October is typically the transition month between the seasons. Sure, there are a few days where you can get away with a short sleeve jersey and some of the best arm warmers, but on the whole, it’s time to accept that summer is over and it’s time for long-sleeves, covered knees, and an endless cycle of getting your best road bike filthy and then cleaning it again ad nauseum. If you happen to be reading this from the southern hemisphere then please enjoy the sunshine on our behalf!
As always, just in case you missed anything, we’ve got a roundup of all the best tech stories from the last month, from new releases and reviews to some in-depth features.
Mondays are always tough, so take 10 minutes, get yourself a pumpkin spice latte, tread on some crunchy leaves, and scroll through what’s been going on here at Cyclingnews this month.
The big news this month from a racing perspective was the inaugural Gravel World Championships in Cittadella, Italy. While gravel racing has been becoming increasingly more mainstream in the past few seasons (nobody say anything about The Spirit of Gravel please, that’s a conversation for another day), having a set of rainbow stripes for the discipline certainly marks a pretty big watershed moment for the genre.
We took a look at the winning bike of serial world champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, the new BMC Kaius 01, a distinctly aero gravel race bike, and one that we’ve also been fortunate to throw a leg over and bring you a review of too.
Being the officially sanctioned gravel world championships you’d expect everyone to be on gravel bikes, no? Well, it seems that plenty of pros, mostly those popping over from the road for a bit of dusty fun, decided to use road bikes for gravel worlds. Not only did they use them, but Matthieu van der Poel came third and Gianni Vermeersch won the whole event atop the new Canyon Ultimate.
On a continuing gravelly theme, the powerhouse that is Specialized treated us to a new Diverge STR, replete with both front AND rear future shocks. We’ve seen the front future shock for a while now, currently in its second generation atop the Specialized Roubaix and the outgoing Diverge, but this latest STR model also adds a damped rear suspension into the mix. It takes the form of effectively a free-floating seat tube,…
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