By Stan Portus

Published: Friday, 24 December 2021 at 12:00 am


First and foremost, Merry almost Christmas to you all from the BikeRadar team! We hope you’re gearing up for a restful festive break (heck knows we need it) with the odd bit of riding peppered in.

This week saw the start of our annual Gear of the Year round-ups, which highlight the best bits of tech the team have used and abused in the past 12 months. So far, we’ve seen this year’s top picks from Tom Marvin, Warren Rossiter, Alex Evans and Luke Marshall. That’s only a small taste of what’s to come, so keep your eyes peeled on the site over the next couple of weeks for more.

We also brought you a university-dissertation length review of the Yeti 160E T1 from Alex Evans and took a deep dive on helmet sizing.

Now it’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy this week’s edition of First Look Friday.