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Attaquer, Clothing Reviews, Features, Product reviews, Tech - June 22, 2020

Attaquer All Day men’s kit review: Soft and stylish everyday comfort

My “best premium bib shorts” feature ruffled a few Lycra feathers, and the weeks afterward saw a small flurry of excluded brands letting me know that their bibs deserved to be in the mix. Enter Attaquer’s All Day kit. Even though the graphic on the jersey is now a season old — Attaquer has updated …

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Bikes of the Bunch: Specialized Creo SuperPunteur

This week’s Bikes of the Bunch is a first for us. It’s an e-bike. And while at first glance it looks like the e-bike we took with us to our Gravel Field Test in Sedona, Arizona, it’s quite different and even more interesting. The bike’s owner is lifelong bike geek Tristan Thomas, founder and owner …

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Bontrager, Features, Tech, Tech news - June 18, 2020

Starting under US$1000, Bontrager launches all-new Aeolus carbon wheel lineup

Alongside the release of a new, more aero, apparently faster Trek Emonda, in-house wheel brand Bontrager has some updates of its own. The all-new Aeolus wheel line, which uses carbon rims throughout, spans from 35 to 50mm in depth and from less than US$1,000 for a pair to over US$2,300. Let’s run through the line, …

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2021 Trek Emonda review: the semi-aero, ‘faster everywhere’ climbing bike

First introduced in 2014, the Emonda has always been Trek’s premier climbing bike, with a keen focus on low weight and high stiffness. However, we now have a much better understanding of the role aerodynamics play when it comes to going fast — even when climbing — and, as expected, the brand-new Emonda SLR and …

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Parlee Chebacco one-year review: Light, fast, and built for all roads

Twenty years ago, the boatbuilder Bob Parlee decided to make a change. Drawing on his experience with composite materials, Parlee started up a bike company in Massachusetts and set to work building custom carbon fibre bicycle frames. By 2002, his creations were being raced in Grand Tours. In the two decades since, Parlee Cycles has …

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