Road Bikes

Officialy from La Vuelta : “The participation in the 2009 Vuelta will reach the maximum number permitted by the International Cycling Union (UCI) and its regulations: 22 teams of nine riders each, that is, 198 cyclists! Amongst the racers are 17 of the 18 ProTour teams and five professional teams:” ... 

We like riding different wheels here at Bike Cycling Reviews and the lighter the better, so when we got the chance of a ride on a pair of the top clincher wheels from Shimano we jumped at it. They are light, rigid, look great and the ride they give is quite spectacular. Read on to see what we have found. First... 

We recently managed to get a test ride on one of the Trek Madone bikes that are to be ridden in the 2008 season by the Professional Astana Cycling Team, and we liked what we saw. There are a few different versions of the Madone; the one we rode was fitted with the team issue SRAM Red group set, in this... 

When SRAM brought out the new Force and Rival group sets, a while back, we took a look at it and we liked what we saw. Now SRAM have released the Red group set, it was first used at the very top of the sport by the Saunier Duval pro team on their Scott bikes and now the new Astana team will be using... 

Johan Museeuw was a big Champion, one of the biggest in the Classic races of northern Europe, he won many professional races and a World Championship and now that he has retired he is putting that race experience into producing his own brand of top class frames and bikes. Now you can, as they say on... 

We received a question from Phillip, a short time ago, asking us about Neuvation wheels, we had not heard of them, so we thought it was our duty to have a good look at them and let him and the rest of you know our findings. Neuvation make a great range of wheels at prices we can all afford Here is Philips... 

Trek bike frames have won The Tour de France, Vuelta a España, Giro d’Italia and many other races, if you have the money, you could ride one too. Trek frames have been ridden to first place the worlds biggest bike race, the Tour de France, a record six times by American Lance Armstrong, Trek... 

There are now many Carbon Cranks on the market and they vary in price and styles, so we thought it was about time we took a good look at what is on offer and try to work out which might be the best, the cheapest, the most expensive, the lightest, the strongest etc. We also have some questions about... 

In part 1, we looked at the Roval Fusee Star wheels, in this review we give the Fusee E5 wheels a going over and compare them to the Star and a pair of Campagnolo Electron wheels. We give you our opinions on the Roval wheels and the performance of those and our usual wheels by Campagnolo We give the... 

We get many ladies asking us “which is the best woman’s specific bike on the market?” So we thought we had better take a good look at a selection of bikes that have been designed and built just for the ladies. We have chosen six beautiful road bikes to look at, Cannondale, Giant, Orbea,... 

We all need cranks to push our bikes, steel, alloy or carbon, you have to have them. For a road bike they were always double chain sets with two chain rings, now more and more bikes are being fitted with triples, to get up those harder hills or just to take things a little easier. A double chain set... 

We first saw the Roval wheels earlier this year at the Quick-Step cycle team press day in Spain and we thought “we must get our hands on a set of those.” You, our dear readers, are also interested as we have received a lot of questions from you wanting to know when we would spill the beans... 

A while back we had a question from Ryan Dupree, he wanted more information on the well priced, all carbon, Pinarello F4:13 frame, at the time we only had a chance to get a quick look at one, this time we managed to get a good look at one, but there was a problem, it was that dreaded PINK one! Well... 

At the end of last year two riders from the DFL Professional cycling team, David Harrigan and Alex Coutts, were in Spain for early training and we got a chance to have a good look at one of their team bikes, the Litespeed Siena Titanium The day we had a look at the Litespeed it had been raining and... 

Our regular readers will have realised that we love carbon, so when we got the chance to have a close look at the Scott CR1 SL with the compact chain set we jumped at it! Scott have based three bike s on the CR1 frame, the Pro, the Team and the bike will be looking at, the SL CD, all use the same frame... 

Ryan Dupree has got good taste in bikes; he’s been looking at the Pinarello F4:13 Carbon frame. We have had a good look at this gem and we think its just too nice to ride, well not quite, all bikes must be ridden Question: My question purtains to the 2007 Pinarello F4:13. I was just wondering if there... 

If you’ve got clip less pedals they are probably Look, when you bought them they came with either red or black shoe plates, they are very different and maybe you would be better with the other ones, learn the difference and maybe ride more comfortably. LOOK pedals were the first and are probably still... 

Tires are not the easiest of cycle accessories to review, the Hutchinson Fusion Air Light Tires are very easy to ride, I would go as far as to say they are a dream to ride, very nice cycle tires, probably the best I’ve used, they compare favorably to expensive tubulars with their top class performance Hutchinson... 

Yes that’s right, SRAM have introduced road equipment to their range. Campagnolo or Shimano for years was all you could choose from for your road bike, but now SRAM (who are more famous for their mountain bike kit) have brought out the Force and Rival Road Group sets Tell Us More Its nice to see... 

This is a story about saddles, not hairstyles! The gel I’m talking about is not the stuff you put on your hair, it’s the stuff you have in your saddle, or not. Some people can ride a saddle that would be like riding on a razor blade for some and then there are some saddles like a sofa, too...