Liv has launched a new version of its Avail Advanced women’s endurance road bike. Liv, Giant’s women’s specific brand, says that the new bike is lighter, faster and more comfortable. Inevitably, that’s meant offering room for wider tyres – the Avail Advanced can fit rubber up to 32mm wide. Read our first ride impressions.
New airy, lightweight Giro Imperial shoes in action in Tuscany (Photo: Elliot Layda/ Giro)
(Image credit: Elliot Layda)
Also this week, we’ve had the launch of Giro’s latest top end footwear. The Imperial shoes come with two Boa dials and weigh 220g per shoe in size 42.5, while the new Empire SLX model is even lighter at 195g per shoe. Both use super-stiff carbon soles and a new one piece upper with welded-in venting. We’ve been up a few hills in Italy in the Imperial shoes and tell you what we think.
Post-Giro d’Italia news
With the Giro d’Italia finishing last week, we’ve had a look at the Scott Addict RC bike on which Esteban Chaves won Stage 19. And we’ve got a scorecard for how well each team performed and reported on Movistar’s management’s account of what it took for Richard Carapaz to win the race.
Having Fun with Esteban Chaves
We’ve also had news of the UCI’s efforts to check for motors on riders’ bikes, with over 1300 tests performed over the three weeks of the race - and no hidden helpers found.
And look out if you’re riding an e-bike yourself; police in Belgium have fined an e-bike rider for travelling at 25mph in an 18mph zone.
With the start of June, we’ve got our latest episode of Tech of the Month, with the Cannondale SystemSix aero bike plus the special edition Chpt3 Brompton as ridden by David Millar, the Ultimate Vybe suspension seatpost and the yet-to-be-released new version of Maxxis’s premium High Road tyres.
New Chpt3 special edition Brompton ridden by us, not him
Plus, we’ve told you how to decode your Strava data in five minutes, to gain valuable insights into your performance and guide your training regime.
We’ve had deals on Oakley sunglasses, tyres, as well as the best deals from Wiggle and the usual Sunday Trading offers too this week.
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Paul started writing for Cycling Weekly in 2015, covering cycling tech, new bikes and product testing. Since then, he’s reviewed hundreds of bikes and thousands of other pieces of cycling equipment for the magazine and the Cycling Weekly website.
He’s been cycling for a lot longer than that though and his travels by bike have taken him all around Europe and to California. He’s been riding gravel since before gravel bikes existed too, riding a cyclocross bike through the Chilterns and along the South Downs.
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