Latest articles by Luke Friend
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Giant's new stiffer, lighter, faster Propel makes the UCI weight limit look irrelevant but where on earth does this leave the Giant TCR?
The new Propel Advanced is lighter and stiffer but also more compliant, says Giant. But the real headline is perhaps what this does to it's stable mate the TCR.
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Part track bike, part cross bike: Grass-track racing required a beautifully simple machine
Grasstrack racing was fast, furious and fun, and a few riders had their own specialist bikes handmade for them.
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'Real world' geo, keen pricing and decent tyre clearance – is the new Cervelo Caledonia the real road bike more of us should be paying attention to?
Unless you get paid to ride bikes for a living, performance endurance is the category that makes most sense. Caledonia wants to be high on your list of options.
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Quirk's new bike is limited to just 25 frames and if that's not enough to get your heart racing, we've got luggage, HR straps, and better phone coverage for you.
Pack up your troubles and dive into this week's tech round up; with new kit from Restrap; Quirk; 4iiii and mobile giants 02.
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Continental’s new Terra Competition gravel race tyre blurs the lines between all-road speed and off-road compliance
Faster, lighter and designed to tackle a mix of surfaces ranging from tarmac to gravel
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A steel track bike worthy of an Olympic sprinter
Four time British track champion Trevor Bull was given a special bike by his sponsor Raleigh
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Are you sitting comfortably? If not, new Italian saddles, new gravel threads, and a Ti seatpost should help in our tech of the week from Fizik, Castelli, Prologo and Mason
Titanium is a wonderful material to make a seatpost out of. So Mason has. And one of the world's most famous saddles gets a high tech makeover, in this Friday's tech of the week.
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Light and strong – Boyd's brace of new gravel wheels suggest you can have your cake and eat it
Lightweight wheels are nothing new, especially in the era of carbon spokes, but these new gravel wheels use clever rim manufacturing to hit a sweet spot between lightweight and hard wearing.
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A hand-built Italian bike that epitomised 1980's aero thinking
The Simoncini builders had for years been making bikes for other brands, but occasionally they made one that bore their name.
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Ventum goes all out on its flagship NS1 V3 road bike, claiming it's lighter, stiffer, and you guessed it, more aero than before
NS1 aero road bike drops a staggering 203g and has provision for up to 35mm tyres
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Best bike saddlebags 2026: My pick of the best six for carrying all your essentials and snacks
Available in all shapes and sizes, here are my picks of the six best saddlebags for holding your ride essentials, snacks, and tools
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Made in Britain, raced to victory in France: Laurent Fignon's iconic Raleigh
Featuring state of the art frame building technology, that eventually proved fallible, this Raleigh bike is a true 1980s icon
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As pro-race kit gets ever more specialist the Assos Mille/Uma GT S11 range update reminds us that practical performance is always in season
The Swiss brand's endurance kit gets an update, with some of our favourite items borrowing more tech from the racing lines without, it says, compromising the practical aspects that make it one of our favourite ranges
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Garmin's newest Varia radar light is its "brightest and most powerful" yet
The RearVue 820 features advanced vehicle tracking and a light that can be seen from 1.2 miles away
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Rim brakes, 25mm tyres and the ghost of Fausto Coppi: Cinelli reintroduces the Supercorsa
Back in production some 70 years after its inception, the new Supercorsa pays homage to its roots and then some.
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Best winter cycling jackets 2026: keep warm this fall and winter with our top rated jackets
To make winter miles more enjoyable, get yourself kitted out in one of the best winter biking jackets
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There’s a new bike recall every week – what’s going on, what are recalls and what should you do if you're worried your bike has been recalled?
Manufacturers cock-up from time to time, the mechanism by which it fixes the issue is via a recall. We dig into what a recall is and what you should do if affected by one.
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Shimano releases 'affordable' 1x 12-speed GRX Di2 components
The new RX717 range includes a right-side dual control lever, two left-side brake-only lever options and a rear derailleur compatible with the brand's 10-51t cassettes
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I bought this Rapha Classic jersey 17 years ago I still love it and the merino is amazing — you can buy the same one on this Black Friday Deal at 25% off and you simply must
The most stylish and reliable jersey I own is now 25% off at Rapha's Black Friday sale. It's hands down the best bit of cycling kit I've ever owned.
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I wrote about so many E-pumps this year I had to buy one – these are the only two that made my shortlist and they're both on unmissable Black Friday deals
Electric bike pumps are the handiest of devices and these two top model are both on sale this Black Friday – its hard to choose which one
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'We aren’t claiming to reinvent the bicycle' says Baumier - we also have a mega Maap collab with Kask on its most expensive lid - and an update to one of our favourite saddles
This week we've seen yet another boutique brand drop a 3D printed bike, this one majoring on the sustainability side of the process, another useful pump, and an update to one of our favourite saddles and to your Garmin.
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DT Swiss abandons steel spokes in its flagship climbing wheels; Enve drops a cheaper bar; and Colnago expands it's steel frame range in a topsy turvy round up of the week's tech
All change this week with DT Swiss abandoning it's own flagship spoke in favour of carbon, and Enve hints at improved supply chain with a move to a new factory for it's latest bar, plus new gadgets from Topeak
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Freed from traditional constraints, J.Laverack's unveil their new aero titanium Speedform
This small UK brand is perhaps most famous for it's Aston Martin collaboration, but how do you follow that? By launching not one but two new bikes at this year's Rouleur Live show
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Bikes of Rouleur Live: Passoni Titanio AT-01 Animus Titanium road bike
Made in Italy from a blend of titanium and carbon, this is an aero road bike like no other
