Category: Product Reviews
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Meet the Specialized Levo
Discover our thoughts on the Specialized Levo range, offering unmatched ride quality, powerful performance, and impressive range.
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Our Top 5 Gravel Bikes
The British Gravel Championships concluded this past weekend in Kings Forest, just outside of Bury St Edmunds. A weekend-long festival of gravel-inspired racing that saw plenty of sunshine and a gluttony of great racing. In inspiration of the championships, we thought what better way than to showcase to you, our Top 5 Gravel Bikes. From…
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An Ode to the Cannondale CAAD 13
Cannondale Advanced Aluminium Design, introduced in the 90s, helped forge a cult following of devotees to the CAAD series of bikes. After many years of lust, I became one of them after purchasing myself a CAAD 13 in October 2020. It was back in 2014 that I first saw a close-up of a CAAD series…
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BMC Teammachine SLR Two Review – Create Speed
The Teammachine from BMC may not jump out at you when you first think of premium road bike all-rounders. However, with a rich history of success from Tour de France general classifications to Monument conquering victories, perhaps it should be more worthy of attention within this category. We were lucky enough to be afforded the…
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The All-New Specialized Allez – RIP Rim Brakes
Specialized has released its latest iteration of the long-standing Allez model in its road bike line-up. The first change in almost 6 years, however, doesn’t see a reinvention of the wheel, but rather some modern-day refinements to keep up with the current standard of entry-level road bikes. The Allez – Where It All Began As…
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The All-New Specialized Levo SL – Hands-On First Ride
Today sees the launch of the brand-new, and long-awaited, Specialized Levo SL. We were fortunate enough to get our hands on a pre-release model and take it to our favourite local bike park for a rip down some descents and a blast up some climbs. Specialized says it’s all about the ride, so we couldn’t…
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Head First
Specialized Trail Helmets Staff Review by Alex from our Chelmsford store. In 2022, Specialized completely updated their Trail helmet range, releasing the Camber, Ambush 2 and Tactic 4. With the Camber being aimed towards the more casual off-road rider, who is still looking for a great fit and incredible safety features, the helmet comes in…
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Wahoo POWRLINK ZERO
The wait is finally over. Wahoo is proud to announce the availability of its highly-anticipated POWRLINK ZERO pedal-based power meter. Based on the iconic dual-entry SPEEDPLAY road pedal system, the Wahoo POWRLINK ZERO is now available for purchase in both single-sided and dual-sided options. POWRLINK ZERO is built around the legendary SPEEDPLAY ZERO pedal system,…
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Specialized Stumpjumper Review
Alex Steward (@alexsteward) is no stranger to a trail bike, we asked him to give us his first-hand review of his newest toy, the Specialized Stumpjumper Evo. Introduction: As a winner of multiple awards including MBR’S 2022 Trail Bike of the Year test, the Stumpy Evo Comp has more than proved its worth. So what, if anything,…
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Welds apart: The Specialized Allez
Welds apart: With the welds of the Allez Sprint starkly splitting opinions, we ask the experts for their view on Specialized’s controversial new smart weld technology. Following the launch of the new Specialized Allez Sprint, there’s one particular aspect of the frame that has set comment sections and forums ablaze – the welding. Or, to be…