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Cafe Du Cycliste Women’s Albertine thermal gilet
Café du Cycliste’s Women’s Albertine thermal gilet is a thickly padded layer that absolutely keeps your core snugly warm, and provides excellent windblocking on descents. It also looks pretty smart with its two tone front and stitched logo patch – but given the very high price, you might well demand that.This is not the sort … Read more
Best road bikes under £750 — take to the tarmac on a budget
Looking for a road bike for around £750? Welcome to our guide to the best road bikes you can buy in that price bracket. The price range where bike quality really takes off, with often no more than a change of tyres needed to make them perform almost as well as bikes costing hundreds more … Read more
17 of the best Shimano Ultegra-equipped road bikes
The Shimano Ultegra groupset combines a competitive price with top-level performance. In this article we’ll take a look at some of the best Ultegra road bikes around at the minute. The majority of manufacturers don’t hang an Ultegra groupset on anything but a carbon fibre frame — only two bikes here are aluminium, though one … Read more
8 of the best 2021 new-generation hybrids — and why your next bike should be one of them
Hybrids have been around since the 1980s, but in the last few years a distinctly modern version has emerged. Here’s why your next bike should be a hybrid 2.0. Hybrid bikes combine some of the features of road bikes and mountain bikes, hence the name The bikes we call hybrid 2.0 take disc brakes from … Read more
Get to know the Garmin Edge GPS bike computer range
If you’re thinking about buying a GPS bike computer, chances are that at least one Garmin Edge has made it on to your shortlist. How do you choose between them? That’s where we can help. Garmin pioneered the cycling GPS unit back in the mid-2000s with the first Edge 205; that first-mover advantage has kept … Read more
Your guide to 2021 Continental tyres for road and gravel bikes
Continental tyres are one of the most recognisable and trusted groups of products in the cycling world. If you’re in the market for new road bike tyres, Continental tyres includes a wide range of choices to meet different requirements and price points. Updated December 7, 2021 Welcome to the latest edition of road.cc’s buyer’s guide to … Read more
2021 Giant road bikes – explore the complete range with our guide
Giant has a huge lineup of bikes and components covering all areas of cycling. Giant road bikes range from £749 to £9,999 so there’s something for pretty much every budget.The vast number of Giant road bike models might seem daunting at first but the range is structured logically so it’s easy to work out the … Read more
Fat Lad At The Back Women’s Winter Cycling Jacket
The Fat Lad At The Back Women’s Winter Cycling Jacket is a good-looking, practical, protective and comfortable cold weather option for female riders looking for sizes larger than a UK12. It doesn’t breathe as well as you’d expect for the price though, and can leave you sweaty and chilled.The unfortunate reality is that, if you’re … Read more
12 of the hottest 2021 road bikes
Updated April 27, 2021The bike shops are stocked with new road bikes for 2021 and here are 12 of the most eye-catching, priced from £800 right up to over ten grand.These bikes are designed for riding fast on the road, and they’re all new, updated, or particularly interesting in some way.Brands release their new model … Read more