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Essential clothing on a budget?

Cycling is one of the most accessible sports and, while it’s all too easy to be tempted by the expensive exotica on offer, you really...

Essential clothing on a budget?
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Ben Swift's Ridley Noah

Katusha’s Ben Swift, team mate to Filippo Pozzato and Robbie McEwen, headed to London at the weekend to participate in the Smithfield Nocturne Elite...

Ben Swift's Ridley Noah
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Vittoria Open Corsa CX 320tpi First Ride

Vittoria Open Corsa CX clincher £43.99 Long established as one of the finest lightweight clincher road tyres around, Vittoria’s Open Corsa CX got a significant upgrade...

Vittoria Open Corsa CX 320tpi First Ride
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Ed Clancy’s Boardman Pro Race Prepared

Just moments before he started the Smithfield Nocturne Elite race last weekend, we grabbed a minute with a relaxed Ed Clancy to check out...

Ed Clancy’s Boardman Pro Race Prepared
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Crash damage to SRAM RED levers

Here’s the main damage sustained by my Enigma Occlusion during the Tour of Wessex, following a fall occasioned by the genius at the front of...

Crash damage to SRAM RED levers
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Giant launches range of accessories

Giant doesn’t just make bicycles anymore. It’s now branching out into accessories, and has launched an impressive range of such items as luggage, bar tape,...

Giant launches range of accessories
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Cannondale’s new 2010 SuperSix Hi-Mod

Cannondale’s brand new SuperSix Hi-Mod has already been put to the test by the Liquigas team which it supplies bikes to, with many development...

Cannondale’s new 2010 SuperSix Hi-Mod
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Fizik Antares Team Replica saddles

Now, with the latest Fizik Antares team replica saddle and matching bar tape, you can show your support for your favourite team, as long as...

Fizik Antares Team Replica saddles
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Tange inch and eighth threadless headset

Tange 4T5 1-1/8″ silver threadless headset £19.95 It’s a headset, for sure; one designed for a threadless steerer and to go in a frame not designed...

Tange inch and eighth threadless headset
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Independent Fabrications Club Racer First Look

Get the bars in the right place first Sterling silver head badge Independent Fabrication Club Racer £1595 frame and fork An Independent Fabrication Club Racer is one of...

Independent Fabrications Club Racer First Look
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Schwalbe Ultremo R defect notice

WARNING: Schwalbe Ultremo R tyres that exhibit bulging should be removed from use immediately. Free of charge replacements will be supplied. Regrettably some ULTREMO R...

Schwalbe Ultremo R defect notice
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Hutchinson Atom Road Tubeless Clincher First Ride

Hutchinson Atom Road Tubeless Clincher £34.99 each The latest addition to Hutchinson’s now three-model stable of road tubeless tyres is the Atom. Like its Fusion 2...

Hutchinson Atom Road Tubeless Clincher First Ride
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Simkins Designs Skelters First Look

Simkins Designs recently revealed to us details of its new road brake calipers, which now go under the name of Skelters. To find out how they...

Simkins Designs Skelters First Look
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Boardman Pro Race Prepared First Ride

Boardman Pro Carbon Race Prepared £3299 For weeks up ‘til now, the editor had been promising me a Boardman Pro Race Prepared for test and never...

Boardman Pro Race Prepared First Ride
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Another custom Trek Madone for Lance Armstrong

Stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia is an individual time trial of 60.6km from Sestri Levante to Riomaggiore, and the up and down nature of...

Another custom Trek Madone for Lance Armstrong
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Kask helmets

Kask KK-10 Race KS31 time trial helmet Kask helmets, the choice of Team Barloworld, currently campaigning in the Giro d’Italia, are relatively unknown in the competitive world...

Kask helmets
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Enigma Elle Exclusive First Look

Enigma has become one of the first choices for many seeking a titanium frame. The Sussex-based firm has just introduced its first women specific offering...

Enigma Elle Exclusive First Look
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Panache Cyclewear Eleven Bib Shorts

Panache Cyclewear Eleven Bib Shorts £140 Panache Cyclewear is a new premium clothing company from Boulder, Colorodo set up by Don Powell (who used to race...

Panache Cyclewear Eleven Bib Shorts
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Omega aluminium road bike

What is it? An aluminium frame with all-carbon fork built in about 2001 by Omega, the precursor of what is now Enigma Titanium. Back then,...

Omega aluminium road bike
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Oakley Jawbones arrive on the RCUK desk

Oakley’s Jawbone shades, the US company’s latest in a long line of stylish eyewear, have been catching the attention of cycling fans for the past...

Oakley Jawbones arrive on the RCUK desk
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Shimano RS20 and Carbon 1380 wheel update

Spoke fractured at end of thread Same again here A problem that has arisen with a front Shimano 7850 Dura-Ace Clincher wheel and a rear RS20 wheel; spoke...

Shimano RS20 and Carbon 1380 wheel update
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Condor Squadra review

Condor Squadra £1,749.99 www.condorcycles.com Nimble and confident aluminium offering Condor’s Squadra cuts quite a fine pose in its resplendent cream paint as I pedal it through London’s...

Condor Squadra review
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Assos T Knicker Roubaix bib knickers

Assos T Knicker Roubaix knickers £153.99 Three-quarter tights (or knickers), are invaluable and they don’t come much nicer than the T Knicker Roubaix’s from Assos. The fleece-backed...

Assos T Knicker Roubaix bib knickers
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Mule Bar Refuel recovery bar

The latest and, quite possibly, tastiest offering from up and coming sports nutrition specialist Mule Bar goes by the name ReFuel and is formulated to...

Mule Bar Refuel recovery bar
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