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Happy Friday! And welcome to your weekly rundown of the latest cycling gear and round-up of what\u2019s been happening here at BikeRadar.<\/p>\n
We started the week by weighing the new Shimano GRX<\/a> and finding out why the Rate of Perceived Exertion might be the training metric you\u2019ve been missing<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tuesday saw the launch of the BMC Speedmachine<\/a> and Warren Rossiter landed an exclusive first ride of the Skarper ebike conversion kit<\/a>, which may be a death knell to the best electric road bikes<\/a>. Tom Law brought us news of his sub-400g Garbaruk XC crankset<\/a>, which he plans to fit to his beloved Transition Spur<\/a>.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, we published our pick of the best mountain bike suspension forks<\/a> as well as a buyer\u2019s guide to bar bags<\/a> and Oscar Huckle sniffed out the Specialized Tarmac SL8<\/a>.<\/p>\n Yesterday, Trek launched its new Slash enduro bike<\/a> with more rear-suspension travel and a new high-pivot suspension design and, with the \u2018cross season about to commence, we <\/span>compared gravel and cyclocross bikes<\/span><\/a>. Alice Thomson also brought you her pick of the best women\u2019s cycling jerseys<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n