Apparently Vee Tire make a gravel option, who knew? The Thai manufacturer has a fairly long history making tyres for motorbikes and cars, and in recent years they’ve been making inroads into the bicycle market, even if they’re not as commonly seen as other, more…
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Hutchinson Touareg – Gravel tyres for rough rocks?
The Touareg is the more aggressive of Hutchinson’s two gravel tread patterns, sitting next to the more ‘all-road’ oriented Overide. It’s available in just the one casing style, which uses a dual compound tread and Hutchinson’s Hardskin reinforcement. It can be had in 700c x…
Singletrack Issue 126 | Panning For Trail Gold In Arizona
Huw Oliver goes searching for singletrack gold in the arid mountains of Arizona. Words & Photography Huw Oliver My fingers yanked on the levers automatically, bypassing the usual thought processes and channels of communication, as if they knew what was needed before my brain did.…
Cheap on price, but not on performance; we test and review Shimano’s entry-level Deore M6000 groupset
With very little fanfare, Shimano quietly unveiled its new Deore M6000 groupset last year. We got our test groupset in before Xmas, and put it in the hands of a mile-munching Huw Oliver to put the new drivetrain and brakeset through its paces. Over to…
Review: Syncros integrates a pump, multi-tool and bottle cage into the Matchbox Tailor HV+
The bike industry is falling over itself at the minute to develop ways of stashing kit on your bike, rather than on your back, but many of the solutions on offer don’t offer much improvement over the traditional electrical/duct tape. Syncros has put a bit…
Smoove Universal Chain Lube – does it live up to the hype? | Review
So good, Huw wants a bigger bottle.
Review: WTB Riddler 45c, TCS Light Tyres
Huw tests out one of the wider gravel tyre options on the market.
