Bastion archangel: ‘the most highly specified production bike ever ’

In late 2020 Cube’s owner, Marcus Pürner, told his head of engineering, Bernd Schenkl, that the German brand was going to take on sponsorship of WorldTour team Intermarché-Wanty and that he’d promised

We’re used to the idea that many of our bikes are built around frames made in Asia, but most of those that grace these pages sport brand names with European heritage and at least a notional design pre

Endurance bikes have switched up a gear for 2025. The trend towards all-road bikes that we’ve seen over the past few years seems to be over, thanks to the emergence of fast, lightweight, all-road-capa

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

RIDDEN AND REVIEWED

In the end, there could only be two. The Colnago Y1Rs and Cervélo S5 might seem like obvious choices as finalists for our 2025 Race Bike of the Year category, but it’s with good reason. Beyond the fac