Reinventing the handbuilt wheel

How do you make something light? You either use lighter materials or less of them, and for the stunningly light 1,060g Aura 40s, Rar has done both. ‘We took our UL+ hubs and removed all the material w

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

The 3T name may only have started appearing on the down tubes of frames in the past decade or so, but the brand itself is as storied as any of its Italian contemporaries. ‘The company was founded in 1

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

Hunt’s Limitless Aero road wheels impressed me when I tested them, so the idea of the brand applying their progressive aerodynamic design to a set of off-road hoops grabbed my attention. These Limitle

With roots stretching back to Cervélo’s original aero bike, the Soloist, the S series has always had the burden of legacy to live up to as well as the standards of its competitors. It can’t just be fa