Top 10: The most popular GRAN FONDO articles of the year
Numbers don’t lie. You can try to bend them into shape, but you can’t simply ignore them. That’s why we did some research and dug out the 10 most-read articles of the year!
Review: All-new Specialized Tarmac S-Works Ultralight 2018 – a visionary bike?
The new Specialized Tarmac 2018 is more than a completely redesigned road bike. We tested the bike in the USA and here are our first impressions. Not happy with just knowing about the 2018 model, we also cheekily asked what can be expected from the Tarmac 2020. Mark Cote, Specialized CMO, gives a glance into the future of road bike development.
The whole article: All-new Specialized Tarmac S-Works Ultralight 2018 – a visionary bike?
The best road bike for any weather and any season – 10 Endurance Bikes in Review
We’ve put 10 of the most exciting endurance and gravel bikes to the test on Europe’s harshest terrain. Which bike could best handle long days in the saddle and make for a fun ride in all conditions? On the legendary routes of the spring classics we found the answer.
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First Ride Review: Cannondale Synapse 2018–striving for balance
Do you consider yourself a “cross activity enthusiast”? This is where Cannondale pitches its new Synapse 2018 model. Invited to put it to the test around the bumpy and lumpy and somewhat frenetic Italian roads around Lake Como, here is our first ride review on Cannondale’s take of the comfort, but still stiff combo that is currently de rigueur within the bike industry.
The whole article: Cannondale Synapse 2018–striving for balance
Focus Project Y – electric motors in road bikes?
E-mountainbikes are a huge boom for the bike industry. But what about e-road bikes? The rumour mill has been bubbling away for a long time now regarding development of this technology in road bikes. Focus Bikes have just presented a first radical concept for e-roadbikes with their Project Y. We took a first look at the Focus Project Y in South Tyrol, here all the details:
The whole article: Focus Project Y – electric motors in road bikes?
Test: Trek Emonda SLR Disc 2018 – is lighter really better?
6.7 kg for a production disc brake bike? Over at their HQ in Wisconsin, Trek introduced us to the new Émonda with the tagline of ‘Making the lightest lighter.’ Despite bearing many of the same visual traits as its predecessor, Trek claim this is basically a brand new bike. On the rolling hills of the Mid-West, we got to ride this record-breakingly light Project One disc brake race bike to find out if lighter really is better.
The whole article: Trek Emonda SLR Disc 2018 – is lighter really better?
Review: Specialized S-Works Diverge 2018 – Answers to the 9 most important questions
Danger. High Voltage. Specialized invited us to the USA to test out the new Specialized S-Works Diverge 2018. Arguably a major evolution of the previous iteration, this gravel-adventure bike sports a myriad of revolutionary features and exciting updates to its spec and frame and boldly steps forward as the newest benchmark within gravel. So, is there some serious adventure on the cards?
The whole article: Specialized S-Works Diverge 2018 – Answers to the 9 most important questions
Exclusive review: Cervélo R5 – A classic road bike, redefined?
Bergamo, May 2017. During this year’s Giro Cervélo officially launched their new R5 and R3 road bikes and gave us the exclusive opportunity to test ride the new Cervélo R5 on Italian tarmac. Forthcoming in their ambitions, these new bikes mark an evolution for Cervélo: ‘The road hasn’t changed, the game has.’
The whole article: Cervélo R5 – A classic road bike, redefined?
Brand New Orbea Gain e-road bike – the 13 kg featherweight
Some of you may feel like the bike industry is being manipulated by the script writers of Game of Thrones, one by one your favourite bike brands succumbs to the motor and launches an e-bike model. Today the mighty Basques at Orbea, have metaphorically bent the knee to the electric-power crown and launched their new Gain e-road bike range that boasts revolutionary looks with its battery integration design.
The whole article: Brand New Orbea Gain e-road bike – the 13 kg featherweight
Group test: What’s the best road bike for Mallorca?
Sometimes the truth is hard to believe, especially when it completely contradicts our expectations and experience. Much like the outcome of this issue’s group test, which saw us spend an exhausting week bike testing in Mallorca, putting 12 of the most exciting and exclusive bikes through their paces to see which one is most suited to the European bike Mecca. The results were downright perplexing!
The whole article: Group test – What’s the best road bike for Mallorca?
ENVE SES 3.4 wheels review – Aero is so last year
There are many prestigious invites you may be offered; award ceremonies, celebrity meet and greets, VIP boxes at a football game. But when you get the call saying ENVE has released the new ENVE SES 3.4 and they would like you to go try it out, well you can’t say no.
The whole article: ENVE SES 3.4 wheels review – Aero is so last year
The most read articles don’t necessarily need to be your personal highlights, what were your favourite articles on ENDURO in 2016? Leave us a comment!
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