Matthew Loveridge

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Classic climb: Göscheneralp, a dam fine Swiss road to nowhere

1 month ago | cyclist.co.uk | Matthew Loveridge

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"Fixed gear bikes are stupid and pointless, and I freaking love them" – 5 surprising reasons you need a fixie in your life | BikeRadar | Flipboard

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Matthew Loveridge

Oakley Velo Kato review: brilliant sunglasses if you can accept this one ridiculous feature | BikeRadarRecently, I had a realisation about Oakley: it’s going to try things and produce sunglasses that make little sense, because it can. It happened at an …
Should I get a fixie? 5 reasons why you absolutely must

1 month ago | bikeradar.com | Matthew Loveridge |Jack Luke

We probably reached the zenith of fixed-gear culture and popularity in circa 2008, but here at BikeRadar, we remain ardent fans of the freewheel-free life. Sure, the cool kids might have given up pretending to be couriers and gone bikepacking or riding gravel instead, but fixies still offer an irresistible draw for many. Here are five reasons your next bike should be a fixie.
Ridley Grifn RS road bike review

2 months ago | cyclist.co.uk | Matthew Loveridge

The current fashion for all-road bikes dovetails nicely with the UK’s descent into crumbling tarmac hell, as our highways now pay living tribute to writer Louis Sachar’s seminal children’s classic, Holes. Ridley’s Grifn RS is an avowed genre-blurrer, much in the way the mythical gryphon is an avowed gene-blurrer.
What is a tubeless tyre? Everything you need to know

2 months ago | bikeradar.com | Matthew Loveridge

Tubeless tyre technology for bikes is exactly what you’d imagine from the name – it does away with inner tubes, working in much the same way as the tyre and rim of a modern car. Tubeless is now the default option for mid-range to high-end mountain bikes and gravel bikes, and it’s becoming increasingly popular for road bikes too. This guide covers the basic principles of tubeless, and we’ve got separate advice on tubeless setup for road bikes and tubeless setup for mountain bikes.
Factor Ostro VAM road bike review

Jan 29, 2025 | cyclist.co.uk | Matthew Loveridge

Calling a bike fast without independent data to back it up is journalistically suspect. But you don’t need data to tell you when a bike feels fast, and when its riding manners favour aggressive riding. Bikes may be inanimate objects without agency, but some give the distinct impression they want to be ridden quickly, whether that’s by virtue of riding position, styling or the sensation of pedalling.
Best road bikes under £3,000 or $3,000 in 2024

Oct 16, 2024 | bikeradar.com | Matthew Loveridge |Paul Norman

The best road bikes under £3,000 or $3,000 can offer a great ride and high-quality spec. We rate some of them among the best road bikes we've tested. While you can spend a great deal more, road bikes under £3,000 / $3,000 come at a sweet spot, where you'll usually get a quality frameset and a decent spec, including a 12-speed groupset. Wheels, tyres and other components may be less basic and a bike at this price will almost always include hydraulic disc brakes.
Best all-road bikes 2024 reviewed

Oct 15, 2024 | cyclist.co.uk | Paul Norman |Matthew Loveridge

The best all-road bikes look to provide on-road performance paired with a dash of off-road capability, letting you make good progress on tarmac but also navigate light gravel or dirt – the best of both worlds. All-road bikes sit in a somewhat rarefied niche, somewhere between the best endurance road bikes (which might be an endangered species as road race bikes get ever more competent) and the fast, racy end of the best gravel bikes.
Campagnolo Ekar GT groupset review

Sep 24, 2024 | cyclist.co.uk | Matthew Loveridge

Campagnolo’s Ekar GT (pronounced ECK-ar) is a gravel-specific groupset, the Italian brand’s second foray into the genre. It’s a more affordable yet in some ways improved accompaniment to the original Ekar groupset, which was the second most surprising thing to happen in 2020. The headlines are promising.
Classic climb: Grimsel Pass, the Swiss climb that’s anything but grim

Aug 30, 2024 | cyclist.co.uk | Matthew Loveridge

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