Latest articles by Luke Friend
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Cycling's best free and paid apps 2026: trust us when we say there's a lot more than just StravaOur experts round up the most useful free and paid apps for cyclists to assist with route planning, tracking fitness, sharing rides and much more...
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Best commuter bike pedals 2026: test by our experts on their daily grind for any type of shoesFrom flats to clipless SPDs, our experts have sorted the wheat from the chaff during their daily commutes to find the best commuter bike pedals
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Best road bike handlebars 2026: how to choose them, and the best on test from our expertsThe best bike handlebars are an often overlooked upgrade - Our experts explain why they're so important, the best from their testing, and outline what to look for when purchasing a new pair
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Russell Finsterwald's Waffle-winning Look G85 Cezal gravel bike can now be yoursVersatility seems to be a theme this week, and Look's new gravel race bike is here to underline it.
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'A tyre for our mixed surface, go anywhere, times' - Panaracer launches new semi-slick GravelkingWe love Gravelkings here at Cycling Weekly, and this latest version might be the most versatile of the lot.
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Commuting to work by bike? What to wear throughout the yearCycling to work all year round requires willpower and the right clothing. You've got to stay dry, warm or cool to stop you looking for your car keys or railcard
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Colnago's Master's frame was the ideal model to celebrate it's 55 year anniversaryGold plated tubes and a Campag Record groupset for a limited edition model
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You bought a Bugatti Chiron but need the bike to match? A new UCI-illegal limited edition Factor OneBike x car brand collabs have generated more hits than misses, but this one might be one of the most well considered collabs we've seen in recent years
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TI Carlton team bike: The machine ridden and raced by a collectorRaced in the 1970s and still in immaculate condition, this TI Carlton is finished with multiple period correct details
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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 machineGrasstrack 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 complianceFaster, 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 sprinterFour 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 MasonTitanium 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 itLightweight 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 thinkingThe 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 beforeNS1 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 snacksAvailable 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 RaleighFeaturing 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 seasonThe 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" yetThe 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 SupercorsaBack in production some 70 years after its inception, the new Supercorsa pays homage to its roots and then some.
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