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Keeping secrets: Wilier Triestina Turbine Disc

Keeping secrets: Wilier Triestina Turbine Disc

Some are better at keeping things under wraps than others; take a look at the soon to be launched disc brake TT bike from Wilier  ...

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It’s personal: Iris Ditch Jersey

It’s personal: Iris Ditch Jersey

Ex-pro, Iris Slappendel has created her cycling apparel with the winning combination of Dutch cool and race ready know-how

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Petrol station chic: Alba Optics’ Delta glasses

Petrol station chic: Alba Optics’ Delta glasses

The Instagram sensation Italian sunnies, inspired by the eighties and jelly snakes

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The Egger has landed: meet Specialized’s fun-loving creative director

The Egger has landed: meet Specialized’s fun-loving creative director

Robert Egger has been instrumental in the development of Specialized’s Tarmac, Roubaix and Venge models. But not everything that comes out of his office is so serious

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Paris-Roubaix 2018: equipment in focus

Paris-Roubaix 2018: equipment in focus

Gallery: from special pavé tyres and strapped fingers to strategically positioned helpers with spare wheels, Paris-Roubaix demands serious attention to detail

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Triumph or tragedy: Met Trenta 3K Carbon

Triumph or tragedy: Met Trenta 3K Carbon

Want a carbon helmet that’s lightweight, aero and strong? It’s taken 30 years but Met think they can deliver

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Make or break: Dotout Cruiser Wool Light Jacket

Make or break: Dotout Cruiser Wool Light Jacket

The new jacket from Italian brand Dotout that insists you stop what you’re doing and just get out for a couple of hours

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Smooth operator: Endura D2Z Aeroswitch helmet

Smooth operator: Endura D2Z Aeroswitch helmet

Endura bring Simon Smart’s latest creation, the versatile D2Z Aeroswitch helmet, out of the wind tunnel for all to see

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Simon Smart: the cycling world’s fast thinking brain

Simon Smart: the cycling world’s fast thinking brain

Meet the former Formula One aerodynamicist behind Endura’s new Encapsulator skinsuit technology

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Over the rainbow: Pearl Izumi P.R.O Leader v4 shoes

Over the rainbow: Pearl Izumi P.R.O Leader v4 shoes

Pearl Izumi don’t care what’s at the end of the rainbow. They just took the whole thing and used it to decorate the bottom of...

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Toni Maier – how Assos championed lycra, carbon and aero wheels

Toni Maier – how Assos championed lycra, carbon and aero wheels

As Swiss company Assos celebrate over 40 years in the sport, we take a look at the profound influence founder Toni Maier has had on cycling

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Museum Pieces and Modern Masters

Museum Pieces and Modern Masters

When he’s not making roof racks for WorldTour teams, Leo Moors tends to his remarkable collection of vintage pro bikes.

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Speedplay: “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday”

Speedplay: “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday”

San Diego’s king of all things pedal-related: Richard Bryne, his story and his amazing collection

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Punk rock to PR – ‘on tour’ has dual meanings for Giro’s liaison man

Punk rock to PR – ‘on tour’ has dual meanings for Giro’s liaison man

All too familiar with the pressures of performing in the spotlight, band member Chuck Platt was a ‘shoe-in’ for the job of looking after Giro’s...

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Desire: Bastion Road Disc

Desire: Bastion Road Disc

Filament-wound carbon tubes, 3D printed titanium lugs and automotive industry engineering, plus fine looks: these Aussies made a beaut

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Why designing pro cycling team kit is such a tough job

Why designing pro cycling team kit is such a tough job

Former pro Iris Slappendel explains the difficulties of designing team kit and how women’s teams can bring the fun back into pro cycling outfits

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Brand reps: how cycling companies choose their ad models

Brand reps: how cycling companies choose their ad models

Who are the people that cycling companies get to model their kit? Where do they come from? Do they really ride bikes? What difference do...

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Beautiful frames: the rise of the custom paint scheme

Beautiful frames: the rise of the custom paint scheme

From club colours to elaborate art-inspired designs, there’s a growing demand for custom painted frames. Dave Nash takes a look at the booming trend

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Desire: Cold weather kit and off-road rides to solve your cross conundrums

Desire: Cold weather kit and off-road rides to solve your cross conundrums

Gravel, mud, even the Thames Estuary – everything you’ll need for a day away from the tarmac

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It’s the pits: inside cyclo-cross’ technical area

It’s the pits: inside cyclo-cross’ technical area

Step into a world of jet washes and waterproofs at the Gavere round of the Superprestige cycle-cross series in Belgium

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Power couples: car and bike brand collaborations

Power couples: car and bike brand collaborations

Making a concept bike is a rite of passage for a car company. Tapping into automotive prestige and expertise is a dream for many bike builders....

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New colours reflect bright future for EF Education First-Drapac

New colours reflect bright future for EF Education First-Drapac

The POC made kit for the next incarnation of Cannondale-Drapac made its first outing at the Rouleur Classic on Friday

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Gallery: Drillium and sawn-off bars at the national hill-climb

Gallery: Drillium and sawn-off bars at the national hill-climb

Photographer Chris Auld zooms in on the modified and minimalist bikes raced by Britain’s best hill-climbers

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How X-Bionic are reinventing team kit

How X-Bionic are reinventing team kit

Seamless with sewn-in logos, Gazprom-Rusvelo’s is a team kit with properties like no other. Morten Okbo finds an Italian factory where technology trumps tradition

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Desire: wind-cheating gear for faster time trials

Desire: wind-cheating gear for faster time trials

Speedy kit from Santini, Castelli, Endura, Giro, Poc, Lazer, Mavic, Suplest and Bont. Fast bikes from Ridley, Cervélo and Neil Pryde.

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Desire: Pro rides & dreamy bikes from the Colnago Owners Day

Desire: Pro rides & dreamy bikes from the Colnago Owners Day

An Elizabethan manor house, top professionals and rows of glistening Italian bikes on the lawn: it could only be the Colnago Owners Day

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Shoe gazing: George Bennett and his hand-painted kicks

Shoe gazing: George Bennett and his hand-painted kicks

George Bennett’s profile rose in 2017 thanks to both his results and the hand-painted shoes he wore during the Tour de France

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Desire: Cool threads and hot shoes

Desire: Cool threads and hot shoes

Bodywear from Ashmei, Endura, POC, Rapha and Warsaw; footwear by Gaerne, Sidi and Shimano

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Gallery: Men at work: Cannondale-Drapac mechanics

Gallery: Men at work: Cannondale-Drapac mechanics

Rest day for the riders, but the mechanics are hard at it as usual. Bike prepping with the Cannondale crew

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