Plus all the latest news and reviews from the week

By Oscar Huckle

Published: Friday, 05 July 2024 at 06:00 AM


It’s been quite the whirlwind week at BikeRadar, with the Tour de France and Eurobike 2024 in full swing, on top of a rich buffet of new product releases. 

The 15th (yes, 15th!) iteration of the Specialized Stumpjumper was unveiled, with the new bike banishing the signature sidearm in the front triangle and switching to a Fox GENIE shock. Technical editor-in-chief Robin Weaver delivered his impressions in a first ride review and questioned why there is no new Specialized Stumpjumper EVO

Sticking in mountain biking territory, SRAM released cheaper Transmission components – but they’re only available on complete bikes – and Merida announced its new Big.Trail hardtail

What about gravel? Well, the next-generation Giant Revolt broke cover. It now features down tube storage, integrated cable routing (make of that what you will…) and, according to Giant, compliance-improving finishing kit. 

Onto the road, and the striking Continental Aero 111 front tyre was officially launched earlier this week. The tyre is a collaboration between Continental, DT Swiss and Swiss Side and is claimed to be up to 18 watts faster than a GP5000 S TR – no shabby feat. 

We’ve also done some sleuthing at the Grand Départ of the Tour de France, with George Scott spotting a new Van Rysel aero bike and Simon von Bromley taking a look at an unreleased Dare aero bike and a prototype automatic chain waxing machine used by the Lidl-Trek team. 

Right, I hope you’ve kept up with all of that – now it’s time to take a closer look at some of the new gear to recently arrive at BikeRadar HQ.