We may earn affiliate commission from some of the links on this pageThis week, Five Cool Things is going urban. We’ve (finally) got our hands on a full Shimano CUES groupset, a Lumos helmet with built-in lights, some reflective Rapha kit, Michelin tyres, and a Merida commuter bike. Here are the previews, with full reviews coming soon…Shimano … Read more
The Magicshine HORI 900 is a capable and well-built front light for ‘everyday road cyclists’, and its ability to stack other accessories via a second mount is clever. It’s slightly odd in offering lots of power and then really hemming it in with a narrow view and a short runtime, however.> Buy now: Magicshine HORI 900 … Read more
The Madison Roam Waterproof 3L Handlebar Bag is a basic but effective pack for keeping essentials – tools, snacks, packable jacket, a pump – close to hand. It’s easy to fit or remove, secure once on and very good at keeping your stuff dry. About the only thing it doesn’t do is look stylish.> Buy now: Madison … Read more
The Pro Cassette Wrench is a simple yet highly effective tool to use when you’re removing a cassette. It’s compatible with most modern drivetrains, and I found that it made light work of even the most stubborn cassette.Pro can’t claim to have invented the design, as several other brands offer similar systems that perform the … Read more
Italy’s Gregario has just won the ‘Best New Builder’ award at Bespoked 2025 handcrafted bike exhibition (held 10-12th October in Dresden, Germany), boasting that it’s the first manufacturer to create a truly monocoque custom carbon-fibre frame, thanks to a patented variable geometry mould. Let’s take a look… 2025 Gregario Vera AR outdoor portrait – 1 (Image … Read more
New rules announced by the Government and the Mayor of London to support housebuilding in the capital include reduced requirements for the building of cycle parking. Developers can pay financial contributions instead of building bike storage, or build the storage off-site, to avoid “costly requirements”. This was rationalised in the documents published by the Ministry of Housing, … Read more
It’s Christmas Eve for pain-loving hill climbers here in the UK, Sunday seeing the latest running of the British National Hill Climb Championships. Defending men’s champ Harry MacFarlane is pulling out all the stops to keep his title for another year and has gone to great lengths to get his ride for Sunday’s Bank Road … Read more
Van Rysel has issued a recall of RCR PRO Ultegra & RCR PRO Dura Ace Bikes sold by Decathlon, due to the risk that the outer carbon layers of the bicycle wheels can delaminate during use. The affected bikes are fitted with Swiss Side HADRON2 Classic 500 and HADRON2 Ultimate 500 bicycle wheels. This follows safety recall … Read more
The Liberal Democrats have called for a specialist ‘bike bait’ unit to be set up in the National Crime Unit in order to “tackle the bike theft epidemic once and for all”, after new Home Office data showed that 86 per cent of stolen bike cases went unsolved in England and Wales between March 2024 … Read more
