buying guides
Get expert buying advice from cycling experts, with detailed shopping guides for everything from bikes and helmets right down to parts and accessories.
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Ultegra 11-speed race bikes
By Cycling Weekly • Published
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WHEEL TEST: the best upgrades
By Cycling Weekly • Published
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Made in America: a guide to US-made road and gravel frames and components
By Luke Friend • Published
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Six cycle accessories under £30
Six great things you could buy for yourself or your bike for under £30
By Cycling Weekly • Published
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Charge Grater 3 vs Orbea Carpe H20
By Cycling Weekly • Published
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Cannondale SuperSix Evo range
Light, strong, powerful and quick to handle: the race frame in the Cannondale stable available dressed in everything from Shimano 105 to Dura Ace
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan • Published
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Campagnolo groupsets explained and compared
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan • Published
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£600 road bikes
By Cycling Weekly • Published
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Best road bikes under £500: a complete buyer's guide (video)
Here's our simple guide to the best road bikes under £500: what to look for, what to expect, and how to get the most bike for your money at half a grand.
By Oliver Bridgewood • Published
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Buyer's guide to rear lights
Here's our guide to make sure that you pick a good rear light that will keep you visible this winter
By Henry Robertshaw • Published
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Best spring cycling clothing
By Henry Robertshaw • Published
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The home workshop tools you just can't live without
What are the 10 types of tool you really must have?
By James Bracey • Published
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Road bike wheels buyer's guide (videos)
In this road bike wheels buyer's guide we look at the different options available, and guide riders through the best choice for them.
By Oliver Bridgewood • Published
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Balance bike or stabilisers: what's the best way to teach your kids to ride?
What are the benefits and disadvantages of balance bikes and stabilisers in learning how to ride a bike?
By Paul Norman • Published
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Canyon Bikes range explained: what model is right for you?
We explore the road, time-trial, gravel and cyclocross bikes from Canyon
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan • Published
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7 of the best performance saddles
By Cycling Weekly • Published
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7 of the best summer cycling shoes
If you’re looking for a new pair of cycling shoes for the road, or for mountain biking, or both, we’ve got a wide range of options that’ll see you right
By Chris Catchpole • Published
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SRAM groupsets explained and compared
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan • Published
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Best cycling socks: the coolest designs that will turn heads
From the ultra funky to the subtle and stylish designs, from the bright to the toned down colours, we have rounded up the best cycling socks
By Anna Marie Hughes • Published
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Better than Castelli Gabba? Wet weather racing jackets on test
Castelli grasped the waterproof jersey market by the throat with its original Gabba. Is the updated version, the Gabba 2, still a class apart from the competition?
By Simon Collis • Published
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Should your next bike be a gravel bike?
Gravel cycling seems to have taken the bike world by storm over the last few years, so we help you answer: should I buy a gravel bike?
By Katherine Moore • Published
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How to prepare for your first gravel bike event
Gravel races are popping up all over the globe now. We run you through a step-by-step guide to prepare for your maiden race
By Luke Friend • Published
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Touring bikes grouptest
By ipclee • Published
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Race Bike of the Year 2011: £3k grouptest
We round up race machines from Boardman, Focus, Lapierre and Trek for our £3,000 shootout
By Cycling Weekly • Published
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Zwift vs Peloton: Which is best for your at-home workouts?
Sweating it out at home can be motivating and fulfilling thanks to Zwift and Peloton, but which should you choose? We compare the two fitness platforms
By Anna Marie Hughes • Published
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Best disc brake wheel sets
Using rotor stoppers and looking for a wheel upgrade? Check out our pick of the best...
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan • Published
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Trek Émonda 2018 range: lightweight all-rounders now disc equipped
Trek has launched the 2018 Trek Émonda, claiming it to be the lightest bike that it has ever produced
By Rupert Radley • Published
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Triathlon suits: everything you need to know
The garment that most triathletes will wear throughout the swim, bike and run legs of their race, a triathlon suit goes a long way to speeding up the fourth discipline: transition
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan • Published
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Could 650b wheels be an upgrade for you?
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan • Published