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Five cool things coming soon from Mason, Giant, Giro, 100% and Wattsocks

Some more of the best bikes, gear and clothing we're testing at the moment, with full reviews coming soon...

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Canyon approves bikes for turbo trainer use incl. Aeroad, Ultimate, Endurace, Grail, Inflite, Speedmax, and Exceed

It's now safe to use your Canyon in a turbo trainer says the German company

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Great Britain’s £15k Lotus/Hope track bike debuts at UCI Track World Cup event

Spanking new track bike gets first competitive outing at Track World Cup last weekend

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First Look: Ribble CGR Ti – Rachael’s long term gravel test bike

Titanium gravel build with new 11spd Shimano GRX RX600

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Limited edition Vintage Electric e-bike launched in tribute to upcoming Ford v Ferrari film

The high-powered limited edition e-bike is modelled on the paint scheme of Carroll Shelby's 289 Cobra, with Vintage Electric enlisting the help of the auto-building legend's grandson to design it...

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The Lotus track bike is back! Hope Technology develops new Team GB track bike for 2020 Olympics

The Lotus track bike is reborn for Tokyo 2020

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You can buy Chris Froome’s new personalised Pinarello Dogma F12 X-Light for £500 (on top of the £6k price of a frameset)

Chris Froome has got himself a shiny new Pinarello Dogma F12 X-Light

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First Ride: Look 765 Gravel RS Force 1 Mavic All Road

We take a high-end French all-road machine for a spin

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Is Shimano ABS coming to a bike near you soon?

With Bosch and Blubrake having already developed anti-lock braking for bikes, now Shimano look to be in on the act with a patent filed for an ABS system aimed predominantly at e-bikes

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Enigma updates Escape gravel bike with bigger tyre clearance and all the mounts

Enigma's titanium gravel bike has been updated with wider tyre clearance and much more

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Wilier’s £10k Cento10 Hybrid e-road bike – First Look with video

It weighs just 10.8kg and looks as close to a svelte road bike as it gets

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Hunt issues recall for 48 Limitless Aero Disc wheels – “worlds fastest road disc brake wheel set”

Brand new aero carbon wheels subject to recall following "significant damage as a result of impacts on potholes"

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Lightweight’s new wheels are tubeless, gravel and disc brake ready and cost up to £7,319

All-new carbon layup, tubeless and disc brake compatible for latest evolution of iconic German company’s lightweight wheels

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Is this the new Specialized Tarmac SL7?

Check out the new bike being tested by the Bora-Hansgrohe pros

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Veloflex’s new clincher tyres are safe to use with carbon wheels

Veloflex has beefed up clincher tyre sidewalls to be safe with all carbon rims

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Van Nicholas launches new titanium Rowtag gravel racer – cross over, all-road adventure bike

New all-road, adventure, gravel bike can adapt to any riding style

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Strava app stops supporting Bluetooth and ANT+ device pairing, and people aren’t happy

You can no longer pair Bluetooth sensors with the Strava smartphone app

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Specialized make limited edition Deceuninck–Quick-Step Tarmac Disc frameset

To celebrate a stellar year for the team including a whole two weeks in yellow for Julian Alaphilippe, Specialized have produced just 200 Quick-Step edition Tarmac framesets, with 199 of them available to buy globally

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Islabikes’ new kid’s range is lighter – and radder – than ever before

Longer, lower, slacker isn’t reserved for the big kids

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Five cool things coming soon from Rapha, Genesis, Time, Swiss Side and Northwave

Some of the best bikes, gear and clothing we're trying out at the moment, with full reviews coming soon...

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Soma Fabrications launch the world’s biggest water bottle that fits in a standard sized cage, with a 1.1 litre capacity

Able to hold over a litre of liquid and fitting in 98% of standard cages according to Soma, the new bottle is aimed at endurance riders who want to go further without having to refill...

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First Ride: Michelin’s first ever road tubeless tyre + Video

First Ride on Michelin's brand new Power Road tyre, in clincher and tubeless versions

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Salsa launch new Cutthroat ‘ultra endurance’ bike for 2020, with more accessory mounts and a redesigned fork

The Tour Divide-conquering Cutthroat has been given an overhaul, with a more compliant fork plus a new range of direct mount frame packs for carrying loads of luggage...

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Time launch new Cyclo gravel specific pedals based on their IClic system

New one sided pedal for two bolt cleats

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Roval Terra gravel wheels with up to 30mm internal rim width launched

Roval takes aim at gravel market with new Terra CLX and CLX Evo 650b and 700c wheelsets

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Five cool things coming soon from Assos, Lazer, Orro, Tune and Lezyne

Some of our top picks from the road.cc test pile this week, with reviews coming soon...

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Bontrager produce bikepacking bags for the first time with the Adventure Bags

Adventure Top Tube and Frame Bag made to fit the Checkpoint, Farley and more

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Mads Pedersen’s World Champs Trek Madone SLR Disc with some custom parts

The best looking world champs bike in years?

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10 Top cycling stories you might have missed this week

Some of the highlights from another action-packed week on two wheels in our road.cc recap...

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Shimano GRX Di2 – First Ride on Shimano’s first gravel-specific groupset

David rides the LtD Gravel Raid event in Germany with Shimano’s first dedicated gravel bike groupset

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