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Gravel riding in the UK is rarely just gravel. Most good loops stitch a bridleway to a byway with a stretch of road in between. There is usually a climb to be earned before the interesting part starts and that climb is often what decides whether a ride happens at all on a Saturday with three hours spare. An electric gravel bike does not remove the effort, it changes what fits into an afternoon. Here…

Most people don’t decide to race, they notice themselves pulling on the Wednesday night ride or they’ve started chasing segments on the way home. At some point the question stops being “could I?” and becomes “what do I need?” The good news is that road racing bikes for beginners don’t have to cost the earth. Here’s what makes a race bike different, what actually matters on your first one and the bikes we’d put you…

A drone company now makes one of the most powerful e-bike motors you can buy. If that sounds like a strange sentence, you are not alone. Avinox was created in 2024, and within two years it had gone from one bike nobody had heard of to more than twenty brands fitting it. This guide covers what Avinox is and who makes it, which bikes you can buy with it, what changed between the M1, M2…