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A gravel bike with “almost faultless performance” and the best bike computer we’ve reviewed for a long while: road.cc Recommends updated with nine excellent cycling products

Our April round-up impressed for a variety of reasons including value, features and aesthetics. Here are the nine products that impressed us most

Brompton unveils P Line Mk II folding bike

London brand refines its lightweight performance folder with carbon fork and new components

Wilier’s new Rapida road bike comes with 36mm tyre clearance and sub-£3k price

New model blends race-inspired aerodynamics with a more forgiving geometry and space for wider tyres, with prices starting at £2,999

Sub-10kg XC bikes might be the new standard: Canyon’s new Lux weighs in at just 9.82kg

With adjustable anti-squat and a sub 10kg overall weight, are we facing a new wave of superlight cross-country bikes? While still a fair bit chunkier than the new 8.5kg Specialized Epic 9, Canyon's latest XC bike is still far more feathery than most

The “world’s lightest” e-bike conversion kit just launched on Kickstarter and has already smashed its crowdfunding target: Cyplore is aimed squarely at road and gravel bikes with a performance focus

Cyplore combines a rear hub motor, aero bottle-style battery and wireless control system, and comes as either a ready-to-ride wheel or a build kit

Campagnolo goes 13 again: new Record 13 groupset aims to bring top-tier performance at a lower price

Sharing tech with Super Record 13, Campagnolo’s new Record 13 range adds a slightly heavier but more affordable entry point to its 13-speed platform for road and gravel

Specialized boasts its new Epic 9 is the lightest production full suspension XC MTB ever, tipping the scales at just 8.5kg

Specialized's new Epic 9 is here, and is backed up with a lot of progressive claims... and a ridiculously feathery weight

SRAM brings improved sealing to the Ochain… but it’s only available for SRAM and Bosch interfaces

Fresh gaskets and seals boost the Ochain's service interval to 200 hours

Carbon frame and electronic shifting for under £2,200? Polygon’s new Strattos promises a “sharper price point” for all-road bikes

The new Polygon Strattos comes in four builds, with mechanical and electronic shifting options and 34mm tyre clearance, starting at €1,599 and weighing from 8.7kg. The entry-level model also comes equipped with Shimano's new 11-speed Tiagra groupset

Can this “revolutionary” solid graphite block really lube your chain better? Plus Genesis updates popular models, bike racks with parking sensors + more

It's time for our tech round-up, this week featuring all the hottest new stuff from Elite, Thule, Genesis, Ineos Grenadiers and more

Felt’s all-new Breed gravel bike weighs just 7kg

Updated Breed platform targets outright speed with a 950g frame and aero tweaks along with clearance for tyres up to 54mm

Zipp unveils its lightest wheelset ever: 202 NSW returns

SRAM-owned Zipp revives its 202 NSW climbing wheelset with a claimed weight of just 1,090g

Specialized pulls the cover off heavily teased Demo 11 with new HighGear and OBB linkage

The most anticipated downhill bike on the market is finally official, and it gets an very different suspension layout

Revived e-bike specialist VanMoof launches the S6, its first new model since McLaren Applied takeover

VanMoof is back with what it calls the "ultimate e-bike". Visually it looks similar but inside it's had the McLaren Applied treatment

SRAM hasn’t totally ditched the mech hanger with S-Series drivetrain refresh

SRAM revitalises its hanger-equipped drivetrains for more affordable upgrades

No more gears: meet the new e-bike drive system with no mechanical link between the pedals and rear wheel

Niche Mobility has unveiled a prototype drive unit that uses a fully automatic digital system with regenerative braking and a reverse gear, with a launch targeted for 2027

Coospo’s radar tail light rivals Garmin, Cycplus impresses with a sub-£400 smart trainer, and Ravemen and Moon deliver standout lighting: road.cc Recommends updated with eight great cycling products

A mix of products feature in March’s Recommends, spanning cold-weather kit, lighting, training tech and more

Budget boost? Hutchinson says £14.99 GP Explorer tyre sets “a new benchmark for entry-level road performance” – plus Thule’s new bike rack that incorporates parking sensors, and loads more from Castelli, POC, Panaracer, Boyd…

French brand brings a new dual-compound tyre to the bargain end of the market, while this week’s tech round-up also features smart cooling for indoor training, Thule’s bike rack that incorporates parking sensors, deep-section carbon wheels, limited-edition kit drops and loads more

“We wanted to move away from the white lines and marginal gains”: Look’s new G85 Cezal combines road precision with MTB spirit

Look's latest gravel bike is built for the rule breakers with gravel specific geometry, catering to riders new and experienced

Maxxis goes all in on 32″ wheels with new tyre range and all-new Aspen AT

32" wheels are here to stay, and now tyres are available to suit more bike types

Colnago unveils C72 road bike: new Italian-built flagship model blends updated lug design, hidden storage and extra comfort

Handmade in Italy and limited to 3,000 frames a year, Colnago’s latest C Series bike refines its signature lugged construction with a redesigned chassis, integrated cockpit and subtle geometry tweaks – but it doesn’t come cheap

Specialized’s third-generation Ambush helmet is built to be forgotten

Winning a five-star Virginia Tech rating, the Ambush three claims to solve all helmet-based problems

Tubolito adds real-time pressure monitoring to its TPU inner tubes with new SYNCD system

Delivering real-time tyre pressure updates straight to your device, the Tubo-Road SYNCD combines a TPU inner tube with a built-in Bluetooth sensor, and is priced at €39.95

CushCore’s $299 Rotary Tyre Tool may one day spell the end of our tyre installation woes… but you can’t buy it in the UK (yet)

Easy tyre and insert fitting is here... but just for professional mechanics, and the price is sky high! We're very much hoping the technology could trickle down, though

“The fastest all-round road racing wheel system Hunt has ever made or tested”: UK brand says new wheels are quicker than the ones Pogacar used to win the Tour de France

5AM Limitless wheelset uses a deeper and wider front rim for aero gains and a shallower, narrower rear rim to keep weight down

BMC electrifies its Teammachine flagship road race bike with launch of Teammachine 01 AMP, featuring super light TQ mid-motor

BMC now has two electric road bikes in its line-up, with the Teammachine offering a faster, racier ride than the endurance-focused Roadmachine AMP. Prices range from €7,999 up to a lofty €13,499

Tired of e-bike everything? The BMC Twostroke 01 Is pure cross-country simplicity

With all the ‘E’ news today, it’s nice to get a bit of a palate cleanser in the form of a new BMC Twostroke. An unapologetic, ultra-lightweight XC bike built to tackle everything from local trails to World Cup races

“The world’s fastest all-road race bike”: Canyon’s new Endurace CFR is as aero as its Aeroad

Developed with Alpecin–Premier Tech and raced by Mathieu van der Poel, the updated Endurace CFR comes with aero gains and added comfort – but will it get across the Paris-Roubaix cobbles first?

Parcours launches Strade GT wheels with VibraCORE tech, promising 23% less vibration to improve comfort and performance

New wheelset uses recycled carbon in the rim’s spoke bed to cut vibration, boost comfort and reduce fatigue – while also improving aero efficiency

Reserve’s new 30|XC cross-country wheelset gets pedal kickback-reducing Degrees of Freedom tech

Reserve's lastest cross-country wheelset promise to keep up with the ever increasing technicality of modern XC racing