The festive season is here, Christmas is just around the corner, and we are getting into the mood here at Cyclingnews.
Pre-season kit design and sponsor changeover news is coming thick and fast, and in a few short weeks, the 2026 race season will kick off. We’ve covered all the new WorldTour team kits recently, as well as Sam Welsford’s move to the Ineos Grenadiers.
Josh Croxton
Associate Editor Josh loves his tech; he curates our smart trainer buying guide and will happily get stuck into the numbers to inform his real-world testing and theories.
Josh is also soon to become a father for the first time, and this is reflected in one of his gift choices.
Josh has gone for a mix of things, but his smart home tech idea might make for a good present idea or two.
Kids Ride Shotgun bike seat
My wife and I are expecting our first child early in the new year. Amid the cocktail of nervousness and anxiety is an excitement for when he’s old enough to ride a bike and we can all go and mess about on mountain bikes. Before that, though, I really want to fit a Kids Ride Shotgun onto my bike and let him enjoy the trails. I’m not sure my wife will let me combine its use with bikejoring the dogs, though.
I’m an impatient man. The sort that uses an impact driver to build furniture because manually twizzling an allen key is tedious and slow. When working on a bike, it’s all time that could be spent riding, but an impact driver is a recipe for stripped bolts. I’ve therefore been eyeing up a Worx electric screwdriver for a while, and with its three torque settings up to 5nm, the risk of overtightening is…
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