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

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

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

Cyclist: What did you learn most about yourself last season? Mattias Skjelmose: That I’m a fighter, I don’t give up. I’ll take my knocks but I’ll always stand back up. The whole season was pretty much

I saw a piece of graffiti once that has stuck with me. It said, ‘Make things people want, make people want things.’ I think it applies aptly to the gravel bike market and especially a brand such as Ca

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