all about the grams
Jumbo-Visma has certainly been attracting a fair bit of attention lately for its equipment choices, namely its preference for rim-brake bikes instead of the disc-brake ones many other teams are using....
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Scott Foil updated with new fork and cockpit, fully internal routing
Scott has today announced a modest refresh of its Foil carbon aero road bike, which now borrows a page from the Addict RC semi-aero all-rounder with a new fork and Syncros one-piece handlebar and stem...
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This tilting indoor bike will have you ‘crushing your A-game’, apparently
Indoors is the new outdoors, as anyone who’s followed the giddy proliferation of smart trainer options will know. And as people have taken their rides indoors – enjoying the efficiencies of targeted...
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Trek’s revamped Procaliber carbon hardtail is now a mid-priced racer
It wasn’t all that long ago that Trek released its SuperCaliber cross country bike, effectively a modern-day softtail that claimed to offer the efficiency of a hardtail and the control of a dual...
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A first look at Scicon’s new Aerowing and Aeroshade eyewear
Scicon, the Italian company best known for its bike travel cases used by the majority of the WorldTour, has been steadily expanding into product categories well beyond luggage. In recent years the...
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Video: Bikes of the Tour de France
Despite the strict restrictions surrounding team bubbles, we’ve managed to take a distanced view of some of the bikes ridden in the 2020 Tour de France. We take a look at Mads Pedersen’s Trek Madone,...
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Tubed clinchers just won their first Tour de France road stage since 1992
UPDATE: An eagle-eyed reader sent over this photo, which shows a Michellin Hi-Lite that Claudio Chiappucci appears to have ridden to victory in stage 13 of the 1992 Tour de France. We knew these tires...
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Gallery: New bikes at the 2020 Tour de France
The Tour de France traditionally serves as one giant unveiling for new bikes and gear. And while the events of this year mean most brands have already revealed their new race offerings, that hasn’t...
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Tour de France tech: A closer look at the 2021 Canyon Aeroad
The third stage of this year’s Tour de France provided one of the closest looks yet at Canyon’s redesigned Aeroad aero road bike. Both Warren Barguil (Arkea-Samsic) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)...
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Julian Alaphilippe is racing in a US$120,500 watch, because why not
As one of the superstars of the sport, Julian Alaphilippe is used to the finer things. He races a US$12,000 bike, can snap his fingers and get as much laminate flooring as he can dream of, and has all...
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Canyon announces commuter e-bike range and wild concept vehicle
The world’s getting back on board with bikes. Governments, individuals, and corporations are beginning to see the health, environmental, and economic savings possible from the bicycle, and bike brands...
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Specialized and Roval have stopped investing in tubulars: Here’s why
In the endless juggling act of balancing weight, rolling resistance, and aerodynamics, wheel and tyre choices can play a real role in the outcome of a race. And it’s exactly this technical advantage...
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2020 Tour de France tech: Inside EF’s tubeless tire foam party
At no other time in modern road racing history has there been such a multi-pronged assault on the once-untouchable tubular tire. However, with every team perpetually in the search for free watts — and...
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Mavic hits the reset button with new Cosmic SLR 45 Disc road wheelset
Iconic French wheel brand Mavic is hoping to turn the page after the tumult of the past few months, now that it’s finally found stability in a new owner. It’s doing so in the best way possible: with a...
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Factor Ostro VAM: The exclusive first-ride review
Factor, a manufacturer focussed on producing performance carbon bikes, calls it the road bike quiver-killer. A disc-equipped aero bike that can be built to the UCI weight limit but that’s comfortable...
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No.22’s new travel bike couplers: lighter and more seamless than the rest
Travelling with a bike can be pain. Once it’s packed up, you often have to choose the transport that fits your bike, wait in oversized baggage queues, sometimes pay oversized fees, and hire larger...
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Roval announces new range of lightweight carbon fiber cockpit components
Roval has always been known exclusively as a wheel brand, but the label is now expanding into premium carbon fiber handlebars and seatposts — with much more likely to follow in the months ahead....
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Basso Tera gravel bike melds aluminum and carbon for a smoother ride
Basso’s current Palta gravel bike adheres more to the go-fast end of the gravel spectrum with its full carbon fiber frame, road bike-like look and fit, and a “ride quality that begs for speed”. For...
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Look’s entry into flat pedals feature a Vibram rubber sole, wait, what?
E-bikes have widened my use of bicycles in everyday life. With sneaker-friendly flat pedals and a motor to ensure I don’t get too sweaty, I use an e-bike to casually run errands or ride to meetings...
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Updated 11-speed SRAM Red eTap rear derailleur adds Orbit pulley cage clutch
SRAM quietly updated its Red hydraulic disc-brake calipers several months ago, and it has now snuck another component redesign under the radar. This one comes on the drivetrain front, though, in the...
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