Latest articles by Luke Friend
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Factor launches its new Monza: a cheaper more practical bike, designed to fit more racers
Factor's new Monza, promises more bang for buck, for more people, without losing the character that makes the OSTRO VAM one of the highest performance bikes on the World Tour
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Prologo launches a 3D printed version of its WorldTour approved Scratch M5 PAS saddle
The 3DMSS model features distinct sections with each using different geometric shapes and densities
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Mike's Bikes 'mega sale' is live and site wide with discounts over 50%
Running until Sunday all products are discounted including complete bikes, clothing, smart trainers and much more
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MAAP teams up with QUOC; first collab is the Gran Tourer XC shoe
Designed for off-road riding the limited-edition shoe features a new colourway and other features
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Elite asks 'why over complicate the bottle cage?' with new Race options
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Favoured by several WorldTour teams, the Custom Race X cage builds on the success of its predecessor
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Ekoi releases large platform pedals while Vision goes all-carbon
The French brand's pedal and shoe combo aim to improve 'efficiency, lightness, aerodynamics, and comfort'.
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Best winter cycling gloves 2025 - how to keep your hands warm in the coldest months
If you want to keep riding in the colder months a pair of the best winter cycling gloves is an essential part of your wardrobe
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Cannondale’s updated Topstone Carbon is slacker, with increased tyre clearance and downtube storage
The third generation of Cannondale’s gravel all-rounder sticks to its distinctive blueprint but adds a few new developments including downtube storage and more travel on the Lefty fork option
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Best budget road bikes 2025
Our pick of the best cheap road bikes available and guide to how to choose
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Boardman's new SLR range plus a more streamlined BMC Teammachine SLR and hands-on with Oakley's unreleased helmets
The updated SLR is designed to be faster yet more versatile than ever before and includes 36mm tyre clearance and hidden fender mounts
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Tech of the week: Rouvy app extends its reach to Zwift Ride users, Vittoria goes large with a new Corsa Pro tyre, ParkTool does the heavy lifting and more...
Combined, Ride and Rouvy means its thousands of virtual courses can now be enjoyed with the benefit of Zwift's virtual shifting tech
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Cannondale's updated SuperX is designed to 'smash gravel races'
Revamped frameset is said to be lighter and more compliant with increased tyre clearances
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Tech of the week: more 'affordable' Assos threads plus wheelsets from Vision and Berd plus Shimano's new range of road and gravel sunglasses
Available for both men and women, the Assos jerseys and bibs are summer-focused with plenty of colour options
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Should I buy an aero bike?
Changes in UCI rulings should help make aero bikes faster, but they could also make them more user friendly than ever before. Is it time to add an aero bike to your collection?
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Tech of the week: a new Ridley Noah Fast, a redesigned Giant Trinity TT bike and Stinner's 'affordable' steel gravel bike
Both the Noah Fast and the Trinity Advanced SL TT bikes will be ridden in WorldTour races this year
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Helmets are getting lighter and more aero - but are they getting safer?
Bike helmets are touted as being more aero or better vented but are these modern designs also offering improved protection?
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Hitting the nail on the head at 6.8 kilograms: Tom Pidcock's Scott Addict RC Ultimate
By signing with the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team the Olympic champion gets his hands on the 'lightest road bike' around
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Tech of the week: an affordable smart bike from Decathlon, a super-chunky Garmin watch, wavy carbon wheels, a carbon fork for the adventurous and pink tyres for dashing Brompton owners
A round-up of this week's new, cool tech from Decathlon, Garmin, VeloElite, No. 6 Composites and Goodyear
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Should I buy a gravel bike or an all-road bike?
Both styles are lauded for their practicality but which is best suited to your riding?
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Get off-road this Christmas and New Year with £1000.01 off carbon gravel bikes at Decathlon
Two great value carbon fibre gravel bikes with big discounts that could level up your winter riding
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Are modern framesets killing mechanical groupsets?
The latest crop of carbon race bikes pay little heed to mechanical shifting - but does that matter?
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Tech of the week: Van Rysel releases an aero bike (quelle surprise!) plus a superlight carbon crankset from FSA, a long top tube bag from Tailfin and tyre liners from Zefal
The RCR-F aero bike will be ridden by the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale team in 2025, but will it create headlines like the RCR?
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Why are my tubeless tyres leaking?
Tubeless tyres have their benefits but if yours are repeatedly losing air here are the reasons and, vitally, the fixes
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Colnago ditches the traditional diamond frame for its radical new Y1Rs - 'the most aerodynamic UCI-compliant road bike in the World Tour'
Designed in conjunction with Team UAE and the result of years of innovative R&D Colnago's Y1Rs cuts a progressive departure from the existing VR4s. Is this the shape of things to come?
