Latest articles by Luke Friend
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Best budget road bikes 2025
Our pick of the best cheap road bikes available and guide to how to choose
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Boardman's new SLR range plus a more streamlined BMC Teammachine SLR and hands-on with Oakley's unreleased helmets
The updated SLR is designed to be faster yet more versatile than ever before and includes 36mm tyre clearance and hidden fender mounts
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Tech of the week: Rouvy app extends its reach to Zwift Ride users, Vittoria goes large with a new Corsa Pro tyre, ParkTool does the heavy lifting and more...
Combined, Ride and Rouvy means its thousands of virtual courses can now be enjoyed with the benefit of Zwift's virtual shifting tech
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Cannondale's updated SuperX is designed to 'smash gravel races'
Revamped frameset is said to be lighter and more compliant with increased tyre clearances
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Tech of the week: more 'affordable' Assos threads plus wheelsets from Vision and Berd plus Shimano's new range of road and gravel sunglasses
Available for both men and women, the Assos jerseys and bibs are summer-focused with plenty of colour options
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WorldTour bikes 2025: our guide to the most awesome tech in the pro peloton
We run you through all the spectacular bikes and components in the WorldTour this year
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Should I buy an aero bike?
Changes in UCI rulings should help make aero bikes faster, but they could also make them more user friendly than ever before. Is it time to add an aero bike to your collection?
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Tech of the week: a new Ridley Noah Fast, a redesigned Giant Trinity TT bike and Stinner's 'affordable' steel gravel bike
Both the Noah Fast and the Trinity Advanced SL TT bikes will be ridden in WorldTour races this year
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Helmets are getting lighter and more aero - but are they getting safer?
Bike helmets are touted as being more aero or better vented but are these modern designs also offering improved protection?
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Hitting the nail on the head at 6.8 kilograms: Tom Pidcock's Scott Addict RC Ultimate
By signing with the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team the Olympic champion gets his hands on the 'lightest road bike' around
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Tech of the week: an affordable smart bike from Decathlon, a super-chunky Garmin watch, wavy carbon wheels, a carbon fork for the adventurous and pink tyres for dashing Brompton owners
A round-up of this week's new, cool tech from Decathlon, Garmin, VeloElite, No. 6 Composites and Goodyear
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Should I buy a gravel bike or an all-road bike?
Both styles are lauded for their practicality but which is best suited to your riding?
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Get off-road this Christmas and New Year with £1000.01 off carbon gravel bikes at Decathlon
Two great value carbon fibre gravel bikes with big discounts that could level up your winter riding
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Are modern framesets killing mechanical groupsets?
The latest crop of carbon race bikes pay little heed to mechanical shifting - but does that matter?
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Tech of the week: Van Rysel releases an aero bike (quelle surprise!) plus a superlight carbon crankset from FSA, a long top tube bag from Tailfin and tyre liners from Zefal
The RCR-F aero bike will be ridden by the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale team in 2025, but will it create headlines like the RCR?
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Why are my tubeless tyres leaking?
Tubeless tyres have their benefits but if yours are repeatedly losing air here are the reasons and, vitally, the fixes
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Colnago ditches the traditional diamond frame for its radical new Y1Rs - 'the most aerodynamic UCI-compliant road bike in the World Tour'
Designed in conjunction with Team UAE and the result of years of innovative R&D Colnago's Y1Rs cuts a progressive departure from the existing VR4s. Is this the shape of things to come?
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Quality locks don't come cheap but the Diamond-rated Litelok X1 is now on offer for Cyber Monday - hurry, this deal will expire soon!
Litelok is offering $15 / £10 off the excellent X1 plus it is throwing in a tactical carrying mount for free.
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The Wahoo Bolt is still my favourite cycling computer and it's now reduced by 25%... but for how long?
Amazon is offering significant discounts of both the Bolt V2 and the Roam V2
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Get hundreds off Zwift tech with our 20% discount for Black Friday!
Presented by Zwift
Deals Cycling Weekly and Zwift have teamed up for an early Black Friday deal with a 20% discount on the Zwift Ride indoor trainer
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Tech of the week: A shockingly expensive steel bike from Colnago, a surprisingly affordable carbon bike from Pinarello, DT Swiss energises our cycling lives and Pog's bars are now yours to buy
Colnago's Steelnova is a thing of beauty but you'll pay for the pleasure, while Pinarello's F1 is an inexpensive gateway to the brand. DT Swiss enters the dynamo hub market and Enve brings Pog's cockpit to market
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Best winter cycling gloves, and how to keep your hands warm in the coldest months
If you want to keep riding in the colder months a pair of the best winter cycling gloves is an essential part of your wardrobe
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Tech of the Week: Rapha goes 'the extra mile' to celebrate its 20th anniversary, new threads from Universal Colours and Assos plus hybrid e-bikes from Cannondale
Iconic clothing brand marks time with a weighty tome, winter kit from Assos and Universal Colours plus Cannondale refreshes its electric hybrid line
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Kryptonite New York Fahgettaboudit 1415 review
A visually intimidating, heavy lock that may or not be impractical depending on your requirements
