An unreleased bike, a closer look at new SRAM Red, more wild TT helmets, crazy disc rotors, weird base layers and more: It’s a gigantic Giro d’Italia tech gallery

It’s the first rest day of the 2024 Giro d’Italia. The racing has been to the playbook thus far, though perhaps more dominant from the gun than any of us even thought. While we all collectively scratch our heads and wonder if there is anything anyone can do to knock Tadej Pogačar down from his pink plinth, the day off provides a window of opportunity to dive into some of the hottest tech on show.

The Classics are done, and with them, the cobble-specific mods go too, while the flurry of new bikes that precludes the Tour de France is yet to come. The Giro, you might think, is a technical morass, but there are always things to spot if you know where to look – and we know where to look.