Startling silver

Cycling and carbon fibre are happy bedfellows. Frames, wheels, saddles, even shoes are made using this lightweight yet stiff and strong material. It’s omnipresent. Until, that is, you focus on spokes.

From ever-faster and slicker bikes to cutting-edge components and svelte apparel, gear is a strong draw of cycling, and it continues to evolve. In 2025, we witnessed small but significant developments

£24, zefal.com Why did France miss pancake day? It crêpe’d up on them. However they don’t miss a thing when riding their bikes, thanks to French brand Zéfal’s huge range of accessories, including this

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

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

Premium steel classic gets a redesign and 3D-printed components