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Whatever happened to the ON bike – Cannondale’s strangest bike?

Cannondale has come out with some radical designs over the years, but the ON bike makes a solid case for being its strangest ever, with no rear triangle and a chaincase machined from solid aluminium.The ON bike was shown as a concept at the Eurobike exhibition in 2007, but unlike most concept bikes, this one … Read more

Vittoria Terreno T50 Tyre

Vittoria’s rebadged gravel tyre range runs from T10 (hardpack) to T90 (mud), and the Vittoria Terreno T50 is positioned as a multi-surface option in between those two extremes. The Italian company has designed it as a “one-tyre-fits-all” option, and it seems to me to have succeeded. Such is the T50’s versatility, it should suit many … Read more

Tom Pidcock’s Gravel Worlds Dogma GR is on a voyage of discovery

Despite currently having the most XC MTB wins amongst active elite riders, along with a win in 2023’s Strade Bianche, Tom Pidcock admitted that he came into the UCI Gravel Worlds with little experience of gravel racing and even less knowledge of the course.“I feel very unprepared personally for today. I mean, it’s the first … Read more

Vos shows the speed of gravel with mullet tyre setup

Marianne Vos showed that the drop bar tech frontier lies firmly within gravel territory after taking second place in the Gravel World Championships aboard a heavily modified Cervelo Aspero-5.Instantly noticeable by the contrasting sidewall colours was the tyre setup. Mounted to the front wheel was Vittoria’s 45mm Terreno T70, a gravel tyre with an aggressive … Read more

New Continental Terra Competition gravel tyre spotted at World Championships

What appears to be a brand new gravel race tyre has been spotted before the UCI Gravel World Championships. The tyre features very little tread, but given the presence of Continental logos, it seems close to being production ready.The Gravel World Championships are quickly becoming a tech writer’s paradise, with riders devising all manner of … Read more

OpenRock S2 Open-Ear True Wireless Earbuds

The OpenRock S2 Open-Ear Air Conduction Sport Earbuds offer remarkable sound for a set of out-of-ear earphones, especially when it comes to their bass capabilities. Wind noise can be an issue when cycling at speed, but at cruising pace or for all kinds of slower paced activities they are very good indeed.> Buy now: OpenRock … Read more

Lore is back with its latest 3D-printed, custom cycling shoes (and they’ll cost you £1,230)… plus new Look Keo Blade pedal options, a Ti beauty from Eddy Merckx Cycles, new £3,800 Mavic wheels + more

It’s the Gravel World Championships this weekend… which we’re mostly ignoring in this article, because this is road.cc after all, as some of our readers point out to us when we occasionally dabble in off-road stuff! Those same readers will, however, be disappointed to find out that we have sent our intrepid video presenter Liam Cahill to … Read more