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Why the original Giant TCR from 1997 was one of the most influential road bikes ever

With a sloping top tube, small frame triangles and an aero seatpost – and available in just three sizes – the first TCR was a game-changer and it still influences road bikes today. Here's why…

Tue, Jun 25, 2024 20:45

Check out Vincenzo Nibali’s Tour de France-winning Specialized Tarmac from 2014 – complete with shark paint job

Rim brakes, mechanical shifting, external routing… bikes were very different 10 years ago when Astana’s Nibali took his Tour title

Tue, Jun 18, 2024 20:45

“I’d design something very different now”: Chris Boardman revisits his ‘intelligent’ bike concept from 2009

Fingerprint locks, puncture-proof tyres, solar-powered assistance—15 years later, we ask Chris Boardman about his concept bike for the future, and see how many of the ideas have become reality

Tue, Jun 11, 2024 20:44

2024 JonnyMole Dream Machine 2.5 – 1 (4)

Dream or nightmare? JonnyMole’s Dream Machine 2.5 is a gravel bike… but not as we know it

Concept bike which comes with two top tubes and two down tubes “to seamlessly integrate bags and luggage”, an integrated saddle, and a cantilever seatpost to smooth the ride

Tue, Jun 04, 2024 20:45

Check out the Colnago C59 Disc – the beginning of the end for rim brakes

Travel back to a time when disc brakes on performance road bikes were radical, and Colnago was pioneering the new technology

Tue, May 28, 2024 20:45

Keim Cycles Arvak bike at bedtime – via Keim Cycles

Remembering the rare Keim Cycles Arvak with a monocoque white ash frame (that you can apparently still buy for just under £10k)

We first became aware of Keim Cycles at the 2015 Bespoked Handmade Bike Show, and were wowed by its futuristic take on wooden bicycle design. While Keim has since all but disappeared, the bikes sure are fun to look at

Sun, May 26, 2024 20:44

Remembering the stunning Carrera Phibra (not that Carrera), one of the finest Italian bikes of the 2010s

A bike with a pleasing touch of the fantastical about it, the Phibra is hard to come by nowadays, especially so in the UK due to a certain large retailer preventing the Italian Carrera bikes from being sold on these shores

Sun, May 19, 2024 20:44

2024 Giro d’Italia, Tadej Pogacar, UAE Team Emirates, picture by Zac Williams-SWpix.com © SWpix.com (t-a Photography Hub Ltd) – 1 (6)

Take a look at Tadej Pogačar’s tricked-out Colnago V4Rs

Pog’s Giro d’Italia bike is fitted with some cool carbon-fibre components and is decorated in pink to match his race leader’s jersey

Tue, May 14, 2024 20:45

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Cannondale’s SystemSix: can what was billed as “the world’s fastest road bike” still cut it?

Coming with some big aero claims when it was launched back in 2018, Cannondale’s first aero road bike is well overdue an update

Tue, May 07, 2024 20:45

Bike at Bedtime Gramophone bike May 2024

Who needs on-bike headphones when you’ve got… a gramophone horn? Behold this custom Airnimal Joey with a musical twist

Ian Ashmeade's impressive self-built addition to his bike brings music to the lanes of Cambridgeshire via a gramophone horn he bought for a tenner

Sun, May 05, 2024 20:44