Building your own bike (or having your local bike shop do it for you) has many advantages. One of the more attractive benefits is cost, but in my opinion, the best thing about building your own bike is that every single component is of your own choosing. With an off-the-shelf...
Over at the Shanghai bike show the CRW booth had a host of new and interesting products. As well as updating their mega-popular carbon spoked wheel range, they also unveiled a brand new handlebar. The new wheels we've already done an in-depth deep dive. But the headline stats are that...
At the Shanghai Bike Show this year we couldn't resist visiting the Cybrei booth to see what new things they were cooking up, and the visit didn't disappoint. They were showing off an early sample of their carbon axled crankset. At just 267.5g for the crank arms, this thing is...
GOOSYNN were one of the brands to have a very strong showing at the Shanghai Bike Show. Not only with their own impressive stand but we also noticed their wheels popping up on more and more stands of the other bike and frame brands at the show. Of course we...
At the 2025 Shanghai bike show, over on the Panda Podium booth Yoeleo were showing off the brand new version of their gravel bike the Altera G21. The bike builds on the previous iterations of the G21, with this latest incarnation actually being the 3rd generation. Yoeleo have taken on...
String (Polymer) spokes are nothing new. BERD have been using Dyneema fiber in their spokes on mountain bike wheels since 2015. The main advantages are lightweight and vibration damping. However, such spokes have never really taken off amongst road cyclists who traditionally were obsessed with stiffness. However, with more and...
This article is not political. It is merely an update of the facts and a guide to the recent changes.The latest tariffs brought in by the Trump administration have sent shockwaves through the whole of the bicycle industry. On one hand many American brands use overseas factories to produce their...
While the holiday season has come and gone in the west, China is getting ready for it's biggest holiday of the year; Chinese New Year (Or Spring Festival.)During this period, the entire country almost grinds to a halt as most people take a deserved rest and travel back to their...
The first week of October is National Day holiday in China. (Also known as Golden Week.) It's a one-week holiday where the whole country pretty much shuts down.During this period our website will still be up and running, but we will have some reduced services.October 1st - 7th - Shipping...
We’re putting the best Western wheels head to head against the best Chinese wheels in a direct shoot out. We’re going to be looking at the price, weight, stiffness and aerodynamics of these two great wheelsets...
