After months of rumours, spy shots and speculation, it’s finally here: the brand spanking new-for-2009 top-end road groupset from Shimano. We at road.cc are the first to get it in on test. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you Dura-Ace 7900.For the first time since it was launched in 1973, there will be two distinct new … Read more
The dual pivot callipers have a modified arch which, Shimano say, gives you a more linear response. Possibly – although you’d have to run them alongside the old model and concentrate really hard to notice much difference there. More significant is the brake block compound that provides significantly stronger power in both wet and dry conditions … Read more
The design of the link has been improved so you get a slightly lighter action in both directions. But the most noticeable difference here is that you no longer get a trim option – the small movement to adjust the plate position without moving from the big to the small chainring. The wider link means … Read more
There are a couple of big changes out back. First, you get a carbon pulley plate that brings down the weight (16g overall). Second, the new rear mech is compatible with cassettes up to 28T. The total capacity (the tooth difference between the two chainrings plus the tooth difference between the biggest and smallest sprockets) … Read more
The hollow forged alloy crank (after flirting with carbon, Shimano Dura-Ace cranks are now fully alloy again) is matched up with a hollow outer chainring to produce a crankset that’s a tad (15g) lighter than before. It’s also said to be 20% stiffer although, in use, you’ll do well to notice. Even if you’re a … Read more
The new integrated brake and gear levers have been totally redesigned. For a start, the brake levers are carbon to drop a few grams (the complete units are 40g lighter) and add more sex appeal. Then there’s the shape of the bracket body: you get a flatter top section with less of a scoop downwards … Read more
Pro-Lite are one of those brands you might not have heard of, but whose bikes and gear merit a closer look. They aren’t one of the names you’ll see in the usual round of bike mag reviews. They’d certainly slipped under our radar until a poster (who may, or may not have been their marketing … Read more
…okay we’re paraphrasing, but you get the gist It’s Monday morning, you’ve probably spent the weekend out riding your bike, or thinking about riding your bike, and haven’t been able to keep as up to date with cycling’s ever changing role in the pop cultural zeitgeist of our great nation as you’d like. Yeah, we … Read more
You may have noticed that we haven’t been updating the site quite as often as usual today, that’s because we’re working on our back end. “It’s not broken already”, I hear you cry. No it isn’t we’re working on the next version of the site which we will be rolling out… soon, featuring more bells, … Read more
Unveiled last week at Interbike, the Cycle Show today confirmed that the Cervelo P4 will make its first European appearance at the Cycle Show at Earls Court. As previously reported on road.cc the new bike has been hotly anticipated and is the product of an extensive and secretive design process at Cervelo HQ . You … Read more
