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Zwift’s Watopia now open all hours plus one guest world

Now you can ride Watopia all the time

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Rapha tease release of Explore shoes, expanded women’s range, Paul Smith Ltd edition kit and more this year

A little glimpse at what you can expect from Rapha this year

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Five cool things coming soon from Douchebags, Fizik, Panaracer, Edco and Honey Stinger

Another selection of bike bits and bobs that we're testing at the moment, with full reviews coming soon...

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In case you missed it: road.cc Best Cycling Components, Accessories and Clothing of 2018/19 Awards

Revealed! The very best cycling products we've tested over the past year

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The team behind Guy Martin’s Proper Cleaner release Proper Degreaser

Water soluble tabs of Proper Degreaser joins the range

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Enve launches new aluminium hubs for rim and disc brake wheels

New aluminium hubs bring Enve wheel ownership down to £2,700

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Ragley is back with new bikes and a fresh range

Fresh drop bar goodies plus an all new mountain bike

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Review: Orbea Keram Asphalt 20

Verdict: Well specced city bike with an excellent motor system and good load-carrying ability

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road.cc recap: ten of our top stories this week

Some of our highlights from another action-packed week on two wheels...

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Hunt launch the 35 Carbon Gravel Disc X-Wide, with a 35mm depth and 30mm width

After the success of their 30 carbon gravel wheelset with a 27mm rim width, Hunt have gone even wider at 30mm wide with these new wheels that are optimised for 40c tyres

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First look: Heroïn Bikes, designed specifically for the Haute Route

These high-end boutique beauties from the new French brand Heroïn were designed specifically to cope with the demands of the Haute Route, and described as "versatile climbing" bikes

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Five cool things coming soon from Pearson, Pro, Muc-Off, Tacx and Useeme

Another smorgasbord of new kit, techy bits and bikes that we're testing at the moment, with reviews coming soon...

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Decathlon launch Van Rysel brand for their performance road bike range

Having already rebadged their touring, commuter and sportive bikes to the Triban name, Decathlon's performance road bikes will now be called Van Rysel following the global launch on Friday

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Adam Hansen brings wearable motion capture tool to pro peloton

Motion sensors to improve bike fit and performance trialled by Adam Hansen

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Castelli 2019: New Free Aero Race 4 bib shorts and Aero 6 Jersey launched + video

All-new bib shorts and jerseys developed with Team Sky now available to buy

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Video First Look: Specialized Tarmac Disc Sport – the cheapest Tarmac with disc brakes (not that it’s actually cheap)

David takes a first look at the £2,350 Tarmac Disc Sport road bike

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Wilier launch new Jena gravel bike

Carbon gravel goer designed for a variety of surfaces

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First Look: Vielo V+1 Rival gravel bike

There's another V+1 available and it's more affordable......

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SLF Motion launch the Hyper 1X oversized pulley wheel system for gravel and adventure riding

The Hyper 1X System claims to reduce drivetrain friction and increase durability, and is recommended for gravel, TT and mountain bikes

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Five cool things coming soon from Pirelli, Shimano, Selle Italia, Merlin and PEdALED

Another selection of bikes, kit and gadgets we're testing at the moment, with full reviews coming soon...

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Pro Bikes: Lotto–Soudal’s Ridley Noah Fast with Campagnolo Super Record EPS 12-speed groupset

The pros are running new Campagnolo EPS 12-speed so we can assume it's being launched this year

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Peter Sagan to race an aluminium bike!

See Peter Sagan’s one-off Allez Sprint Disc 

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Disc vs Rim Brake Wheel Change Challenge – Video

How quickly can Dave change a wheel on disc brake and rim brake bike?

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EF Education First’s new Rapha team kit revealed + exclusive first look video

Watch Dave squeeze into Rapha’s new team kit…

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New Pinnacle Arkose offers versatility and value

Gravel and commuter now with more off-road flavour at low prices

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Rough-Stuff Fellowship Archive book launches on Kickstarter

Book chronicling the early years of the Rough-Stuff Fellowship seeks funding

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New SRAM Red eTap (or whatever they call new 12 speed electronic road groupset) will work 1x and 2x drivetrains confirms online manual

We've trawled the depths of the web and dug up a new manual from Sram for a 'Road AXS' system, that suggests it could be compatible with both 1x and 2x drivetrains by altering the number of chain links...

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Specialized issues recall for Roubaix, Ruby, Diverge, and Sirrus due to Future Shock clamping collar defects

Own a Roubaix, Ruby, Diverge, and Sirrus with Future Shock? You need to read this

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Video: dhb’s new Aeron LAB all-winter jacket

Interesting tech on dhb's new top-end winter softshell that's designed for UK winter conditions

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Videos: Award-winning B’Safe airbag cycle vest showcased at CES

Safety garment comes from French company Helite, Europe's leading manufacturer of wearable airbag systems

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