It wouldn’t be the eve of Paris-Roubaix without the UCI sticking their noses into something. Days before the Hell of the North, the governing body has officially banned Visma-Lease a Bike’s in-race tire pressure management system on a corporate technicality.
Author: Charlotte Adler
Charlotte Adler
Yakima's finest tech writer. Formerly wrote about and reviewed iPhones, now freed to ride a bike and talk cycling gear.
Tadej Pogačar inches closer to a Monument sweep, Demi Vollering enacts the ultimate revenge plot on the cobbles, and half the peloton might lose their driver’s licenses over a commuter train. Here are five things we learned from a totally unhinged 110th edition of De Ronde.
We hate bulky, heavy e-bikes just as much as you do. But the Solé e-24 packs a 750W motor and a 40-mile range into a sleek, classic silhouette that doesn’t scream “I gave up on pedaling.” Even better, using code cyclry15 knocks a massive $270 off the price tag.
For over a century, wheel building has been the domain of grumpy, highly caffeinated mechanics. Now, Berd’s $7,000 automated wheel-truing robot wants to put them out of a job. We take a cynical look at the new TRUDI update.
Factor Bikes has teamed up with French hypercar manufacturer Bugatti to release the “Bugatti Factor ONE.” It’s UCI-illegal, limited to just 250 units, and costs an eye-watering $23,599. Because nothing says “hypercar engineering” quite like a massive upcharge for blue paint and an Alcantara saddle.
There is a sacred, unspoken contract in professional cycling. You can suffer, you can crash, and you can absolutely bury yourself in the gutter, but you must always attempt to look good doing it. We have spent the last decade arguing over the aerodynamic legality of sock heights, hiding our brake cables inside our headsets, and spending small fortunes on jerseys engineered in military-grade wind tunnels. And then Jonas Vingegaard showed up to Stage 4 of Paris-Nice and took a massive, wattage-fueled dump all over the entire concept of aerodynamic efficiency. By now, you’ve seen the footage. After the crosswinds…
Liv has officially pulled the curtain back on the fourth generation of the EnviLiv, and if you believe the wind tunnel data, the “marginal gains” era just got a lot less marginal. The headline claim is a staggering 18.44-watt saving at 40 km/h compared to the previous generation. In an industry where we usually celebrate a 2-watt improvement, 18 watts is the kind of leap that makes you wonder if the old bike was trailing a parachute. However, much of that gain is tied to the new CADEX Max 50 wheels and an integrated aero cockpit that hides every millimeter…
In the vast ecosystem of “retired pro cyclists launching a second career as a content creator,” Alex Dowsett occupies a specific niche: The Guy Who Actually Understands The Math. While other ex-pros are busy launching gravel races or coffee beans, Dowsett has spent his post-WorldTour life on YouTube, patiently explaining aerodynamics and rolling resistance to people who just want to know why they got dropped on the Sunday club run. Now, 4iiii Innovations has decided to harness that nerd energy officially. The Canadian power meter manufacturer announced today that they have signed Dowsett as a key ambassador for the 2026…