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Here’s what to expect from the latest bikes that are built for speed It looks as if 2026 is set to be a big year for new road bikes, with plenty of models ready for an update or overhaul. Pipping them

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

Giant see the Anthem X as the saviour of the pedal-powered trail bike. It’s the longer-forked version of their World Champs-winning Anthem Advanced SL cross-country bike, designed to blend XC efficien

Frenchman’s hot pink team bike is good PR for SRAM’s second-tier groupset

Get the new Yeti LTe onto the trails, and its ride and handling characteristics are something really special. The suspension ticks all the right boxes and then some, with a tune that makes this 23.7kg

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