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Huge tyres and chainrings, gravel and MTB drivetrains, double valves and more tech trends from Paris-Roubaix
Our tech gallery from the ground at Paris-Roubaix
Paris-Roubaix bikes: how the top riders optimised their setups for the cobbles
A closer look at the bikes of the men's podium and the contenders – from the heavily modded to the surprisingly standard
Hell by numbers: Inside Tudor Pro Cycling's Paris-Roubaix tech
Tudor Pro Cycling’s head of innovation on how science, sensors and systems are reshaping the way Paris-Roubaix is raced
Power couples: why collabs with car brands are vanity projects – and why we need them
The launch of the Bugatti Factor ONE reignited the old debate – are collaborations with sports car brands just marketing exercises resulting in expensive bikes...
Metal fortitude: why titanium is stronger than ever in an age of carbon
Titanium is back and it’s better than ever – the new generation of ‘wonder metal’ frame builders are making bikes that are both timeless and technologically advanced
WorldTour kits 2026: whose jersey passes with flying colours and whose gives us the blues?
What will the 2026 peloton look like when it lines up in Adelaide for the Tour Down Under later this month? We examine all the...
Rouleur Live 2025: inside a sacred space with the icons of modern-day cycling
Van der Poel, Ganna, Cavendish, Thomas – it was a sensory and emotional experience to see these bicycles that shaped history in real life
The wheel keeps turning: Inside the job of a bike mechanic at a professional team
Tom Campbell worked as a mechanic in professional cycling teams for over two decades. Have advances in frames, wheels and components made the role easier? Did old-school mechanics have a harder job? What’s it...
Continental Archetype review: Tadej’s Tour-winning tyres are fittingly fast
Pogačar is now a Continental global brand ambassador and this tyre was developed with his UAE Team Emirates-XRG in time for the Tour
Pro bike: Jonas Abrahamsen’s 2025 Tour de France Ridley Noah Fast 3.0
Uno-X's 'Project Breakaway' delivered the first ever Tour stage win for the Norwegian team – is there a bike better equipped for a long échappée...
Why is Tadej Pogačar riding the Tour de France mountain stages on his aero bike?
There's seemingly no gradient steep enough to warrant a ride on the lightweight climbing bike – we ask what conditions might make a rider choose...
Pro bike: Remco Evenepoel's Tour stage-winning S-Works Shiv TT
The golden arrow on which the Belgian Olympic and world time trial champion shot to victory on stage five
Pro bike: Jonas Vingegaard’s 2025 Tour de France Cervélo S5
The Danish challenger is using this faster, lighter version of the S5 in his attempt to wrest back the Tour crown
Pro bike: Mathieu Van der Poel's Tour stage two-winning Canyon Aeroad CFR
The bike that the Dutch Classics hero and former world champion rode to victory on the second stage of the 2025 Tour de France
Pro bike: Tim Merlier’s 2025 Tour de France S-Works Tarmac SL8
European champion Tim Merlier's stage-winning Tour de France bike
Paris-Roubaix 2025 tech gallery: 35mm tyres, off-road groupsets and hacks to tackle the cobbles
All of the interesting tech we spotted before the men’s and women’s editions of the 2025 Hell of the North
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