Worth the weight

I once met a rider called Mauricio Ardila, a Colombian escarabajo (if you’re a good climber in Colombia they call you a beetle), who said he bought his house with a payoff from Italian rider Paolo Sav

Tadej Pogačar’s new team bike is a quietly brilliant, well-balanced allrounder

Hot on the heels of Cervélo’s S5 aero race bike – reviewed last issue – comes the American company’s new gravel racer, the Áspero-5. It’s appropriate: the gravel bike is the result of Cervélo applying

A superlight shoe made for a WorldTour god but mere mortals will discover its feet of clay

In a triathlon setting, Factor js renowned for its link-up with Beth Potter, the collaboration beginning in 2021. Since then, the Scottish athlete’s won a brace of Olympic bronze medals, plus the meda

One of the hottest debates in professional road cycling in 2025 was about bike choice. Should riders opt for a lightweight climbing machine or an aero bike – and do the UCI need to change their stance