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Campagnolo Record 13 crankset in front of firework.

Campagnolo Record 13 is a huge step for the troubled brand, but there's another groupset I want it to release

Bravo, bellissima Campagnolo! Now bring us more of this please…
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Hard Tail Man's Dartmoor Hornet Pro fitted with RockShox’s

“And they say this sport is elite”: hardtails are amazing, but they've got no place at a World Cup DH

We look at the response from riders to Hardtail Man's qualification attempt
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XC MTB versus Gravel bike

If you think gravel bikes with fat tyres are just MTBs, you're wrong – here's why

Stop telling me to buy an MTB, I already have one
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Warren Rossiter riding the Cannondale Synapse for Bike of the Year 2025

Endurance bikes have stopped flirting with gravel and that's a good thing

Endurance bikes have returned to being road-focused
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Unibet Rose Rockets bike

Big tyres and 1x groupsets ruled Paris-Roubaix – what does that mean for the future of road tech?

Warren is much more interested in the tyres and wheels that survived Paris–Roubaix than the featherlight ones used in the Tour
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Belgian Wout van Aert of Team Visma-Lease a Bike celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the men's Paris-Roubaix cycling race, Sunday 12 April 2026, around Roubaix, France. The 123rd edition of Paris-Roubaix cycling races will take on Sunday, with the women riding 143,1 km the men riding 258,3 km on Sunday. BELGA PHOTO JASPER JACOBS (Photo by JASPER JACOBS / BELGA MAG / Belga / AFP via Getty Images)

Paris–Roubaix is the greatest spectacle in cycling and the sport desperately needs more races like it

Pro racing needs more courses that pose technical as well as tactical challenges
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Wout van Aert's 2026 Paris-Roubaix winning Cervelo S5 -1

Paris–Roubaix proved 1x drivetrains are the future of classics road racing – but Shimano will have to play catch-up 

1x is winning the drivetrain competition when it comes to the classics
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ROUBAIX, FRANCE - APRIL 12: Mathieu van der Poel of Netherlands and Team Alpecin-Premier Tech changes his bike passing through the Trouee d'Arenberg cobblestones sector during the 123rd Paris-Roubaix Hauts-de-France 2026 - Men's Elite a 258.3km one day race from Compiegne to Roubaix / #UCIWT / on April 12, 2026 in Roubaix, France. (Photo by Etienne Garnier - Pool/Getty Images)

Tyres are getting wider, but Paris–Roubaix 2026 was still littered with punctures – have tyre brands got it wrong? 

Do tyre manufacturers need to learn from downhill mountain biking?
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Tadej Pogacar and Mathieu van der Poel

Pogačar vs Van der Poel is the era-defining rivalry we can't stop talking about

With Tadej Pogačar and Mathieu van der Poel facing off once again at the third Monument of the season, Timothy John analyses the evolving rivalry between modern cycling's two great champions
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I've tested bikes for decades and I still welcome tech that false starts – here's why

Warren explains why he wants bike brands to keep taking risks
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The new Canyon Endurace CFR

The new Canyon Endurace CFR is good, but I don’t think it's an endurance bike

It’s a bold move for Canyon to reimagine the Endurace as a pure road racer for the most challenging roads
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Schwalbe ThunderBurt 2.1in tyre on Simon von Bromley's Kinesis GX Race gravel bike

Don't buy a gravel bike without at least 50mm of tyre clearance – you'll regret it

Ignore this advice at your peril
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Incolor SSR

Chinese groupsets could take over pro cycling sooner than you think – here's why

Is it really so far-fetched that a company such as Wheeltop or TRP could win at WorldTour level?
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Vittoria Air Liner Road tubeless inserts

These foam rings might save your life – so why does nobody care about them?

It's time we all started using tubeless inserts on road bikes
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Dutch Mathieu van der Poel of Alpecin-Premier Tech celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 'E3 Saxo Bank Classic' one day cycling race, 208,8km from and to Harelbeke, on Friday 27 March 2026.

Mathieu van der Poel racing an unreleased Canyon Endurace is more important than you think – here's why

Are we about to see a return to split-geometry endurance bikes?
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Lotus 108 track bike

Data has replaced creativity in cycling. It's time we bring back concept bikes to unleash true innovation

The death of the concept bike makes bike tech a far less exciting place
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32in prototype BMC at Andorra XC World Cup

32in wheels could be terrible for the bike industry – here's why 

Have 32in wheels come at the worst possible time?
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Cyclists waiting at traffic lights in London.

After 2012, cycling on the roads was a dream, but now it’s a nightmare – here's what we can do about it

Warren thought the sunny uplands of the post-2012 world would last, but that hasn't been the case
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2022 Orbea Orca Aero

Aero bikes are for the pros – you’re better off with a bike that fits you

When it comes to your overall aero performance, the bike is a small part of the equation
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Tired bicycle mechanic checking time.

‘You’ll be heading to the doctor riding that death trap!’ – this viral sketch reveals an uncomfortable truth about bike shops

Dear bike shops: stop treating customers like trash
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Center Lock vs 6-bolt – which BikeRadar editor wins the standards debate that won't die?

Tempers flare at the BikeRadar office as Jack Luke and Tom Marvin go head-to-head over which disc-rotor standard reigns supreme
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Carbon fibre is cycling’s wonder material, but titanium is having a renaissance – here's why 

Warren ponders why this once-forgotten frame material is enjoying a resurgence in popularity
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tyre in a pothole

I’ve been riding 30mm+ road tyres for a year, and I’m never going back to narrower widths – here’s why

Warren shares why his preference has shifted to road bike tyres that are 30mm wide or more
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