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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Warren Rossiter
New Orbea Terra is ready for anything with more tyre clearance, greater comfort and a lighter weight | BikeRadarOrbea has unveiled its new Terra gravel bike, with more tyre clearance, compliance and mountings – but a lighter weight than the previous incarnation. …
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1 week ago | 
bikeradar.com | Warren Rossiter
The new Cervélo Áspero 5 is rapid and reactive, but is it really a gravel bike? The Áspero 5, according to Cervélo, was designed to be the fastest gravel bike on the market. It's a design inspired by the road-race bred S5, with geometry based on Cérvelo’s everyman racer, the Soloist. It begs the question, though, can an aerodynamically optimised lightweight race design with ‘only’ 45mm tyre clearance really be that fast for all kinds of gravel?
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1 week ago | 
bikeradar.com | Warren Rossiter
The latest-generation SRAM Force XPLR AXS brings 13 speeds, a full-mount rear derailleur, great ergonomics and an array of options. You get all the benefits of Red XPLR AXS without the huge price tag – what’s not to like? When SRAM released its redesigned Red XPLR last year, I was impressed. The brilliant shifter ergonomics and brakes from the road-going Red AXS and specific gravel parts were a winning combination.
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1 week ago | 
bikeradar.com | Warren Rossiter
When Rival AXS first arrived back in 2021, it was the first electronic groupset at this third-tier level. Shimano responded, with 105 Di2 arriving a year later, bringing lower weight and a more affordable price. Now, SRAM has taken the fight back to Shimano, with a hugely revamped Rival AXS that brings a new crankset, brakes and derailleurs, and shifters modeled on the hugely successful SRAM Red AXS version.
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1 week ago | 
wetheitalians.com | Warren Rossiter
BY: Warren RossiterWith the mounting pressure from US tariffs on bikes made in Asia, is the cycling industry heading for an era of more home-grown production? If so, Italy is in a fine place to bring more production onshore and return to the glory days of Italian-made bicycles. At its peak, Italian bike manufacturing was the envy of the world. Bicycle behemoth Bianchi at one point produced 70,000 bicycles in Italy every year.
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3 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Warren Rossiter
4 hours agoThe second-generation Caledonia-5 combines road race looks, aerodynamics, and upright geometry into a comfortable and confident bike for many hours in the saddle. Takeaway: The Cervélo Caledonia-5 expertly blends race bike-inspired looks with endurance bike handling and geometry. It’s perfect for …
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1 month ago | 
bikeradar.com | Warren Rossiter
SQUIRREL_13203063Redshift’s ShockStop is impressively stiff laterally, while still being highly active in squashing road vibration and gravel chatter. Fitting the stem is as simple as a standard stem. However, tuning the stem to suit your riding style and weight is a little more involved than the USE Vybe GR review – its key competitor – because it requires removing the bar and faceplate.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Warren Rossiter
3 hours ago REI Is Selling Big Agnes' $650 Backpacking Tent for $260 Right Now, and Campers Say It's a 'Game Changer' "Enough space for me and all my gear." When you’re out camping, good gear is critical—nothing ruins a camping trip like a sleeping pad that won't stay … 21 hours ago I've ridden thousands of bikepacking miles – here are 10 mistakes to avoid | BikeRadar Bikepacking is the most liberating form of cycling – a chance to escape the doldrums of everyday life, where the only...
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1 month ago | 
bikeradar.com | Warren Rossiter
SQUIRREL_13203064USE’s Vybe GR stem is a lightweight and highly tuneable alternative to traditional suspension options. It's best suited to off-road duties and works best when riding in the drops. The stem is made from 6063 aluminium with a 1-1/8in steerer clamp that has a pivot anchor. The front section houses a compression-damping elastomer sandwiched underneath the pivot bolt.
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1 month ago | 
bikeradar.com | Warren Rossiter
SQUIRREL_13202212Ribble says its new Allroad range is the result of three years of research, development and testing. The platform’s concept involved taking the lessons learned from Ribble's aero race bike, the Ultra SL R, and trickling that technology into an endurance road bike. It's certainly not an all-road bike, offering both pace and performance more akin to aero road bikes, but with a level of comfort on tarmac you'd expect from endurance bikes.
