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Tour de France Tech 2018: Education First’s Cannondale SystemSix + video

Find out about “the world’s fastest road bike” from the aerodynamicist behind its design

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Tour de France Tech 2018: Vincenzo Nibali’s superlight Merida Reacto KOM + video

Aero road bike undergoes extreme dieting to shed weight for the climbs

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Video First Look: Rotor 1×13 – all you need to know about Rotor’s latest hydraulic groupset

Dave looks at the benefits of 1x13 hydraulic, why you should want it, and what bits of your bike you'll need to replace to fit it

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Bianchi reveals Oltre XR4 Disc & Infinito CV Disc

High-end carbon-fibre road bikes with disc brakes

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Bianchi’s Oltre XR4 special edition paint jobs for the Tour de France

Dylan Groenewegen and Primoz Roglic of LottoNL–Jumbo are both riding Oltre XR4 frames with eye-catching custom paint jobs at Le Tour this year

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Alberto Contador reveals power data from his Tour de France-winning days

El Pistolero has shared some evidence on his Instagram page of an 20 minute test from his Tour-winning days, that would have put his functional threshold power at a staggering 7w/kg

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Tour de France Tech 2018: Team Sky’s Pinarello Dogma F10 X-Light + video

Treat yourself to a look at the bike being raced by Wout Poels

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Look launch disc brake version of the 785 Huez RS, with 28mm tubeless tyres

Look's super lightweight frame has been given the disc brake treatment, and the whole range will come specced with 28mm tubeless tyres for better cornering grip and comfort at lower pressures...

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Tour de France Tech 2018: Mark Cavendish’s Cervelo S5

Check out the aero road bike that Cav is racing in this year's Tour de France

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Ceepo launch radical Shadow-R triathlon bike

The Shadow-R laughs in the face of UCI rules, with its beam-shaped design and 'SideFork' fairing across the front wheel, which they claim actually improves comfort

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Orbea reveals Orca Aero Disc + video

It’s definitely the season for launching disc brake-equipped aero road bikes!

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Tour de France Tech 2018: Peter Sagan’s Specialized S-Works Venge + video

Take a close look at the World Champ's new race bike – loads of tech and a glittery finish

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Rotor go 13 speed with launch of new 1x hydraulic groupset for all disciplines

Forget 11, or even 12 for that matter... Rotor are showing off a 13 SPEED cassette at Eurobike currently, which they say will all but solve issues of limited gearing and nasty jumps when choosing to go 1x...

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Wahoo launch Kickr Headwind ‘smart fan’, plus the new Kickr Core and revamped Kickr trainer

On top of climb simulation and GPS, Wahoo can now cool you down too with the new Kickr Headwind, a smart fan with over 30mph of wind speed. There's also the new Kickr Core direct-drive trainer, which is an entry-level version of the Kickr

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Tour de France Tech 2018: Alejandro Valverde’s Canyon Ultimate CF SLX

Check out the Campagnolo-equipped road bike ridden by the Spanish all-rounder

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New Trek Madone: adjustable IsoSpeed plus disc brake options

There's no aero penalty in going for discs, says Trek

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Five cool things coming soon from Canyon, B’Twin, Ale, JRA and Hiplok

More kit, bikes and gear that we're testing at the moment before the road.cc verdicts are delivered...

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First Ride: Cannondale SystemSix

We've had a couple of rides on the new top-end road bike and we're mightily impressed

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Pissei turns yellow for the Tour de France

The Italian cycling apparel brand have unveiled some special edition kit ahead of Le Tour, which they say brings "Pissei style and quality" to fans of the big race...

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Cannondale launches SystemSix, “the world’s fastest road bike”

New disc brake-only range comes with big aero claims

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Pro Bikes: Helen Wyman’s fleet of KindHuman race bikes

Top cyclocross racer Helen Wyman talks us through her race bikes from a new Canadian bike brand

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Bike at bedtime: Colnago C59 Disc

Tonight a disc braked trailblazer scorches out of the road.cc vaults and stops on a sixpence…ish

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Five cool things coming soon from B’Twin, Bontrager, Goodyear, Endura and Shutt Velo Rapide

Some more new stuff we're testing at the moment before the road.cc verdicts are delivered...

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Mitchelton-Scott will be riding new Pirelli tubular tyres at the 2018 Tour de France

Pirelli are the official tyres supplier to Mitchelton-Scott after agreeing a long-term deal, with Simon Yates unveiling the new Pirelli tubular tyre on an F1 track at the weekend

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Argon 18 team up with Mercedes-Benz for line of high-end bikes

The latest in a long and sometimes questionable line of bike/car brand collaborations is an effort from Argon 18 and Mercedes, with the German car maker promising "an emotional connection" for the lucky owners...

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Could Shimano Dura Ace 12-speed be coming soon to a bike near you?

12-speed has made it to the world of mountain biking, could road bikes be next? Dura Ace Di12 certainly has a ring to it

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First Ride: Cipollini MCM

A carbon-fibre road bike that you can buy off the shelf or made to measure

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Bike at bedtime: Bididu Ashi

Tonight we dive in to the road.cc archive and swim against the flow with the Bididu Ashi

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Aqua Blue boss: “This lab rat thing is costing us results”; so was he talking about the bike or its gearing?

To the sound of internet axes being ground we look at what was said, what might have been meant, and whether Rick Delaney had a point about that "lab rat thing"

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Five cool things coming soon from Black Mountain, Giant, FLR, Muc-Off and Raleigh

A run (or ride) through some of the finest test kit, bikes and accessories that have come through road.cc Towers this week...

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