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Sugoi MidZero bib tights

Sugoi MidZero bib tights £96 Canadian-based Sugoi continues to impress with its knack for producing well designed, high performing garments. Its MidZero bib tights may sit...

Sugoi MidZero bib tights
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Pro Tarmac (Road) Overshoe tested

Pro Tarmac (Road) Overshoe £24.99 I hate overshoes; they are normally bulky, hot and frankly never do what they say they will. Unfortunately in our British...

Pro Tarmac (Road) Overshoe tested
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Team Astana Trek Madone

For a while it almost looked like – after Discovery pulled out of cycling last year – that Trek may no longer be a familiar...

Team Astana Trek Madone
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Briko Performaniac bib tights

Briko Performaniac bib tights £129.99 Briko started out in 1985 by producing waxes for the Italian national ski team. From such extraordinary beginnings, the company eventually...

Briko Performaniac bib tights
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Assos airBlock.LL bib tights

Assos airBlock.LL bib tights £151.99 As with the airJack jacket tested recently, these tights feature airBlock 851, a material with a real talent for fending off...

Assos airBlock.LL bib tights
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Castelli Gregario Bibtights

Castelli Gregario Bibtights £90 Castelli’s Gregario tights are made from Thermoflex Core Due material, which with its luxurious fleece lining makes them as warm as stuffing...

Castelli Gregario Bibtights
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Kurve CNC brakes

Carbontec has added Kurve brakes to its stable of brands. Machined from 6061 T6 aluminium, lack of weight is these brakes’ speciality, with titanium bolts...

Kurve CNC brakes
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Bontrager Race XXX Lite OS Carbon Road Stem

Bontrager Race XXX Lite OS Carbon Road Stem £149.99 The Race XX Lite OS is the latest carbon stem from Bontrager, and it their first road-only...

Bontrager Race XXX Lite OS Carbon Road Stem
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Scott Addict R2 First Look

It’s light, it’s svelte, and it’s sitting in RCUK’s bike shed just begging to be ridden. But all in good time… Scott’s Addict is one...

Scott Addict R2 First Look
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Quick Step to ride Roval wheels

Boonen’s newly painted SL2 complete with a nice set of Roval deep section carbon wheels – expect to see them moving very fast come the...

Quick Step to ride Roval wheels
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Litespeed Archon First Look

RCUK first clapped eyes on the jaw droppingly gorgeous Litespeed Archon at last year’s Eurobike show, and now a test bike has just rolled into...

Litespeed Archon First Look
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Parlee Z4 First Look

Bikes come and go here in the RCUK office but, just occasionally, one will turn up that stops us in our tracks. A small handful...

Parlee Z4 First Look
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Enigma Open Day in Nottingham

Sussex-based Enigma Bikes is holding an open day on Saturday 16th February 2008 at the Ramada Jarvis hotel in Nottingham. Entrance will be free but, as...

Enigma Open Day in Nottingham
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Howies NBL Light long sleeve baselayer

Howies NBL Light long sleeve baselayer £45 Winter riding places a lot of demands on your choice of clothing, and the first line of defence against...

Howies NBL Light long sleeve baselayer
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Castelli Slide Duo gloves

Castelli Slide Duo Gloves £34.99 I tend to view choosing a pair of gloves as much like choosing a saddle; it’s a very personal matter and...

Castelli Slide Duo gloves
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Quest Clothing

Quest Clothing is a well known clothing brand in Poland, where the company is based, and it’s hoping to appeal to UK cyclists with its...

Quest Clothing
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RAW CANNONDALE urban scoot unveiled

A partnership between cult apparel desingers G-Star and Cannondale has resulted in the creation of RAW CANNONDALE, a novel premium urban bicycle that not only...

RAW CANNONDALE urban scoot unveiled
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Play longer with Mars Refuel

Recovery products are well-proven to reduce recovery times, but due to their complex ingredients they can prove a little expensive, particularly if used often. Mars reckon...

Play longer with Mars Refuel
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Revolutionary bottle cage from Ibera

The Ibera Fine Tune Dual Function Bottle Cage offers two novel functionalities: firstly, it has a tilt loading function that allows the use of a...

Revolutionary bottle cage from Ibera
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Winter Lighting Solutions; RCUK Staff Bikes

RH’s Roberts PBP Smart Superflash deserves its name Trusty Exposure Enduro front lamp The editor’s Roberts PBP/tourer does most of the winter work from commuting to training, and...

Winter Lighting Solutions; RCUK Staff Bikes
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2008 Liquigas Cannondale Super Six

It’s certainly the time for new team bike launches. We had the 2008 Specialized Tarmac SL2 earlier this week. Now, from another of the big...

2008 Liquigas Cannondale Super Six
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Tom Boonen's 2008 Specialized Tarmac SL2

Boonen’s newly painted SL2 Aluminium bars and stem and, if our maths is right, that’s 36km/h average on his last ride The team has elected to use...

Tom Boonen's 2008 Specialized Tarmac SL2
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Specialized TriCross Comp tested

Smaller than actual test bike Neat graphics; colour less impressive Specialized TriCross Comp £1,199.99 After agonies of indecision over which type of ‘cross bike to buy, I finally...

Specialized TriCross Comp tested
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