The CIMA, named for the Cima Coppi – highest climb in the Giro d’Italia – is a lightweight, performance-oriented road bike frameset…

Michelin has an unrivaled brand presence and reputation. Everyone has heard of them, whether it be for their motor and cycle…

“Sitting comfortably?” It’s a perennial question for cyclists: the quest for the right saddle can be a long and painful one,…

Le Col’s ARC Merino Jersey is one of those rare bits of kit that just hits the bullseye. We have blurry seasons in…

It’s the home straight, people – we’ve got through the shortest day (up here in the Northern Hemisphere), and here’s to…

I think it’s fair to say I’ve had an awesome year on bikes! 2024 started with a lap of Taiwan in…

I don’t even have a commute these days but I was still excited when I heard Brompton were launching a gravel…

Gravel is getting faster, they say. And they’re not wrong – as I found out first-hand, on the recent Graean Cymru race in…

We’ve reviewed many Ribble bikes over the years on Sportive.com and have always been impressed. But it’s one thing taking delivery…

Rough roads need tough tyres, and with a claimed 10,000km lifespan Hutchinson seem pretty confident in the battling capabilities of their Challenger…

The Kenda Alluvium Pro is a gravel and adventure tyre that is claimed to be as capable on pavement as it is on…

When I was offered the chance to test the new Galaxy ALIBI Sunglasses from KOO Eyewear, I was at first a little reluctant….

At the end of last summer, I felt I’d let my fitness and form die a bit – I wasn’t enjoying…

It’s sometimes difficult to believe that genuine innovation is possible in the cycling world – after all, big brains have had…

This time last year, I had three steel-framed bikes and never thought I’d ever entertain thoughts of going back to alloy…

GRVL Apparel is an exciting new brand of clothing specifically designed for gravel riders. GRVL gear gets my thumbs up straight away,…

In the quest for ever wider, squishier rubber on my gravel bike I found myself in the market for a set…

The colour purple has an interesting history. I visited Raglan Castle in Wales over Easter and got talking to an historian…

Bianchi caused quite a stir among their fanbase with the launch of the 2024 Impulso gravel bike last year. Unveiled at…

Anyone who knows me or follows me on The Socials or logging apps will be sick to death of the turbo…

If you’re a cyclist in Ireland – or have resolutions of becoming one in 2024 – here’s a book for you….

I can’t fake commute nostalgia but I could really have done with this backpack from Stubble & Co in the days when I…

It’s hard to escape the clamour around gravel cycling in recent years; you only need to look back a few days,…

I enjoy off-road cycling and I like a lightweight shoe, so I had high hopes for Quoc’s gravel offering the Escape Off-Road….

This review can be summed up in three words – Buy This Bike. The following may just be a ‘Dear John’…

There’s opportunity everywhere, if we could only see it: we’ve all heard that old adage about making lemonade. Of course, sometimes…

I was thrilled when I set my first tyre up tubeless. The arthritis-inducing strain on the thumbs and the gloopy mess…

“Gravel is like a box of chocolates,” as Forrest Gump almost said: “you never know what you’re gonna get.”  It can…

There are three questions everyone asks when buying something new: does it do what I want, what does it cost, and…

Not every ride can be an epic bikepacking adventure, but even for those shorter rides there are a few essentials every…

The brand name Garmin is almost synonymous with cycling computer, and Garmin enjoy a healthy chunk of the sports watch market…

I’ve seen gravel cyclists take some stick for the amount of gear they lug around. Why the need for so many…

Weighing in at a skimpy 119g with 6.5 degree bend, these ultralight carbon bars from Mt Zoomare a lightweight upgrade for your…

If, like me, you’ve spent the current lockdown wondering how you could possibly make your bike look more like a baby…

There’s a lot of learning goes with the switch from road cycling to MTB – and a fair bit of unlearning,…

Steel bikes – what’s that all about? I had one 45 years ago and it wasn’t all that much fun. It…

With summer on the wane and cyclocross (not to mention rainy commutes) on the horizon, cyclists’ thoughts may be turning to…

Of all the ways to spend the night before your wedding, driving along a deserted French country road in the pitch…

The Rockrider ST500 Mountain Bike Shoes from Decathlon are a trainer-style cycling shoe designed for mountain bikers looking to start using…

Photos: Peter Levenspiel The Ribble CGR AL is a member of Ribble’s wider CGR (cross, gravel and road) family. Designed to excel across…

My first ‘proper’ bike was a Ribble. The Audax changed the way I thought about cycling, and got me into not…

It’s not standard to start a bike review by declaring your love, but the Ribble CGR Ti isn’t exactly a standard…

The delivery driver let out a huge sigh of relief as I opened my front door a couple of weeks ago…

Ribble’s CGR range is billed as a versatile bike that can be built up and down to suit a multitude of…

Just over a year ago, on the eve of my first ever sportive, my cycling-proficient aunty handed me a white carrier…

I’ve owned a Thule rack before – full disclosure here – and I’d still have it today if I wasn’t such…

Juin Tech may not be a household name – even in cycling households – but they have carved out something of…

“That’s not meant for off-road” I heard as I rode the Pinnacle Arkose 2 effortlessly past a chap on a mountain…

They say you should try something new every day – I say why stop at one new thing? That was, roughly,…

Swiss brand Assos, like time-travelling sleuth Austin Powers, have a formidable reputation in the shorts department but until recently I’d never…

Unless, like the inhabitants of Royston Vasey, you only ride local sportives (and if that’s the case, you really should broaden your…

Asking for an ‘expresso’ is a great way to identify coffee snobs at a cake stop – the aghast facial expression…

Tradition and cycling go hand in mitt, but sometimes innovation yields not just performance gains but aesthetic advantage too.  Take these…

A few weeks ago a spur of the moment idea sent me into the attic, pulling aside cobwebs and arm-wrestling spiders…