Specialized ares 2 £479

Handmade race shoes that fit like a glove but leave your bank account feeling battered

Race day shoes for red-hot watts

Weight 7.53kg (58cm) Frameset Carbon fibre Groupset Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 R9200 (54/40t, 11-34t) Wheels Reserve 57|64 rims on DT Swiss 180 hubs Tyres Vittoria Corsa Pro TLR Wide Rim, 700c x 29mm Finish

When SRAM released their redesigned Red XPLR AXS groupset last year, I was impressed. It paired the brilliant shifter ergonomics and brakes from the road-going Red AXS with specific gravel parts – a w

They say it’s the height of vanity to go reading through your old bike reviews, but I couldn’t help but go searching for the last time I rode a Wilier, and it was a whole nine years ago. And what a di

S ram’s new Force AXS road groupset has borrowed some of the clothes of its older sibling Red AXS while adding a few neat touches of its own. Measured against Force’s previous update in 2023, which mo