The Merida Reacto 9000 is arguably one of the best-value choices in Merida’s updated aero race range, and it rides brilliantly too. This latest iteration of the Reacto feels incredibly fast, very light, and incredibly fun to ride.Over the years the Reacto models have impressed me with their get-up-and-go and rideability. With this latest version, … Read more
The Bumbinos Splash Pack Sugar Rush Mudguards are sensible, tough and cheerful things. I found they were easy to fit to a kids’ bike and they stayed in place better than I expected.As your kids get older, they’ll typically progress to bikes which have proper mudguard mounts and this means that you can kit them … Read more
France’s Paul Seixas has been riding an unreleased Van Rysel in the 2026 Tour de France, and that’s a good excuse to look back at how Decathlon’s top-level race bikes have changed over the last 25 years.Decathlon, the giant French sports retailer that owns Van Rysel, has a longer history in the Tour de France … Read more
From my vantage point near the summit of the Col du Tourmalet, I could just about make out Tadej Pogačar a few kilometres away, a distant white ant emerging at a dizzyingly fast rate from the horrid, decaying shoe boxes that comprise the ski resort of La Mongie, blighting one of the most beautiful vistas … Read more
An MP who had her e-bike stolen in the centre of Oxford the “first time” she rode it into town has been told there’s a “CCTV blackspot”, despite filming surrounding cameras herself.Layla Moran, the Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon since 2017, said her Black Pakyak E+ with a baby carrier on the back … Read more
We may earn affiliate commission from some of the links on this pageEvery month we collate the things that have impressed our expert reviewers the most, and nine products have made the most recent cut. This month’s selection is packed with lightweight summer kit, gravel tech and clever accessories.The full nine are listed below and there’s … Read more
It may not be the first, and I doubt it will be the last. Only time will tell whether Canyon’s re-envisaged Exceed CFR Gravel drop bar ‘mountain bike’, braving the wild frontiers of retro-futuristic offroading, will be a hit or a miss. Either way, when I saw that curvaceously wild-looking dropped bar hardtail MTB, I grinned … Read more
Pinarello has launched its new Dogma X “all-road performance bike” with a host of updates, although complete bikes are far from cheap, starting at £12,500. 2026 Pinarello Dogma X – riding non-driveside (Image Credit: Pinarello) Pinarello announced the original Dogma X back in 2023 and we were impressed by the model we reviewed here on … Read more
Transport for London did not install a single cycle lane on its own road network last year, instead relying on individual boroughs to build their own infrastructure, a new report shows.London’s Healthy Streets Scorecard Coalition published data on TfL’s own road network for the first time, having previously monitored the progress of active travel across … Read more
Another red-hot week, another red-hot Week in E-bikes. Things that we have deemed worthy of covering this week include Amazon’s cargo e-bike celebrations (ahem, greenwashing, ahem), Scottish e-bike expansions, and Portland’s bonkers world record attempt…Amazon celebrates a million deliveries via cargo e-bike Amazon Cargo E-bike (Image Credit: Amazon) Amazon has completed one million deliveries via … Read more
