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Rapha’s Core Rain Jacket impresses, Berk’s feathery 100g saddle stands out, and a 10/10 cycling jacket from Q36.5: road.cc Recommends updated with six great cycling products

Our February round-up has it all from rain jackets and a 10/10 long-sleeve jersey, to a feathery saddle, a powerful helmet light, and two standout bikes

Fasten opens pre-orders for bikes with interchangeable front and rear wheels

Italian brand unveils three bikes built around its Switch Wheel System, a design that keeps the cassette and disc rotor on the frame so front and rear wheels are interchangeable and can be changed in seconds without touching the drivetrain

Looking for a cheap(er) electric cargo bike? Decathlon might have just the thing for you as the Btwin E-Three 500 launches, already discounted to £2,499

French sports brand heralds its Btwin E-Three 500 as a car replacement, boasting a unique ecosystem that switches between passenger and cargo modes in seconds

Van Rysel releases EDR CF endurance bike with 38mm tyre clearance and integrated frame storage

The EDR CF sits below the EDR CF Ultra and is designed "for optimal comfort and versatility". Prices start at €1,799

Aligning with modern gravel, Salsa’s new Flyway is shaped for racing and adventure

New racy gravel bike from Salsa comes with all of the mounts for luggage capacity, and flexy rear end tube shapes for comfort

“The most advanced aero bike we have ever created”: Merida finally unveils new Reacto that is faster, lighter, and with space for 32mm tyres

With the last major Reacto update happening way back in 2020, Merida’s flagship aero road bike returns, claiming big aerodynamic gains, lighter weights and room for wider tyres

Giant unveils “lightest Propel ever”, shunning the trend towards more radical aero road bikes

Giant says the new Propel is its lightest yet, so where does that leave its own very popular TCR all-round road bike? I’ve ridden the new Liv EnviLiv - the women's version of the Propel - to see how the updates feel on the road

Orbea’s new Carpe 10 urban electric bike slims down instantly for easy storage and charging

Park your Car(pe) with ease: weighing just 17kg, this new urban e-bike has bars that can lock at 90 degrees and fold-away pedals, ideal for small apartments, offices and lugging it around train stations.

“The thinnest dual-sided MTB clips on the market”: OneUp unveils super slim XC Clip Pedals that are fully SPD-compatible and weigh just 303g for the pair

OneUp has just graduated from the Colin Chapman school of engineering with its new, super-slim XC Clip Pedals, keeping the weight down and the stack low

‘All-Mountain’ or enduro in disguise? The 2026 Lapierre Overvolt AM CF breaks cover, and it’s surprisingly mellow

The new 'All-Mountain' bike looks to fit firmly into the enduro segment, but was created with input from E-XC champion Jerome Gilloux. Does this bike have an identity crisis? Let's unpack the finer details

Cervélo refreshes its Caledonia do-everything road bike, shedding 53g in weight and increasing tyre clearance to 36mm

Some small tweaks to Cervélo's all-road offering amount to a very slightly more feathery ride, the option to fit wider tyres and greater usability, particularly if you're a home mechanic

Kona’s LBF is built to push drop bar boundaries in a serious blend of gravel and MTB

A drop handlebar, four piston brakes, a dropper post and 100mm suspension fork. The Legend of Big Fork isn't just gravel, or MTB, rather, it pushes boundaries

Could the new SKS Smartgrab be the affordable phone mounting solution we’re all looking for? Plus new Knog Blinder lights, a new 4iiii HRM with huge battery life, self-cleaning water bottles are here (just not for cycling yet) + more

We've got brand spanking new tech, updated tech and complete and utter speculative musings in our latest edition of Tech of the Week

“We believe our combination is safe”: Cadex sticks with hookless for new Max 50 WheelSystem and Aero Tyre

The Max 50 WheelSystem and Aero Tyre are said to deliver “a measurable aerodynamic advantage in real-world conditions,” with the 50 mm wheelset weighing a claimed 1,290g and costing £3,499.98

Race Face’s carbon Era eMTB wheels get 130Nm hub rating and lifetime warranty

Fresh carbon hoops built especially for e-mountain bikes are built to cope with high torque and achieve rim-specific constructions

The all new upgraded Giant Stance E+ and Liv Embolden E+ e-mountain bikes get bigger forks, more torque and better motors

Giant and Liv's mid-range XC and singletrack bikes now have more travel and meatier motors, the latter thanks to the new Giant SyncDrive Pro 3X motor delivering 100Nm of torque on the top two models in each range

‘Electric Rally’? Specialized reckons it has created a new genre with the Levo R e-MTB

Electric Rally is now a thing with a new shorter travel version of the Levo from Specialized

“The perfect endurance bike”: Quirk Cycles unveils two very exclusive framesets, including one developed with Rapha founder Simon Mottram to tackle 220-mile Manchester to London ride

These two limited editions of Quirk's Mamtor and Durmitor framesets will only be available to buy in March 2026, priced at £4,999 and a whopping £9,250 respectively. When they're gone, they're gone!

SRAM’s most powerful brake, the Maven, adds new SwingLink feature and smaller pistons for more control without sacrificing power

The Maven introduces a refined SwingLink and smaller pistons

Teravail expands its range to include new gravel and bikepacking cockpits

From tyres and rims, to drop and flat handlebars especially for gravel and bikpacking

“The electric bike that won’t be stolen”: This full-size e-bike can fold down in six seconds, according to the brand launching it in the UK

The brand behind it reckons it offers all "the performance of a great bike", but with extra motor assistance and the functionality to fold down "light as air" at... erm, 16.7kg

‘Mega Mullet’ is officially a thing as Starling launches new 29/32-inch wheeled Big Bird… but brand remains unconvinced by growing big wheel trend

The British steel specialist has jumped on the big wheel bandwagon with its latest creation... but surprisingly, its founder doesn't sound entirely on board with what 32" could bring to riders and the bike industry as a whole

Light or rowdy? Boyd’s new Jocassee and Reiver gravel wheels cover both ends of the spectrum

Boyd introduced two new wheelsets primed to please all kinds of gravel riders

Nobl simplifies MTB wheel choice with Signature 36 and 38 wheelsets

Fresh hoops from Nobl prioritise torsional flex and boosts strength with reinforced rim lips

Specialized delivers Levo 4 power boost with free OTA update

18-22% performance increase plus new features delivered to e-MTB via app

Renthal clips into the clipless pedal market with new Revo-DHC and Revo-TRC pedals for gravel, trail, enduro and downhill

The Revo-DHC might be the largest and most adjustable pedal we've ever seen but it weighs 622g

Q36.5’s “game-changing” pedal and shoe system, Van Rysel’s £300 rain jacket, plus more pro-level kit from Vittoria, SRM and Deda

The latest pro-level cycling kit we have in for testing, from shoes and pedals to tyres, handlebars and rain jackets

“The bike you’ll reach for most” (if you can afford it): Ventum claims its revamped NS1 is the ultimate all-rounder; plus a 109g Selle Italia saddle, a cargo bike for kids + more

There's plenty of new tech to tell you about from our inbox and from IceBike, one of the UK's biggest cycling trade shows

Merida has built the Bosch-equipped ETMO to get more people out on bikes and prices start at £3,650

Merida is bucking recent pricing trends thanks to efficient manufacturing techniques

Genesis unveils three fresh prototype bikes, including new Equilibrium all-road model featuring custom Japanese steel

The British steel specialist has just shown off three endurance and comfort-focused prototypes at this week's IceBike show. Here's what we could glean from the chief engineer behind the new 'Equilibrium' (we think it will be an Equilibrium anyway)