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Is this bare essentials BMC concept the best way to build your dream custom bike? Plus new shoes from Fizik and Quoc x MAAP, special Giro edition Pinarello Dogma, Pirelli x Santini retro kit + more

We strip down to the bare necessities and delve into BMC's VAR0 concept, and recap on the rest of the week's top tech news

Sat, May 24, 2025 11:00
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Scicon Aeroscope Sport Performance Sunglasses

Good glasses with an awesome warranty and a spare lens, though the frame can intrude on your view

£195.00
Wed, May 21, 2025 14:45
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I’ve just completed my longest bike rides ever — here are 10 things I wish I knew before starting them

Tired legs, a thousand kilometres, and ten lessons I learned along the way...

Wed, May 21, 2025 10:58
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Ekoi Perf R4 Road Shoes

Comfortable, stiff and well made, but their full RRP is hard to justify

£322.52
Tue, May 20, 2025 08:45
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Will these cut-price power meter pedals make pricier rivals obsolete? Magene launches P715 dual-sided pedals with +/-1% claimed accuracy

Priced at £399 and available for Look Keo or SPD-SL cleats out the box, rechargeable and weighing as little as 157g per pedal, the specs look strong for the price on the Chinese brand's first entry into the power pedal market

Mon, May 19, 2025 16:32
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Hutchinson Blackbird Race Tyre

Excellent lightweight tubeless-ready, hookless-ready race tyre that balance grip, speed and durability

£69.99
Mon, May 19, 2025 08:45
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Specialized S-Works Ares 2 shoes

Every watt efficiently transferred while your feet remain hotspot-free – quite simply, brilliant, which they should be at £479

£479.00
Wed, May 14, 2025 09:21
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Be careful where you buy your brake pads, kids: a cautionary tale on how to spot fakes after I got duped by some convincing counterfeit Shimano

road.cc reviewer Iwein Dekoninck was none the wiser when he purchased some perfectly genuine-looking 'Shimano' brake pads for a fair bit cheaper than usual. The story very nearly ended in a hedge

Tue, May 13, 2025 16:36
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The Orbea story — the past, present, and cycling into the future with a legendary Basque bike brand Sponsored

We look at the history of Spanish bike brand Orbea, and see how a company that began by making guns for its local Basque populace now leads the world in bicycle innovation.

Mon, May 12, 2025 16:27
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Farsports 2025 Evo5 S Series wheelset

Superlight premium wheels that are probably laughing in Mandarin

£1271.29
Sun, May 11, 2025 14:45
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