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RIDDEN AND REVIEWED

In the second instalment of Group Think, we turn our minds to race bikes. The all-road bikes featured in part one of this series (see issue 164) may be hogging the spotlight currently, but race bikes

Wilier Rave SLR ID2 £9,200 (read full review next issue) The SLR ID2 is designed for speed, with aero tube shapes and a widened down tube that shields water bottles from the wind, plus a racy geometry

It’s labelled a climber’s bike but the flagship Huez excels as an all-in endurance machine

After whittling down the gravel bikes one by one, only two are left to duke it out – the Mondraker Arid Carbon RR and the Parlee Taos, both tested in SRAM Force spec (the Taos also uses X0 Eagle AXS T

Van Rysel RCR Pro Replica £9,000 The RCR Pro Team Replica isn’t the bargain you might expect from Decathlon, but it’s a fantastic race bike, boasting tantalising speed and an excellent front end. Van