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It’s time to announce our Recommends selection for March, and a grand total of 13 products made the cut this time, all bagging 9/10 review scores.
As we roll into spring, we’re getting through the last of the huge batch of lights we had in to review, and transitioning to more summery gear. The decent weather we’ve seen recently has even allowed us to get a head start on bib shorts – well, our braver reviewers based in the north have ditched the longs anyway…
Here’s a quick list of everything that made the cut last month, and we’ve picked out six to say a little more about below:
- Uvex Surge Aero MIPS
- Van Rysel Cycling Cat 3 Sunglasses RoadR 900 Perf – Black
- Curtis Bikes G.O.A.T frameset
- J.Laverack R J.ACK Disc Classic
- Galibier Peloton Multi Scarf
- Lezyne Strip Drive+ Pair
- Lake MX239 Gravel shoes
- Scribe Cycling Elan SL 50 Carbon Wheelset
- Castelli Espresso Bib Tights
- DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro Camera Adventure Combo
- Gorewear Spinshift Bib Shorts Women’s
- Topeak Ratchet Rocket Essential
- Madison Flux Women’s Short Sleeve Jersey
Uvex Surge Aero MIPS
This elite-level lid from Uvex also comes with an aero cover, making it a great investment for those who want a helmet that will serve them well for training and racing.
It comes with the latest MIPS tech, it’s fairly light, and the aero cover fixes firmly without rattling. Our reviewer said it also offers excellent ventilation, not something that can be said of all aero road helmets.
Read our review of the Uvex Surge Aero MIPS
Van Rysel Cycling Cat 3 Sunglasses RoadR 900 Perf
Van Rysel has “put other brands to shame” with these shades according to our reviewer, offering some light, aesthetically pleasing and robust sunglasses with excellent clarity for a fraction of the price of some rivals.
Our reviewer reckons the Cat 3 shades offer performance that is right up there with offerings from Oakley and 100%. The lenses never fogged up, they offer great coverage and they look great.
You don’t get a hard case included, but you can pick one up separately for not much money if you’d prefer to keep them extra safe on your travels.
Read our review of the Van Rysel Cat 3 RoadR 900 Perf
J.Laverack R J.ACK Disc Classic
Buy from J.Laverack for £8,450
We’ve reviewed a lot of nice titanium bikes in the past couple of years, and J.Laverack always impresses us with its high quality builds and excellent ride quality.
The R J.ACK blends modern and traditional with ease, offering a stiff, firm ride with an underlying smoothness. At 8.8kg in our Ultegra Di2 build, it’s plenty light enough to tackle hills, and if you wish, you can spec added extras like mudguards and dynamo lights.
Read our review of the J.Laverack R J.ACK Disc Classic
Scribe Cycling Elan SL 50 Carbon Wheelset
Buy from Scribe Cycling for £1,199.00
A regular in the Recommends section nowadays, Scribe rarely misses the mark and the new Elan SL 50 wheels are among the best mid-depth wheels we’ve reviewed in the past few months.
They’re light at just 1,348g for the pair, you get a ceramic bearing upgrade at a not-outrageous price, and all Scribe wheels come with a three-year warranty. Our reviewer Stu was very impressed, describing the hoops as “real-world quick” and very well built.
Read our review of the Scribe Cycling Elan SL 50 Carbon Wheelset
DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro Camera Adventure Combo
There are a lot of action cameras around nowadays, but if you wanted a really top-end one for capturing your cycling adventures, Dave Atkinson would be spending his money on the DJI Osmo Action 5.
The picture is crystal clear, and the unit has a 1/1.3in sensor that’s capable of shooting in 4K up to 120 frames per second. You can also shoot in 10-bit D-Log M for the best picture quality and post-processing possibilities. The sound options are also excellent, as the camera comes with the option to sync two mics to one camera so it’s all on the same audio file.
If you’re looking for a very capable action camera, the Osmo Action 5 is easy to recommend if you’re prepared to invest.
Read our review of the DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro Camera Adventure Combo
Topeak Ratchet Rocket Essential
While a little pricier than most rivals, the Topeak Ratchet Rocket Essential is very compact, easy to use and suitable for roadside or home maintenance, according to our reviewer.
It comes in a smart-looking case, is robustly made, and has most of the bits you need to work on a modern bike. This tool is more than capable of handling big workshop jobs, with our reviewer using it to carry out a full service of a friend’s gravel bike using it
Read our review of the Topeak Ratchet Rocket Essential
For the full archive of all products we’ve awarded a road.cc Recommends badge to over the years, head over to the road.cc Recommends section.
3 thoughts on “Scribe does it again, more terrific titanium and a top pro-level lid: 13 superb cycling products bag road.cc Recommends badges”
Not sure if this is possible,
Not sure if this is possible, but this news letter goes out all over the world, and some places like Decathlon does not send stuff to America, in fact they’re restricted to just the UK; is it possible to make the products listed be sold to most places in the world?
froze wrote:
Decathlon are not restricted to the UK, in fact they’re a French company and have stores across Europe, Asia, Australia and Canada.
Not trading in the USA shouldn’t be a reason to ignore new and good quality products.
Apart from the fact that you
Apart from the fact that you’re completely wrong – Decathlon is a French company and has 1045 stores in Europe compared to 50 in the UK – whilst this website does have a global reach it is a British site primarily geared towards British cyclists so it’s absurd to suggest products reviewed should only be those available globally. If the Mango Mussolini carries on his tariff wars there are going to be a heck of a lot of products that won’t be available in the USA, should they all be banned from being reviewed?