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Assos layering system - where science meets art

Assos layering system - where science meets art

Striking the right balance between too hot and too cold is a challenge for cyclists, but Assos's latest collection is designed to alleviate this dilemma

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Remco with the new Roval Rapide CLX II Team at the Dauphine

New Roval Rapide CLX II Team are the 'fastest wheels in the world' – but steer clear of hookless rims and carbon spokes

Specialized reveals all the details on Remco's new team-edition wheels – which are 130g lighter and 0.5 watts faster than the originals

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Mads Pedersen's new Trek front end

Unreleased Trek off to a winning start at the Dauphiné – plus new Pinarello and Canyon race bikes spotted

As the teams gear up for the Tour de France, new bikes are ridden in race conditions before their official launches – here are three of...

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VF Group Bardiani-CSF Faizanè De Rosa 70 team bike

The pro peloton's most Italian bike: VF Group Bardiani-CSF Faizane’s Campagnolo-equipped De Rosa 70

Campagnolo might not sponsor a WorldTour team this year, but there was a feast of Super Record Wireless components – and every other Italian component...

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Limar Air Atlas Mark Cavendish edition

Limar Air Atlas Mark Cavendish review: the helmet he'll wear in his attempt to make Tour history

The Manx Missile is aiming at one more Tour de France stage to beat Eddy Merckx's record of 34 – and he'll be hoping this is the...

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Blending performance with comfort: Castelli's Espresso collection

Blending performance with comfort: Castelli's Espresso collection

The Italian brand's latest collection celebrates the nation's roasty shot

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SRAM Red AXS chainset and derailleur on an S-Works Aethos

SRAM launches new Red AXS groupset: the lightest on the market, designed for ‘effortless’ riding

SRAM's new flagship groupset is all about refining the experience for every rider – instead of adding sprockets or new shifting systems it has focused on light brake feel, comfortable...

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3T Strada Italia top tube detail

New 3T Strada Italia – iconic aero bike is redesigned for even wider tyres and is now made in Italy

In-house carbon manufacturing process claimed to improve sustainability as well as performance as the Strada Italia becomes the third Italian-made 3T bike

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Palace Brompton on beach

Brompton x Palace collaboration brings 'a new kind of energy to the iconic folding bike'

No ducks or dragons on EF Education's Giro changeout kit this year? No problem – Palace has collaborated with Brompton on an uniquely cool folding bike

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Team Standert Brandenburg Kreissäge bike in Berlin

Ich bin ein Aluminer: Standert launches new German team on scandium bikes

Team Standert Brandenburg is a new Berlin-based development squad with big plans... and cool retro-modern race bikes

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Factor Ostro VAM side view against a blue wall with triangle design

Factor Ostro VAM gen 2 review: dazzling performance

The updated version of Factor's aero all-rounder is lighter, narrower and searingly fast

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Passoni Year of the Dragon side view

Passoni Year of the Dragon: modern Italian craftsmanship meets ancient Chinese art

Ultra-limited-edition bike celebrates the Chinese lunar calendar's most auspicious year in the Italian titanium specialist's unique style

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Time XPro 12 SL pedal

Time turns back the clock and aims at the future with a new pedal range including the 'lightest system on the market'

Now under SRAM ownership, Time is aiming to recapture its glory days with the relaunch of a simplified but modernised lineup

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A Van Rysel RCR Pro on a beach

AG2R's Van Rysel RCR Pro, the WorldTour's most affordable bike, goes on sale through Decathlon

Decathlon AG2R-La Mondiale replica bike available to the paying public, priced at £9,000

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BMC Roadmachine

New BMC Roadmachine gen 3: Swiss precision and a ride as sweet as Toblerone

Rouleur heads to Girona to ride the latest version of BMC's endurance platform in all three of its guises – road, gravel and electric

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Two Bravur REN Team Heritage collections on a white leather track mitt

Bravur’s Team Heritage watches celebrate icons of cycling with Swedish design and Swiss timing

New watch collection transposes colours, patterns and graphics from legendary cycling teams of the past

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Movistar riders' Fizik shoes at a presentation

‘We talk about shoes every day’ – Movistar's Will Barta on why pro cyclists are obsessed with their footwear... and how they get it exactly right

A WorldTour rider and his shoe sponsor give insights into the painstaking detail involved in sourcing a shoe that facilitates optimal power transfer and maximum comfort – and...

