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AGU Venture Extreme Pro Handlebar bag: for your next bikepacking adventure

Bikepacking is as popular as ever. It is usually done on a road or gravel bike, but it is also a serious option on a mountain bike. Especially hut tours attract, and we got to try this is one night. Of course, you then have to carry gear, but a large saddlebag quickly causes problems with the dropper post. Soon, [...]

Jonas Vingegaard's Cervélo S5 at the 2025 Tour de France

Cervélo developed the new S5 in close cooperation with riders from Visma-Lease a Bike. A new design philosophy was chosen. The brief from the team and from the company was: "Don't mess up an already great bike." An evolutionary design was therefore chosen, with the recognisable V-shaped stem, unique fork and head tube combination [...]

Canyon launches Grail RIFT: race-oriented gravel with 40 mm suspension fork

Canyon introduces the Grail CFR RIFT, a new version of its popular race-gravel bike, equipped with the innovative DT Swiss F 132 ONE-suspension fork After years of testing - including prototypes spotted at The Traka 360 in Girona - the 40 mm suspension fork is officially presented as a serious technical upgrade. Technical highlights Who is Canyon making this bike for? Is it extra [...]

Light, sleek and affordable: QO launches Race SL crankset

With the RACE SL, Spanish newcomer QO introduces a high-end crankset that presents itself as a lightweight powerhouse without the accompanying high-end price tag. At 510 grams (50/34T version), this crank is remarkably light, even compared to established top groups like Shimano Dura-Ace or SRAM Red. And that for a suggested retail price of €899. Lightweight with ambitions The QO [...]

Wireless now the standard with Shimano GRX RX827

Shimano is now entering the fully wireless gravel market with the GRX RX827, a 1×12-speed Di2 groupset that combines the existing GRX wireless cockpit design with the rear derailleur technology of the XTR M9200 series. Wireless is now slowly becoming the standard, but does that eliminate all the issues with electric and wireless shifting? We'd like to know, of course. 1 [...]

SRAM revamps Force and Rival AXS groupsets: easier, lighter and smarter shifting

SRAM revamps its Force and Rival AXS groupsets for road and gravel riders. Both the 2x and XPLR (1x gravel) variants are fully wireless and include technological upgrades that make shifting faster, braking more powerful and cycling more comfortable. Wireless convenience, powerful braking With the new SRAM Force and Rival AXS shifting groupsets, SRAM aims to deliver high-quality [...]

Campagnolo Super Record 13: one extra cog, a world of difference

Campagnolo is back with a statement. The new Campagnolo Super Record 13 is not just an update, but a completely redesigned wireless shifting system with thirteen cogs. More ratios, more control, more direction. And above all: a new vision of what shifting should be. 13-speed: it's not about quantity, it's about cadence Campagnolo presents the [...]

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