Nick Legan

Recent articles by Nick Legan

The Cerebel tops our list thanks to its comfortable interior, good ventilation and crystal-clear, easy-to-use visor

Best time-trial helmets: real-world testing of 5 favourites

A look at life with five popular TT lids

As the sun rises, there are still 10 hours of time trialing to go for our author

Canyon Speedmax CF 8.0 Di2 for this year's 12hr World TT Champs

Nick Legan races 12 hours on board his upgraded Canyon Speedmax

Canyon's Speedmax CF 8.0 Di2 strikes a good balance between performance and price

Canyon Speedmax CF 8.0 Di2 review

Most of the bling of Canyon’s top of the line TT machines without expense

The roads of the Flint Hills are both exceptionally beautiful and brutal. Preparation will keep you and your bike moving forward at Dirty Kanza

What to pack for 200- and 350-mile gravel races

POC's new Ventral Spin works aerodynamic magic by routing air through the helmet instead of around it

POC Ventral Spin aero helmet review

Superb ventilation with POC's unique aesthetics

Oakley's Aro5 has four large front vents and a scoop atop its crown to draw in air

Oakley ARO5 aero road helmet review

MIPS liner, BOA closure and excellent eyewear integration

A 5-star rating seldom happens, but Specialized's revamped Evade aero road helmet merits the perfect score

Specialized S-Works Evade II aero helmet review

Narrow and aero, yes, but also the most comfortable we've tested

Specialized's Allez costs a meager $750 but delivers all the cycling fun you could ever need

Specialized Allez review

A no-fuss budget bike with plenty of go

Trek's Domane AL 3 delivers good looks and nearly great performance for only $900

Trek Domane AL 3 review

A lot of road bike for not so much money

FLO's 45 Carbon Clinchers offer incredible value and great performance. Don't like the pink decals? No problem. Customers get their choice of decal color

FLO 45 Carbon Clinchers review

Great all-round wheels at a great price

Trek's Speed Concept, shown here with a fetching Project One paintjob, was a perfect weapon for a 12-hour time trial thanks to its excellent aerodynamics, adjustable cockpit and integrated storage

Horse for the Course: Trek Speed Concept for 12hr World TT Champs

A slippery bike with enough storage for a long day in the aerobars

Here's our step-by-step guide to gluing a tubular tyre, with pro bike mechanic Moreno Bacchion

How to glue a tubular tyre

A visual step-by-step guide to avoid getting in a sticky mess

Voeckler rides a BH Ultralight EVO with a mix of Shimano, FSA, Vision, Prologo, Hutchinson and Look components

Thomas Voeckler’s BH Ultralight EVO

Frenchman is king of the single water bottle

Movistar's Nairo Quintana is eager to add a Tour de France title to his resume. This is the machine upon which he hopes to climb to victory in the mountains of this year's Grand Boucle

Nairo Quintana’s Canyon Ultimate CF SLX

Prototype Campagnolo wheels and a weighted saddle highlight Colombian climber’s machine

Specialized showed its new Prevail helmet to the world ahead of the Tour de France. Astana, Etixx-Quick Step and Tinkoff riders trained in the new lid in the days prior to the race

Four new road helmets debut at the Tour de France

Specialized, Giant, Bell and POC show off new lids

Pinarello prepared a custom Dogma F8 for two-time Tour de France winner and this year's favorite Chris Froome. The subtle finish features a rhinoceros in reference to Froome's African roots and to help bring awareness to the precarious situation of the iconic animal

Chris Froome’s Pinarello Dogma F8 Rhino

Custom paint and weight-saving details for the Tour champ

Orbea will officially launch its new Orca later this year, but the Basque company gave the world a sneak peak at the Tour. Cofidis rider Geoffrey Soupe is aboard the all-new frameset that marks a styling departure for Orbea. Round tubes, slender seatstays and a semi-integrated fork are obvious changes. Orbea also plans to offer a disc brake version of the bike

Orbea’s new Orca debuts at Tour de France

Cofidis rider Geoffrey Soupe aboard new machine

Recently crowned German champion, Andre Greipel, is aboard Ridley's Noah SL, a bike renowned for its rigidity and aerodynamics, at this year's Tour

Andre Greipel’s Ridley Noah SL

Situation normal for the German champ

For the 2016 Tour de France, Specialized produced a custom-painted Venge for German sprinter Marcel Kittel

Marcel Kittel’s custom-painted Specialized Venge

Tasteful splashes of color adorn the Etixx-Quick Step sprinter's aero bike

While Tinkoff and Specialized were keen to show off the Venge ViAS that Ron Jones custom painted for world champion Peter Sagan, shown here is the bike upon which he'll actually race. The raw carbon saves an appreciable amount of weight over the deluxe finish of the multicolor Venge. But small details make it obvious that a gregarious world champ is aboard

Peter Sagan’s Specialized Venge ViAS

World champ aboard a bare frame to save weight

Dimension Data's Mark Cavendish used his Cervelo S5 to grand effect, winning the opening stage of the 2016 Tour de France and taking the first yellow jersey of the race

Mark Cavendish’s Cervelo S5

The Manx Missile uses his aero bike to win Stage One of the Tour de France

Movistar's Nairo Quintana is armed for this year's Tour de France with a set of prototype Campagnolo Bora 50 wheels that feature a new braking surface treatment

Prototype Campagnolo Bora 50 wheels spotted at the Tour

Movistar teammates Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde to ride new wheels at Tour de France

Niner's RKT RDO was a perfect bike for Arkansas's Ouachita Challenge. The full suspension XC bike was far more capable than I expected from 90mm of rear travel.

Horse for the Course: Niner RKT 9 RDO for the Ouachita Challenge

Cross-country racer for a 60-mile Arkansas epic

Professional and amateur mechanics rejoice! There were plenty of cool tools on display at Sea Otter this year

Sea Otter gallery, pt 6: Secret agent tools for the home mechanic

Handlebar ninjas, slip-on torque wrenches and more