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Frenchman’s hot pink team bike is good PR for SRAM’s second-tier groupset

Tadej Pogačar’s new team bike is a quietly brilliant, well-balanced allrounder

Here’s what to expect from the latest bikes that are built for speed It looks as if 2026 is set to be a big year for new road bikes, with plenty of models ready for an update or overhaul. Pipping them

I once met a rider called Mauricio Ardila, a Colombian escarabajo (if you’re a good climber in Colombia they call you a beetle), who said he bought his house with a payoff from Italian rider Paolo Sav

The faults, the fixes and what you really need to know about 2026’s best used bargains

From sharp designs to visual crimes, we size up the peloton’s latest wardrobe