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Test Lab: Hasus Wind Rider Blades
Hasus has been making casual and performance cycling shoes for over 20 years. ‘High quality plus price plus innovation’ is their catchcry and it seems their Wind Rider Blades blend these three tenets...
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Test Lab: Stevens Xenon
Stevens Bikes was birthed in Hamburg Germany in 1991, the brainchild of brothers Werner and Wolfgang von Hacht. The boys themselves were born and raised in Hamburg and raced bikes in their younger days...
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Volagi Liscio Review
Road disc brakes haven’t fully arrived just yet, but they are here to stay. Get used to it. Volagi Bikes are all about skinny tires and disc brakes; they don’t offer a single bike with rim brakes....
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2014 Bianchi Infinito CV Review
Let’s get this out of the way right up front. Unless it happens to be a crystal clear summer sky or perhaps the alluring waters of a pristine beach, I’ve never been a big fan of the colour celeste. But...
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Avanti Cadent ER3 Review
My last chance to test ride an Avanti was when I was test piloting the award winning time trial rocket the Chrono Evo. Beyond its design awards I bestowed upon it the highest accolade one can impart...
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Fuji Altamira SL Review
Despite their 113 year history, Fuji has not seen the level of attraction of some younger and now larger bike brands. However they have been on the rise in recent years with a revamped range of...
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Rikulau Master Review
While the Rikulau brand may be entirely unfamiliar, the term ‘master’ is bandied about in cycling all of the time. Master can be an age category, a major component in the name of a classic Colnago...
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Ridley Helium RS Review
Although it weighs more than air and refuses to make your voice go funny when you suck on it, there is no dispute that the Ridley Helium is light enough to justify its name. An all-new frame and fork...
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Cell Omeo 1.0 Review
Clearly the Omeo marks something of a strategy shift for Cell Bikes which began as a one-man bike shop in Rockdale in 2002, as the business makes a genuine play for more of the ever-burgeoning bicycle...
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Scott Addict 10 Review
The term ‘Great Scott’ harks back to a more genteel time, a time when an expression of surprise or amazement didn’t contain a profanity or blasphemy. It’s a term that I hadn’t used in recent memory,...
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Fabike Review
At first, I thought the editor was going to send me a fat bike. The iPhone email said’ Fabike’ and I assumed a fat finger had had somehow bypassed the T key. The following email confirmed this would be...
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BH Quartz Review
I’d heard of them. I’d seen them out on the road. I even knew the recently-defunct French Pro Continental outfit, Sojasun, rode them at the Tour de France in 2013. But until this review I must confess...
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Cannondale Synapse Hi-Mod 2 Red Review
Cannondale, as many businesses do, came from humble beginnings. They had a rocky road in the early days but things have settled and they’re now one considered by many as a high-end, almost boutique...
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Apollo Ultra Review
I wasn’t born in Australia, but have managed to pass all the tests and clear all the hurdles that entitled me to a piece of paper that says I am now Australian. I take this privilege rather seriously,...
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BMC Team Machine SLR01 Review
In 1986 Bicycle Manufacturing Company (BMC) began at the hand of Bob Bigelow, an American chap who previously worked with the Raleigh company. BMC primarily manufactured MTBs and niche market bikes...
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SwiftCarbon Ultravox Ti Team Issue Review
As far as bicycle manufacturers go, the South African-born Chinese-based SwiftCarbon is a young brand. In fact it’s so young that if it was a rider it would still be on a very modest roll-out. It only...
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Felt F2 Review
Editors can be cruel. I first laid eyes on the 2014 Felt F2 review bike about a month before I was actually allowed to ride it. Apparently they wanted to get some photos of it in pristine condition...
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Falco Peregrine Review
Falco Peregrine. Known to most of us as the Peregrine Falcon. A majestic bird that can fly at insane speeds, apparently the fastest creature on earth. A neon pink predatory bird travelling at 300km per...
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Giant Defy Advanced Sl 0 Review
Now in its seventh year the Defy has been rebuilt from ground up with all new tube shapes, an integrated seatpost (ISP), new wheels and even new graphics. Arguably the biggest change for the Defy is...
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Kuota Kharma Review
Kuota is not one of the best known names in the cycling world, but the Italian brand offers an extensive range of bikes across a range of disciplines. Luke Meers took the Kuota Kharma for a spin to...
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