Simon Smythe
Cycling Weekly
United Kingdom
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Shimano Cues: all-new ‘ecosystem’ to replace every groupset below 105
Phase one focuses on flat bar hybrids and e-bikes with interchangeable components across nine, 10 and 11-speeds; road components to follow at some point → Read More
AeroCoach unveils lustrous Aten 1x road chainring
British brand launches the road version of its super high-end track chainring → Read More
MAAP’s sustainable new road collection features ‘more recycled fabric content than ever before’
Australian brand's message is to do better for yourself, the people around you and the planet → Read More
What is the science behind the unreleased new Uno-X TT helmet? We ask the aero experts
Xavier Disley and Michael Hutchinson theorise about what might - or might not - make the most-talked-about lid the one to beat in 2023 → Read More
Colnago C68 bike review - tradition and technology in perfect proportions
The latest model-C Colnago is still made in Italy and still has lugs, but it is a thoroughly 21st-century superbike → Read More
New Cofidis Look prototype bikes photographed in full race setup at the Saudi Tour
Exclusive pictures of the unreleased prototype that Max Walscheid rode to a podium place on stage one → Read More
What a month off booze taught me about my cycling... and myself
Dry January is over - time to crack open a magnum of champagne, or crack on with the abstinence? → Read More
Rapha launches new flagship Explore Gore-Tex jacket
New high-end jacket and trousers added to Explore off-road collection → Read More
UCI introduces new mandatory sticky labels for time trial and pursuit bikes
New downloadable labels will need to be visible on the top tubes of bikes in all UCI-sanctioned TT and pursuit events → Read More
Garmin Epix (Gen 2) review - superb functionality, brilliant display, changed my life
All of the features of the top Fenix and Forerunner watches but with an enhanced AMOLED display - which makes it more expensive, but it's worth it → Read More
New POC Propel sunglasses 'introduce aerodynamic gains to eyewear'
Worn by the EF Education teams, the Propel is designed to smooth airflow to improve a rider's aerodynamic profile → Read More
Nude carbon is back and even sexier with 3T’s new Exploro Racemax Italia XXX
Made-in-Italy frames 'pull back the curtain' on in-house filament winding process with stunning results → Read More
Mark Cavendish photographed showing off his new Wilier Filante SLR team bike in Calpe
Manxman testing new team equipment in advance of his Astana debut in mid-February → Read More
SRAM v Princeton ‘humpback whale wheel’ lawsuit goes to jury trial
Judge orders that lay people must decide whether or not Princeton CarbonWorks infringed Zipp's 'biomimicry' patents, as claimed by Zipp owner SRAM → Read More
Has NASA just invented a puncture-proof tyre that will last the life of your bike?
Airless wire mesh tyres originally invented for the Mars Rover are being developed for bikes - and could be the last ones you ever buy → Read More
Rigoberto Uran shows off his new EF Education First team skinsuit with a unique dance
EF's 2023 kit isn't as funky as in previous years, but Rigo's moves more than make up for that → Read More
Oops! Unreleased Shimano 105 mechanical 12-speed groupset leaked
US bike brand KHS's website lists a bike apparently with the unreleased groupset - and then takes down the page → Read More
New Dutch team TDT-Unibet unveils a Cannondale even louder than EF’s
YouTuber's dream team is aiming to make a big yellow-and-pink splash in its first year of competition → Read More
Unreleased Cannondale SuperSix Evo 4 spotted
EF Education-EasyPost riders have been photographed training on a new, unreleased version of Cannondale's lightweight all-rounder race bike - is it what we think it is? → Read More
Wilier’s new Astana team edition: the prettiest bikes in the 2023 peloton?
Sumptuous 'chrome-plated graphite' scheme for the bikes that Mark Cavendish may or may not be riding this year → Read More