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Five cool things coming soon from Raleigh, Kitbrix, Knog, Lezyne and Selle San Marco

A smorgasbord of cycling schwag previews before the road.cc verdicts are delivered...

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Madison reveals new turbo-specific clothing

The UK brand have come up with a jersey and shorts specifically designed for use on a turbo trainer, with an anti-bacterial coating and no extra prints or pockets to keep the weight right down...

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First Look: Bianchi Impulso e-Road

A £4k full-power e-bike that's light enough to keep up on the flat

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Specialized updates recall on 2018 Allez bike – replacement forks now available

Specialized has started replacing defective forks on 2018 Allez road bikes

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New Factor One now available with disc brakes and wider tyres for 2018

Factor Bikes has updated its One aero bike with disc brake option and improved aerodynamics and frame stiffness

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First Look: Marin Four Corners adventure and gravel bike

More room for bike packing gear than you can throw a stick at

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Moots to unveil new gravel bike at NAHBS + lots of new frame finish options

New softail gravel bike prototype plus jazzy new frame finishes being unveiled this week

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Rose updates X-Lite with 760g aero frame available with disc or rim brakes

All-new lightweight aero race bike with discs or rim brakes launched for 2018

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First Look video: Fairlight Strael 2

Dave has a closer look at the second incarnation of this steel machine, that was one of our favourite bikes of 2017 the first time around...

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Ridden: New Colnago C64 impresses on first ride

Have the changes to the new C64 resulted in an improved ride? David went to Lanzarote to find out

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Five cool things coming soon from Proviz, Genuine Innovations, Tern, Catlike and Hydroflask

More kit, tech and accessories that have particularly piqued our interest this week before the road.cc verdicts are delivered

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Disc brake debate reignited as top CX racer Katie Compton cut to the bone

Do disc brakes need more safety measures following gory injury sustained by CX racer Katie Compton?

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Stanforth team up with Sean Conway for signature touring bike

Britain's most beloved bearded two-wheeled adventurer has collaborated with Stanforth Bikes to create this steel touring machine, optimised for adventurous rides at pace...

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Rapha set to release Classic and Pro Team saddles this year

Rapha set to release Classic and Pro Team saddles this year Clothing company to launch two saddles this year

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Cycloc launches new Super Hero indoor bike storage

New design holds bike to wall by the pedals

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New Cotic Escapade is all terrain gorgeous

2018 update revises geometry, drops weight and adds flat mount brakes

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BikeLIVE Cannock – Come and test ride a huge range of bikes from Canyon, Giant, Vitus, Liv, Cube and many more at our demo day

BikeLIVE from the brand behind road.cc is back for 2018 offering you the chance to test ride a huge range of bikes both on and off-road

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Colnago C64 First Look – design, photos and video

Colnago's C64 is up to 270g lighter and now takes 28mm tyres

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New Specialized S-Works 7 shoes and Evade aero helmet – Unboxing Video + First Ride

S-Works 7 shoes stiffer and more comfortable than S-Works 6 say Specialized, while Evade aero helmet gets more aero and lighter too– David Arthur takes them for a ride…

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Live blog: Deaths caused by drink-drivers on the rise, introducing the Podbike, Robocap, and more

All today's news from the site and beyond...

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Six of the best aluminium road bikes – from Mason, Kinesis, Cannondale, Condor, Bowman and Vitus

Six reasons to choose an aluminium road bike this year

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Pro Bike: John Degenkolb’s custom painted Trek Madone race bike

Classic café racer motorcycles inspires new paint job for German sprinter

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Ribble launch 2018 team edition of Aero 883 bike

The bike will be ridden by the Ribble Pro Cycling Team, with riders including Dan Bigham and John Archibald, and you can buy it in the exact same spec as shown on Ribble's online Bikebuilder

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2018 Pro Bike: Movistar’s Canyon Ultimate and Aeroad bikes get a makeover

Movistar’s Canyon bikes get a new lick of paint for 2018 season

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Five cool things coming soon from Cateye, Trakke, Monton, FLR and Silca

Another week, another smorgasbord of cycling swag previewed before the road.cc verdicts are delivered...

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11 things we’ve learned this week

Some more facts, figures and lessons we've learned from another week on two wheels...

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First Look: Sven Cycles Pathfinder

Check out this shiny steel adventure bike that's made right here in the UK

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Time Alpe d’Huez: first ride report

We recently revealed the release of Time's new superbike, the Alpe d'Huez, and were also lucky enough to take it for a spin in southern France. Here are some first impressions...

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Video: six of the best products from the CORE Bike show

We pound the tasteful carpets of CORE to find shiny new things to show you

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Time launch the Alpe d’Huez ‘altitude’ bike, their lightest yet

The 01 Ulteam version of the new bike from the high-end French brand weighs just 6.2kg in its highest spec, and there is also a more affordable version, the Alpe d’Huez 21, with prices from £2,995

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