Reading Time: 5 minutes Was it possible to make Box Component’s already excellent Prime 9 system even better? Yes, it was.

Reading Time: 5 minutes Saddles are perhaps the most personal item in cycling — what works perfectly for one rider could feel like sitting on pine cones to another. For some, even the visual appeal of a particular saddle could be enough for them to persist with something less comfortable, or to reject what might otherwise be the perfect perch in the case of an uglier duckling. We reviewed three of the SQlab road range previously. It is fair to say that visually they…

Reading Time: 7 minutes For Campagnolo, 2017 was a big year. They launched a range of products to the market which many speculated whether the company would even attempt so soon in their new ‘H11’ road disc range. But how would it stack up against Shimano and SRAM — both of whom already had years of experience with disc brakes? On the back of the Record EPS groupset review we posted in September 2017, Campagnolo sent us the relevant parts to convert that groupset…

Reading Time: 6 minutes Melbourne-based Curve sent us their ‘Belgie Spirit’ frame to see what we thought of it…   Mention the word ‘Titanium’ in certain circles and you’ll see grown men glaze over, drifting off into romantic, wistful state of Bike Lust. Thankfully it is not a material that is likely to be leaving the bike industry in any hurry, so bikes like the one featured here will hopefully continue to romance us for a long time to come. However, it is also…

Reading Time: 6 minutes Technology and art have always combined in bicycles. One man’s treasure is another man’s poison; but whether your treasure is a hand-built lugged steel machine draped in 8-speed Campagnolo or SRAM eTap hanging off a bang up-to-date creation, the beauty, and elegance of a bicycle are indisputable. Bastion Cycles are taking this perfect marriage up a notch by — according to their own strapline — ‘Engineering a New Art Form’. They sent one our way for a brief dalliance. We…

Reading Time: 8 minutes Is wireless shifting the future of electronic groupsets? Intuition is a funny thing. For years we have been shifting our rear derailleurs with our right hands and our front derailleurs with our left hands — a continuation from the days of downtube shifters, for those of us who remember and used them. Electronic gear systems — Shimano’s Di2 and Campagnolo’s EPS; not forgetting Mavic’s Mektronic from back in the day — haven’t changed that, but the arrival of Di2 and…

Reading Time: 7 minutes Testing the latest light weight and leather offerings from Lake Cycling As a not-so-proud owner of awkward feet, cycling shoes have been a constant battle. Having not only wide feet with but also a high instep and a tendency to pronate, results in a heady mix that writes off many options; and of the manufacturers who do produce a wide option shoe, these are often only offered in limited models from their range. A few years ago, Lake offered the…