While most big brands now offer two gravel bikes, Lapierre has just the one, which means by necessity the Crosshill CF has to do a bit of everything. Exploring, racing and everyday rides are all withi

The BMC Teammachine has epitomised the lightweight race bike for the past 16 years. The latest version – reviewed in the last issue of Cyclist – continues the remit of maximum stiffness for minimum we

Simple decisions can have dramatic consequences – just ask Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after he decided it would be a good idea to go on Newsnight. Slightly less controversially, three years ago the UC

American brand Ventum’s NS1 V3 is a premium all rounder offering pro level performance for real world racers

There was a glorious era in the 2010s when all the big brands jumped on the aero bandwagon to bring us wonderful bikes such as the Specialized Venge ViAS, Trek Madone SLR (who could forget those ‘spee

I’ve been riding a lot with my daughter recently, who really seems to have caught the MTB bug – finally! We’ve done several night rides and also headed to a sub-zero Forest of Dean in January to lap t