road bike

“The bike you’ll reach for most” (if you can afford it): Ventum claims its revamped NS1 is the ultimate all-rounder; plus a 109g Selle Italia saddle, a cargo bike for kids + more

There's plenty of new tech to tell you about from our inbox and from IceBike, one of the UK's biggest cycling trade shows

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From paintwork and graphics, to components and finishing kit, make your own perfect bike with Orbea’s MyO personalisation system

Making your bike your own has never been easier with Orbea’s incredible MyO personalisation system, which allows you to choose not only things like components and finishing kit but even decide the colourway of your frame and what graphics you’d like

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“The first truly bespoke monocoque carbon frame”: the Gregario Vera AR can be customised to your exact size thanks to patented tech

Italian brand uses a patented variable mould system to build an aero road bike that’s sized just for you

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How to design a race-winning road bike — Ribble’s Head of Product Jamie Burrow reveals all about the new ULTRA-RACE

Learn more about the detailed processes behind the design of the race-winning ULTRA-RACE road bike

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Another brand stakes its claim for “the fastest bike in the world”, and more crazy cockpits: cutting-edge new tech from Europe’s biggest bike show

There was a lot going on at Eurobike 2025, and some of the new bikes on show had some seriously impressive-looking innovations. Here's the cream of the crop

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Bianchi teases sneak peek at brand new Infinito endurance bike, featuring down tube storage and unique sculpted seatpost

During an event to mark its 140th anniversary featuring plenty of celeste goodness, the Italian brand offered a brief glimpse at what will be a brand new Infinito, launching in spring 2026

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Check out a one-off J.Laverack R J.ACK Disc that pays tribute to Valentino Rossi

This titanium road bike comes is a real stunner, coming in a high-end SRAM Red AXS build and a striking finish inspired by the MotoGP legend

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Best value bike brands — who offers the most for your money?

There are loads of great road bikes at competitive prices out there, but which brands also offer exceptional service quality, inclusive bike fits, free customisation and all those other nice add-ons too?

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Boardman unveils new “four-season fast” SLR road range… and the prices look attractive too

Designed to be comfortable and versatile as well as quick, is this the road bike we’ve been waiting for?

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Canyon goes back to its roots with launch of ‘MyCanyon’ custom bike programme… but it’s only available for the Aeroad CFR right now

We're told there are plans to expand MyCanyon to other bike models down the line, but for now only those who can stretch to the high-end Aeroad CFR will be able to go to town on a Canyon custom paintjob

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