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

Rapha The Extra Mile book
(Image credit: Rapha)

With winter approaching, keeping warm on the bike and figuring out what to buy the cyclist in your life move into focus. Fortunately, this week's roundup can assist on both accounts.

Rapha celebrates its 20th year of making cycling clobber with the release of a 400-page book that details the journey. While it's too hefty to fit in a stocking, it will sit nicely under a tree.

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Luke Friend has worked as a writer, editor and copywriter for twenty five years. Across books, magazines and websites, he's covered a broad range of topics for a range of clients including Major League Baseball, the National Trust and the NHS. He has an MA in Professional Writing from Falmouth University and is a qualified bicycle mechanic. He has been a cycling enthusiast from an early age, partly due to watching the Tour de France on TV. He's a keen follower of bike racing to this day as well as a regular road and gravel rider.