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Specialized S-Works Demo 2015 – more details emerge
Specialized recently released a few teaser images of its new 2015 S-Works Demo downhill machine and most people have been fixated on the move to 27.5in wheels and the visually dramatic asymmetric...
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Cervelo S3 Ultegra review
On its launch in 2008, the original S3 was perhaps the most advanced aero road bike ever, proving its speed potential by being ridden to a world championship victory by Norwegian Thor Hushovd. This...
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2014 Downhill World Cup #6 preview
Mont-Sainte-Anne feels like it only happened yesterday but the World Cup racers have already made their way south to Windham, just over 100 miles inland from New York City in rural New York State. The...
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Buyer's guide to bike cleaning products
Keeping your bike clean is an effective way of ensuring it works correctly and safely, while making sure it stays looking good. Clean components wear out less quickly than dirty ones – so a well-kept...
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SRAM X1 1400 crankset – in brief review
SRAM’s latest X-series crankset makes its X-Sync chain security technology affordable. You get hollow forged alloy arms, a spline mounted 94mm BCD spider and an X-Sync chainring, with the whole lot...
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Specialized Diverge – first look
The Specialized Diverge was originally teased back in June, but full details of the new ‘all-road’ model have now been released. The Diverge is pitched as being 80 percent focussed on road and 20...
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Friday Five-a-side: This week's best road and MTB gear
It’s the end of yet another week – and that means it's time for another installment of our Friday Five-a-side round up of the most interesting bits and pieces of road cycling and mountain biking gear...
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Soho bikes to host adventure evening
Fancy an excuse for a beer and to watch some great mountain bike movies on top destinations?Next Wednesday (13 August), London's Soho Bikes will be hosting an evening with Phil Shucksmith from Pro Ride...
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Pro bike: Josh Bryceland's Santa Cruz V10
Josh Bryceland (Santa Cruz Syndicate) is coming off of a second-place finish at the World Cup stop in Mont Sainte Anne and is aiming to move one step higher this weekend in Windham, New York. The short...
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Pro bike: Josh Bryceland's Santa Cruz V10
Josh Bryceland (Santa Cruz Syndicate) is coming off of a second-place finish at the World Cup stop in Mont Sainte Anne and is aiming to move one step higher this weekend in Windham, New York. The short...
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Louis Garneau P-09 aero helmet – first look
Louis Garneau’s P-09 aero helmet looks a lot like the previous top-end Vorttice model. While the golf-ball style dimples on the crown and the overall shape are very similar, there are several subtle,...
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Trek 2015 mountain bikes – part II
Trek has rolled out a plethora of new products and technologies this summer. We rode the all-new Fuel EX 27.5 9.8, delved into the new RE:aktiv shock technology Trek co-developed with Penske Racing...
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Canyon Lux CF 7.9 review
Canyon’s marathon machine positively encourages the kind of riding that results in ragged gasps of breath and fatigue-blurred vision. Don’t be fooled by the name – the only element of luxury in this...
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Bicycles of the Great War
On the late morning of 28 June, 1914, the 12th Tour de France began in Paris. The riders likely would not have known that 1,836km away, in the Bosnian city of Sarajevo, the heir of the Austrian Empire...
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Bicycles of World War 1
On the late morning of 28 June, 1914, the 12th Tour de France began in Paris. The riders likely would not have known that 1,836km away, in the Bosnian city of Sarajevo, the heir of the Austrian Empire...
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Madison Prime saddle – in brief review
The Prime’s slightly curved top offers a pleasantly comfortable perch. It's enhanced further by a 90mm long base cutout and a decent amount of flex in the saddle's hull.The prominent seams on top...
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Specialized core road range 2015 – first look
Specialized's core road range covers everything outside of performance-focused carbon road race bikes. Specialized has put plenty of effort into these ‘everyday’ bike ranges; the price-conscious Allez...
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New DT Swiss Gravity wheelset spotted in Windham
DT Swiss showed off a new gravity-specific wheelset at the World Cup round in Windham, New York. The new wheels – aptly named Gravity – are wide, relatively light, and tubeless friendly.Meet the new DT...
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Prototype Bontrager downhill rims tested by Trek World Racing
Trek World Racing riders used a new prototype 27.5in Bontrager aluminium rim for the UCI World Cup downhill round in Windham, New York. Details are scant at the moment but the information we do have is...
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Ridgeback Advance 7.0 review
Ridgeback has been in the business for more than 30 years, though it’s been overshadowed somewhat in the road world by its offshoot brand Genesis. It’s still very much alive, though, and produces a...
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