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1 month ago | 
cyclingnews.com | Paul Norman |Josh Croxton |Graham Cottingham |Will Jones |Tom Wieckowski
We've tested over 25 of the best gravel bikes, covering all options from gravel racing to bikepacking adventures
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
cyclingnews.com | Tom Wieckowski
We're busy bringing you as many pro bike shots as we can from the Tour Down Under, which kicks off the brand-new 2025 race season. A full tech gallery is in the works, and you can already check out the brand-new Uno-X Mobility Ridley Noah Fast 3.0 which is being ridden in the women's race, but now we turn our attention to the newest bike in the WorldTour, one we are all still getting familiar with: the X-Lab AD9.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
cyclingnews.com | Tom Wieckowski
The 2025 race season is about to kick off, and Cyclingnews is on the ground at the Tour Down Under. The race provides a great chance to scope out all of the new pro race bikes in one place and see how everything looks up close for the first time. Ridley launched its brand new aero race bike today, the Noah Fast 3.0, and you can read all about the new bike in our Ridley Noah 2025 launch story. The TL:DR though is that the brand claims it's the fastest bike it has ever produced.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
cyclingnews.com | Tom Wieckowski
Ridley has launched its latest race bike today with the brand-new Noah Fast 3.0. The brand claims the Noah 3.0 is the fastest bike they have ever made. The top line here is that aero has been the primary focus, news that may not come as a complete surprise given the Noah's long and storied history as the Belgian brand's aero race bike. However, things appear to have been ramped up a notch for 2025.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
cyclingnews.com | Tom Wieckowski
Price: £270 / $300 / €290Weight: 351 grams - Small Colours: Uranium Black Sizes: XS-XXL The days may be slowly getting longer in the northern hemisphere, but winter is still well and truly here. As such, my winter bib tight (and kit) testing continues apace. This week, the POC Thermal Cargo bibtights are under the microscope. POC is a Swedish brand that designs cycling gear but also Snowsport equipment and apparel.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
cyclingnews.com | Tom Wieckowski
Cliff Polton, engineer and owner of Royce UK, is still waiting for the spoke nipples he ordered from Italy nearly a quarter of a century ago to arrive. Tasked with building the wheels for Chris Boardman's Athlete’s Hour Record attempt, he finally gave up waiting and made the special spoke nipples himself. “We’re engineers, we just made them,” Polton, a lifelong engineer who turns 80 this year, explains from his small business premises on the edge of the New Forest, Hampshire, England.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
cyclingnews.com | Tom Wieckowski
Just when we think all the new WorldTour sponsorship announcements have been made, another one gets announced, there's a pattern forming of late. This news follows hot on the heels of Tadej Pogacar switching saddle sponsors and Visma-Lease a bike potentially making their own kit. You can keep up to date with sponsor and equipment changes in our Mens WorldTour bike guide.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
cyclingnews.com | Tom Wieckowski
Sidi Nix winter cycling shoeSidi launched a brand new winter cycling shoe named the Nix back in October, replacing the brand's long-standing winter boot - the Zero Gore 2 - which had been around in a couple of guises for quite some time. There are several dedicated winter cycling boots and shoes on the market and opinion is generally split between winter boots and a shoe/overshoe combination for winter riding and training.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
cyclingnews.com | Tom Wieckowski
Madison DTE Waterproof Primaloft Thermal gloves Price: £49.99 / $TBCWeight: 133g pair - M Sizes: XS-XXL Colours: Black / Lake Blue / Midnight green Snow has covered the ground here in the UK recently, and although we struggle with it over here, unlike parts of the USA or Europe, the snow never hangs around for very long. The thaw means lots of standing water and plenty of rain. Britain’s winter weather is nearly always both wet and cold.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
cyclingnews.com | Tom Wieckowski
Price: £90 / $125 / €95. Sizes: XS-XL Weight: 76 grams per pair - SColours: BlackQ36.5 has to be one of the most talked about brand names of the winter, thanks to all of the speculation around Tom Pidcock's move from Ineos Grenadiers to Q36.5 Pro Team. Pidcock will no doubt be getting to grips with his new team's clothing. Likewise, I've been testing several pieces of Q36.5 kit out this winter, in what has been my first introduction to the brand and its clothing.
