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This Week in Desire | September 18th

This Week in Desire | September 18th

There's a mixed bag this week. We've got luxury folders, superbike e-bikes, ingenious winter-wear and Batman's city cruiser. Welcome to this week in Desire, presented...

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The Desire Edit - Getting the Band Back Together | Issue 20.3

The Desire Edit - Getting the Band Back Together | Issue 20.3

We're taking a trip down memory lane, looking at our favourite Desire Edits of the past 12 months. The third edit of 2020 struck a...

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This Week in Desire | Thursday September 10th

This Week in Desire | Thursday September 10th

This week, we've got even more luxury than normal, with picks from Breitling, Vadolibero and more stellar bike releases from Basso and Factor. Welcome to...

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This Week in Desire | Thursday September 3th

This Week in Desire | Thursday September 3th

The Tour is here and with the biggest race in cycling, comes a plethora of new releases. Welcome to This Week in Desire, our weekly...

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Turbo Trainers, Meet Fashion Week

Turbo Trainers, Meet Fashion Week

Sales of home trainers went through the roof in the early days of lockdown as riding in the great outdoors was an impossibility in many...

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Rouleur Picks - How to conquer everyday

Rouleur Picks - How to conquer everyday

A new normal is upon us, we've made a few selects to help you better your everyday

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The Tarmac SL7 just made N-1 a reality

The Tarmac SL7 just made N-1 a reality

The Specialized S-Works Tarmac is to cycling what the Ferrari 412 T2 is to motorsport, one of the most successful machines in modern history. The next...

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BMC TeamMachine SLR 2021

The 2021 BMC Teammachine

Words: Miles Baker-Clarke | Photos: BMC Switzerland/ Forstus It's a strange feeling to see so many superbike launches come and go without cycling's biggest platform...

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Heroïn, but not as you know it

Heroïn, but not as you know it

We look behind the curtain of one of cycling's lesser-known superbrands - starting with their first rather impressive drop in the sea that is hyperbikes....

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Rapha’s new disco slippers

Rapha’s new disco slippers

Whether you follow cycling style or not, you’ll likely have noticed that footwear has been moving in one direction for a good few years. We’re...

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Fizik’s Saddle of the Future

Fizik’s Saddle of the Future

3D printing is here to stay and Fizik are embracing the tech with both hands. We welcome Adaptive, Fizik’s fresh saddle concept.  

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Stuart Clapp’s Factor ViSTA

Stuart Clapp’s Factor ViSTA

It’s new bike day for Desire Editor, Stuart Clapp. He even claims that the Factor ViSTA is his N-minus-2 – what is the world coming...

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Colnago G3-X

Colnago G3-X

Few bikes command respect and turn as many heads as a Colnago, but take the name off-road and what do you get?

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Product of their environment: Q36.5’s Italian-made Unique shoes

Product of their environment: Q36.5’s Italian-made Unique shoes

Fresh road and adventure shoes see Q36.5 covering every contact point

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Rouleur Issue 19.8 - the wrap-up

Rouleur Issue 19.8 - the wrap-up

For the last edition of Desire in 2019, we decided to do things a little differently. Welcome to a wrap-up of issue 19.8. To buy...

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Desire: In-between days, in-between rides

Desire: In-between days, in-between rides

Desire Editor Stuart Clapp get misty-eyed over dewy mornings and vintage Vespas

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Factor's New Home

Factor's New Home

British brand, Factor are going back to where it all began. Superbikes, hyperbikes and everything in-between.

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Pinarello’s latest thoroughbred

Pinarello’s latest thoroughbred

There are horses for courses, but Pinarello’s most recent steed has proven it can win on them all. We take a deep dive following a...

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Specialized S-Works Roubaix - Parra x Romance

Specialized S-Works Roubaix - Parra x Romance

Do you remember that stunning, uber glamorous Specialized Allez Sprint from the 2018 Rouleur Classic? Romance are at it again and this time they’ve brought...

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Me and my Factor O2

Me and my Factor O2

Rouleur’s Desire editor, Stuart Clapp, recently decided he needed a new bike, but what to get? Should he go with rim brakes or discs? Electronic...

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Colnago V3RS

Colnago V3RS

When you think of Colnago, you’ll likely be drawn to the classic shapes, pure Italian craftsmanship and sublime detailing. The master craftsman and his engineering...

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Why grovel when you can gravel?

Why grovel when you can gravel?

Issue 19.3 of Desire sees Rouleur’s first foray into the gravel and as usual, we’ve turned the dial up to 11.

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Win with Rouleur - Kask Wasabi

Win with Rouleur - Kask Wasabi

We've teamed up with Italian helmet maestros KASK to offer you a chance to win the latest addition to their range of cycling helmets: the...

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Desire: Velocio Multi ES Jersey

Desire: Velocio Multi ES Jersey

A jersey created with passion and consideration, ideal for hanging about at the cafe

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Desire: Country Living – on location in Norfolk

Desire: Country Living – on location in Norfolk

Playing to the gallery… Fine kit and the best bikes handpicked by Rouleur for issue 18.6

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Artisans: the customised shoes of Artful Kicks

Artisans: the customised shoes of Artful Kicks

Simon Fellows had no artistic training growing up, but fortunately he discovered his innate talent and now everyone wants a piece of it

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Desire: the new S-Works Venge

Desire: the new S-Works Venge

Lighter, yet more aero, and off-limits to luddites who still want rim brake or mechanical gears, Specialized’s latest incarnation of the Venge has arrived

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Desire: Oakley Flight Jacket

Desire: Oakley Flight Jacket

Oakley say they’ve managed to master the mist with a demist construction around the nose bridge on their new model of shades. Is blurred vision...

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Cultivating tan lines: Sportful BodyFit Pro Evo Jersey

Cultivating tan lines: Sportful BodyFit Pro Evo Jersey

Making light work of winning Giro stages the new jersey from Sportful will help you keep your cool when the temperature starts to rise

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Extreme Weather Protocol: Rapha Gavia Jacket

Extreme Weather Protocol: Rapha Gavia Jacket

Launching extreme weather kit at the start of summer seems absolutely absurd, but guaranteed this Rapha jacket won’t be around to buy come winter

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