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1 week ago | 
cyclingnews.com | Josh Croxton
The Colnago V5Rs is the latest iteration of the brand's lightweight, semi-aero all-rounder race bike. It's the second bike launched by the brand this year and marks the completion of Colnago's race bike line up, which also comprises the wild-looking Y1Rs aero bike. The V5Rs, like the V4Rs before it, will be used by the UAE Team Emirates-XRG men's team, home to world champion Tadej Pogacar, as well as the UAE Team ADQ women's team, home to current Italian champion Elisa Longo Borghini.
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1 week ago | 
cyclingnews.com | Josh Croxton
Where has the time gone? It feels like just last week when my esteemed colleague Will Jones spent time at the UAE Team Emirates winter training camp alongside Tadej Pogačar and co. to learn about their then-new Colnago race bike.
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1 week ago | 
msn.com | Josh Croxton
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2 weeks ago | 
cyclingnews.com | Josh Croxton
With Paris-Roubaix fast approaching, the one subject on everyone's lips - aside from whether Tadej Pogačar can win on his debut - is tyre width. Over the years, road bike tyres have been getting wider and wider, and thanks to the brutal cobbled terrain along the course, Paris-Roubaix has always been the race to find the widest, as riders seek the extra cushioning and rolling resistance benefits.
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2 weeks ago | 
cyclingnews.com | Josh Croxton
Paris-Roubaix is, and has always been, a highlight of the season for tech nerds like us. it’s the biggest race of the Spring Classics - perhaps alongside Flanders - and the sheer brutality of the course leads to teams pulling out all the stops to help their riders get to the finish line as quickly - and ideally safely - as possible. It’s Thursday afternoon as I type this, meaning less than 48 hours until the women’s race, and another 24 before the men.
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2 weeks ago | 
cyclingnews.com | Josh Croxton
Almost five years after the launch of the Atom 'Next Generation,' Wattbike has today unveiled the next 'next generation' of its popular smart bike platform. Called the Wattbike Atom Uplift, this latest iteration has a definite sense of my favourite phrase – evolution, not revolution – about it, and with five years having passed since the previous Wattbike Atom crossed the Cyclingnews reviews desk, it's a real test of one's memory to notice the differences.
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2 weeks ago | 
cyclingnews.com | Josh Croxton
Artificial intelligence is fast becoming an essential tool across many industries, and the WorldTour peloton is no exception. From predictive nutritional analysis and mathematical modelling, teams are turning to futuristic tech to streamline processes and deepen analysis, as highlighted in the aforelinked feature, with the ultimate aim of increasing performance. Separately, artificial intelligence in cycling apps is far from new.
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1 month ago | 
cyclingnews.com | Josh Croxton
In the ever-evolving world of WorldTour bike tech, equipment trends can shift as quickly as the peloton itself. One such trend, which has been a topic of particular interest this week here at Cyclingnews, is the move towards wider tyres. Our latest lab test proved that for most riders, 40mm tyres are faster, and that on cobbled surfaces there's a potential benefit of over 70 watts.
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1 month ago | 
cyclingnews.com | Josh Croxton
Following extensive lab testing, Cyclingnews has this week concluded that the future of road bike tyres could very well be far wider than those we're seeing in use today. It's well known that over recent years, the industry's preferred tyre size has been growing. Where 23c was once deemed the standard, Tadej Pogačar raced 30c tyres at the 2024 Tour de France and the 2024 edition of Paris Roubaix featured 35c tyres, so wide that they'd be illegal in a cyclo-cross race.
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1 month ago | 
cyclingnews.com | Josh Croxton
Over the past 10 years, road tyres have been getting wider, and wider, and wider. From 23mm to 25, then to 28, and now, slowly, the WorldTour is eking its way towards 30mm, while plenty of amateurs have made the jump already. At Paris-Roubaix this year, some riders will use 35mm tyres which, ironically, would get them kicked out of a cyclocross race, previously given 'wide' tyres to accommodate the rugged courses they face. But will it ever stop? Or more pertinently, should it?
