Tech

Hope’s all new HB912 short-travel mountain bike is a thing of beauty, but you’ll need around £8,000 to make it yours

At Corebike 2026, Hope unveiled its latest addition into the mountain bike market, and boy, is it pretty?

Are 32″ wheels (or at least one 32″ wheel) really the future? Starling’s new Big Bird, Lewis’s LHP+ brakes + more from Renthal, Seido and Fast Suspension

We check out Starling's 32" bike and more!

Check out the Mercian tandem that Greg James will ride 1,000km for Comic Relief

The BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show host is coming out of "challenge retirement" to ride from Weymouth to Edinburgh in the lead up to Red Nose Day, and here’s the Derby-built tandem he’ll be doing it on

Norco’s lightweight e-MTB blends confidence with an agile ride – Norco Sight VLT TQ C2 first ride review

Norco's Sight VLT goes mid-power with TQ's HPR60 motor, and we've ridden it ahead of launch

Mason Bokeh turns 10: the fast, do-it-all bike that refuses to be just ‘gravel’

Built to be fast across multiple surfaces, the Mason Bokeh has evolved over the past decade without losing its original spirit – and earned a devoted following along the way

From the MotoGP race track to your bike ride, HJC’s record-breaking cycling helmets are built to protect

Trusted to make helmets that need to be effective for MotoGP pros riding at 150mph, HJC know a thing or two about head protection. Here's how HJC's motorsport know-how informed their approach to cycling helmets

More aero, more speed and made for racing: Basso Palta III first ride review

Adventure and gravel race collide once again with the third Palta but is it the difficult third album, or speedy gravel bliss?

Affordable, UK-made and just outrageous: Rat Bikes Dad Rat first ride review

Gravel bike or mountain bike? The Dad Rat is unashamedly both and that's its charm

2026 team bikes ranked — from the ‘cheapest’ to Pogacar’s £15k superbike, we attempt to rate every bike on the WorldTour

Liam takes a closer look at every WorldTour bike, ranking them on little more than vibes alone

Bike at Bedtime – 2026 Passoni OT-01 Omni Titanium

Passoni unveils flagship OT-01 Omni Titanium – and yes, it’s eye-wateringly expensive

Italian titanium specialist Passoni has refined its top-end road frame with cleaner lines, a weight saving and room for 32mm tyres, but the handmade OT-01 Omni Titanium is very much a luxury item

Megamo’s Flame AL, Cinelli’s Gravel Speciale ENVE’s enduro wheelset, interesting tyre inflation from Topeak, and AMS’s fresh grips

Another fresh batch of cool things joined with this week's best stories

When does a gravel bike become a mountain bike? As the genres continue to blur, here’s how to define the gravel and MTB categories

The line between gravel and MTB is blurring rapidly, but there are a few factors that still differentiate the two - here's our guide to identifying which one's which

roadcc recommends awards 2025-26 – Road Bike of the Year

road.cc Recommends Bikes of the Year 2025/26: the best road bikes

After a year of testing everything from affordable alloy all-rounders to cutting-edge carbon superbikes, here are the 10 road bikes that most impressed the road.cc reviewers

roadcc recommends awards 2025-26 – All-Road Bike of the Year

road.cc Recommends Bikes of the Year 2025/26: the best all-road bikes

All-road bikes blur boundaries and open doors. Fast on tarmac, confident on rough lanes and happy to sneak down a bridleway, here are the drop-bar do-it-alls that impressed us most last year

A ban on drop bars by the organisers of America’s most famous mountain bike race won’t actually solve any problems

Famously won on a drop barred MTB last year, Life Time has announced its ban on curly bars in its Leadville and Big Sugar races but is this a positive step?

More suspension-laden gravel bikes, more 32in wheels and plenty of pro bikes: The best MTB and gravel tech from Velofollies 2026

Belgium's biggest annual bike show rolled around once again, and here are the most exciting things we spotted

roadcc recommends awards 2025-26 – Gravel and Adventure Bike of the Year

road.cc Recommends Bikes of the Year 2025/26: the best gravel and adventure bikes

After countless miles of riding, we’ve hand-picked the best gravel machines that we’ve reviewed over the past 12 months. From featherweight flyers to long-haul adventurers, these are the bikes that proved their worth where it really counts

Are four piston brakes for gravel overkill? And more from Shimano, Zefal, Granite and GripGrab

Another batch of cool things and the top stories of the week

roadcc recommends awards 2025-26 – Commuting Bike of the Year

road.cc Recommends Bikes of the Year 2025/26: the best commuting bikes, folding bikes and urban bikes

Commuting looks different for everyone, so we’ve rounded up the bikes that shine across the whole spectrum from muddy-towpath mashers to train-friendly folders and electrified hill-tamers – bikes with practicality, versatility and everyday reliability

roadcc recommends awards 2025-26 – Electric Bike of the Year

road.cc Recommends Bikes of the Year 2025/26: the best electric bikes

From speedy off-roaders to practical commuters and cargo carriers, we’ve ridden loads of e-bikes over the past year and here are the standout models across all budgets and styles

roadcc recommends awards 2025-26 – Bargain Buys of the Year

The best cycling bargains: check out the road.cc Recommends Bargain Buys of the Year 2025/26

After 12 months of reviewing, it’s time to unveil the bikes, components, accessories and clothing that deliver genuinely outstanding value, culminating in our Bargain Buy of the Year

roadcc recommends awards 2025-26 – Tyres of the Year

Get ready to roll with the road.cc Recommends Tyres of the Year 2025/26

Check out the best road and gravel tyres we’ve reviewed over the past 12 months – from Continental, Pirelli, Schwalbe and more

Check out Cannondale’s first-ever bike: the ST-500 from 1983

Joe Montgomery, the driving force behind Cannondale’s leap into bike manufacturing, has just passed on, so let’s look back at the brand’s very first bike

How to replace a bike chain — simple steps to a smooth transmission

A new chain costs less than a new drivetrain - an easy fix that prevents costly replacements later

How to fit tubeless tyres — everything you need to know in this step-by-step guide

Fitting tubeless tyres doesn't have to be intimidating. Try our easy step-by-step guide and you'll be rolling along tubeless in no time

How to make your bike shift smoother — the main causes of bike gear problems and how to fix them

Are your gears not working as they should? Here are 10 things to check to get them running smoothly

Must-have tools for your first bike tool kit — do you have all of them?

Ready to take on bike maintenance and swerve the costly repair and maintenance fees by taking care of some of it yourself? Discover the essential tools every beginner needs in their toolkit!

Cross-chaining

Is cross-chaining really that bad?

Is it always cheaper to do your own bike maintenance? Feb 2025

Is it always cheaper to do your own bike maintenance? We do the sums to work out when the bike shop is best

We investigate when it might be more cost effective to work on your bike at home, versus when it's definitely better to leave it to the professionals

Is this the fastest road bike in the world?

Toot Engineering reckons the Tred TheFalcon 300 RR SC is way more efficient than big-name competitors