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Vitus launch two new bikes, the Zenium Carbon and the Substance Carbon

The Zenium all-round road bike and the Substance gravel grinder have both been given the carbon treatment, and are available to buy now in various specs

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Video: e-road bike vs lightweight bike –The Rematch! Longer, harder, further than before

An e-bike's always going to be quicker up a climb, but what about if you throw in some flats and descents too?

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Gallery: New bikes, gear and tech at iceBike 2019 from Genesis, K-Edge, Shimano, Lazer, Profile Design and more

We went to check out some of the latest and greatest from one of the UK's biggest cycling distributors, here are some highlights and a big shiny gallery...

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Five cool things coming soon from Mavic, Oxford, Giant, LEM and Bontrager

Another preview selection of bikes, components and kit that we're testing as we start a new week, with full reviews coming soon...

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Review: Pinarello Nytro e-road bike

Verdict: High spec, high ticket road bike that's classy and comfortable

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What bike is this? Ikea x-ray bike poster leaves cyclists guessing

We just had this brought to our attention and thought we'd see if you could be any help in our (albeit pointless) quest to find the answer!

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Review: Kona Electric Ute

Verdict: Car-replacing load capacity and easier to live with than a bucket bike, but some issues take the shine off

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The CycleWing, a sail for your bike, is now crowdfunding on Kickstarter

Not getting enough tailwind? You may want to invest in CycleWing, a sail that fits to almost any bike and allows you to rotate it with a bar control system to better catch the wind...

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Five cool things from Lapierre, Silca, 3 West Design, Giant and Fizik

Another preview selection of bikes, components and kit that we're testing as we start a new week, with full reviews coming soon...

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Ekoi launch the R5 Custom, a “100% customisable shoe”

The quirky French cycling apparel and accessories brand are now allowing you to make some serious modifications to their R5 performance road shoe with an online custom configurator...

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Tweedlove events boss calls for world’s first national park for cycling

In an area renowned for both MTB and road cycling

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Tech trend predictions for 2019 – what bike tech are we going to see this year?

We've rubbed the road.cc crystal ball and made a few predictions for what's to come throughout 2019...

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Vittoria launch Elusion Carbon wheels for road, gravel and cyclocross

The wheels come in rim and disc brake options, with a 17mm internal width and 30mm or 42mm depth options

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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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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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Fast things for 2019 – ten new products to make you faster and more efficient this year

There's all manor of products out there that promise to save you some watts on all areas of your bike. We round up some of the most exciting things out there for 2019...

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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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e-bike versus lightweight bike: which is quickest up a climb?

We've pointed both up our our most picturesque local climb to find out

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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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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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Have you given up your New Year’s resolutions yet?

Strava stats reckon you might have....

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Spanish actor releases truly shocking video of French motorist smashing into him and another cyclist from behind… amazingly they weren’t seriously hurt

Dani Rovira, who was taking part in charity challenge, was somehow back on his bike the following day

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BBC video highlights Bristol youths wheelieing through city and how it helps them keep away from knife crime

“There’s a lot worse stuff that we could be doing and other people would be doing if it wasn’t just doing a wheelie”

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Yorkshire cyclist to retrace the late Lee Fancourt’s record breaking ride across Europe to raise awareness of mental health issues and suicide prevention

Ryan Anderton says cycling has helped him overcome his own battle with depression and suicidal thoughts

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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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Review: Merida Espresso / -L 500 EQ

Verdict: Verdict: A high-quality urban commuter e-bike with everything you need in one package

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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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Strava is down – and some people are wondering if their bike rides happened today

Social network acknowledges issues that have affected many users today and says it is working to fix them

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Registration open for North Cape 4000 ultracycling event (+ video)

Self-supported ultracycling event takes riders from Turin to the Arctic Circle

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