Lezyne Road Drive Mini – in brief review
Lezyne’s Road Drive comes in three sizes and we tested the largest – but even that’s only 28cm long and weighs in at 127g.With a claimed maximum pressure of 160psi it had a lot to live up to – but our...
View ArticleSaracen Kili Flyer 121 review
Saracen’s heritage goes back into the dark ages of mountain biking, with the Kili Flyer sporting one of those names that brings back memories of steel frames, canti brakes and dodgy Lycra. In 2013...
View ArticlePOC Essential WO women’s jersey and bib shorts review
A unique approach to design, safety and construction has seen POCs AVIP range receive well-deserved accolades and recommendations. AVIP stands for Attention, Visibility, Interaction, Protection. One...
View ArticleCycling artist to capture Tour while he rides it
The Tour de Force gives amateur riders the chance to tackle the current year’s full Tour de France route one week ahead of the pros – all 21 stages in 23 days. In 2015, graphic artist Bruce Doscher...
View ArticleExposure Axis Mk2 light review
Exposure's Axis Mk2 provides up to 850 lumens for added depth perception and point-where-you’re-looking lighting. There are cheaper lights, but the CNCed shell suggests an impressively put together...
View ArticleHow to service a Fox fork - video
For suspension forks to work effectively they need to be in as friction-free an environment as possible. That sounds easy enough until you consider the grubby places we mountain bikers ride our...
View ArticleBikeRadar Deals of the Week – Mountain Bikes
BikeRadar's weekly round-up of great online deals from our recommended retailers could save you both time and money. If you just want to get to the bargains, skip to the end of the article to see the...
View ArticleBikeRadar Deals of the Week – Road Bikes
BikeRadar's weekly round-up of great online deals from our recommended retailers could save you both time and money. If you just want to get to the bargains, skip to the end of the article to see the...
View ArticleEvil Bikes The Following – first look
Evil Bikes has unveiled The Following, a 120mm-travel 29er with low and slack geometry. The Following has a full carbon frame with a claimed weight of 6lb / 2.7kg. This new 29er trail bike features...
View ArticleBouwmeester Composites Tammar v4.8 wheels – first look
Two years in development, the in-house-made BC Tammar v4.8 carbon enduro race wheels were recently released by Bouwmeester Composites, a design and manufacturing firm in Adelaide, Australia that claims...
View ArticleGarmin Vivoactive GPS smartwatch launched at CES
At the Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas, Garmin released its first smartwatch, the Vivoactive, a thin watch with built-in apps for cycling, running, swimming and, somewhat unexpectedly,...
View ArticleZipp redesigns Service Course stems and seatposts
Aerodynamic specialist Zipp, best known for its carbon wheels and boundary-pushing carbon components, also offers a popular high-value range of aluminium cockpit components called Service Course. For...
View ArticleFocus Cayo 7.0 review
The first generation Cayo launched in 2005 and quickly established itself as a benchmark for affordable carbon road bikes. For 2015, Focus has released an all new variant that's available with and...
View ArticleMaxxis Shorty 3C Maxx Terra Exo TR 650bx2.3in tyre review
As the name suggests ‘Shorty’ is inspired by the deliberately cut down spike tread tyres favoured by downhillers for intermediate wet and sticky or loose and loamy conditions.While the wide-spaced...
View ArticleGlobal Fat Bike Day: Wide and wild in Swanage
Scraping the ice off the van for a two-hour drive to deepest Dorset on a freezing morning in early December doesn't conjure great hopes for a day on the beach. Today is a little different though. It’s...
View ArticleTurner King Khan fat bike - just in
The Turner King Khan is "not a fat bike – it's a mountain bike with fat tyres".So says Dave Turner of his latest full-suspension machine, the King Khan, which sports 125mm of travel out back, 120mm up...
View ArticleFizik Arione VsX saddle review
Fizik doesn’t believe in saddles with a split shell or holes that might weaken the structure, but following on from its Versus (Vs) saddles– with their shallow pressure-relieving channel – it has...
View ArticleAngryAsian: Time to set some goals
The start of yet another new year presents a prime opportunity to take stock and make some plans for the season ahead. I've been a serious cyclist for 25 years now and consider myself reasonably...
View ArticleVitus Sentier 290 review
When you think of a 29er hardtail, you generally think racy cross-country – but the £900 Vitus Sentier 290 doesn’t care about that. It’s a tough, enthusiastic, 29in-wheeled, 140mm-forked trail bike...
View ArticleB'Twin MNP 500 mini pump review
The sports warehouse Decathlon delivers some very good bikes at great prices, but its MNP 500 doesn’t quite hit the heights B'Twin has in the past.The pump certainly feels reasonably solid, weighing...
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