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Alberto Bettiol at Milano-Torino

Aero v style: is watt-saving killing road racing's beauty?

Does it matter that road racing looks like time trialling, or is winning the only thing that matters?

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AG2R at the Grand Prix de Denain

AG2R’s new kit sends the brown shorts to a galaxy far, far away when it could have brought them home

Headline sponsor Decathlon’s rebranding is a missed opportunity to reinstate something that ought to be celebrated not banished, says Simon Smythe

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Remco Evenepoel's S-Works Tarmac SL8

Pro bike: Remco Evenepoel’s Paris-Nice stage winning Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8

The bike that won the final stage of the Race to the Sun, plus the points and mountains competitions... but the GC will have to...

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Matteo Jorgenson's Cervélo R5

Pro bike: Paris-Nice winner Matteo Jorgenson's Cervélo R5

Visma-Lease a Bike's newest sheriff in town showed off his steed just before the start of the final stage in which he clinched the overall

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Pegoretti Duende RR in a wood

Spaghetti with your gravel, signore? Pegoretti launches all-terrain Duende with a pasta paintjob

Dario Pegoretti himself has gone but the high-quality craftsmanship, oversized Columbus tubing and zany artwork are still very much present in the brand that's carrying on his...

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New Pissei skinsuit that Ayuso wore to beat Ganna is 'fastest ever' – Italian brand releases details

New Pissei skinsuit that Ayuso wore to beat Ganna is 'fastest ever' – Italian brand releases details

UAE Team Emirates' Italian clothing sponsor Pissei reveals how its new fastest skinsuit is designed to give Tadej Pogačar the edge when he goes head to very...

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The great helmet headache: is the UCI losing control of cycling's technical regulations?

The great helmet headache: is the UCI losing control of cycling's technical regulations?

The UCI has this year so far confiscated some prototype pedals and launched an investigation into hookless rims, but the announcement of an analysis of the...

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Lotte Kopecky's S-Works SL8 against a brick wall

Pro bike: Lotte Kopecky's custom world champion Specialized S-Works SL8

The unique bike that the reigning world champion rode to take her second Strade Bianche victory

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Tadej Pogacar's Colnago V4RS against a wall at Strade Bianche

Pro bike: Tadej Pogačar's Strade Bianche-winning Colnago V4RS

A closer look at the setup the Slovenian was running when he won on the Tuscan white roads in spectacular style

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The bigger, the better - What are the performance gains of Visma-Lease a Bike's radical new Giro helmet?

The bigger, the better - What are the performance gains of Visma-Lease a Bike's radical new Giro helmet?

The biggest, tallest time trial helmet to date could give Visma-Lease a Bike the aero advantage – AeroCoach's Xavier Disley evaluates its possible performance gains

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A hookless rim against a white background

Are hookless rims safe for road riding?

Thomas De Gendt's crash at the UAE Tour has reignited the debate over hookless rims – should they be banned from the pro peloton and are...

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Panaracer GravelKing celebrates 10 years with range redesign

Panaracer GravelKing celebrates 10 years with range redesign

New compound, puncture protection tech and bead – plus new racing X1 version which is claimed to be the fastest GravelKing yet

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Pro bike: Team TotalEnergies' Enve Melee debuts with an all-Enve build

Pro bike: Team TotalEnergies' Enve Melee debuts with an all-Enve build

Enve raises the stakes in the pro ranks, deploying its striking-looking Melee frame for the first time, along with almost every other component in TotalEnergies' setup

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