Plus all the latest news and reviews from the past week <\/p>
It\u2019s the end of the working week and that can only mean one thing \u2013 your weekly adrenaline hit of the latest red-hot tech to land at BikeRadar HQ.<\/p>\n
Before we unveil this week\u2019s quintet of goodies, let\u2019s recap on the week just gone.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll first jump back to last Friday afternoon, when deputy editor Jack Luke analysed the possible after-effects of Shimano\u2019s crankset recall<\/a>, where the arms are susceptible to de-bonding and delamination. No fewer than 4,519 incidents have been reported of the cranksets separating in the US alone.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve now learnt 2.8 million cranksets are covered globally<\/a>, affecting the brand\u2019s Ultegra 6800\/R8000 and Dura-Ace 9000, R9100 and R9100-P models. Is simply inspecting them and not replacing them until they show signs of damage enough?<\/p>\n Outside of crankgate, we were treated to managing editor Gary Walker\u2019s review of the Sony LinkBuds wireless headphones<\/a>. The former music journalist came away very impressed by their light weight and clear sound, while facilitating safe cycling.<\/p>\n In a complete 180 from banging beats, digital writer Jack Evans took one for the team and sampled a cocktail of the latest energy drinks<\/a>, picking out his top choices he thinks you should spend your hard-earned cash on.<\/p>\n Jack\u2019s stomach must be made of hardy stuff, because he\u2019s also recently partaken in a sodium bicarbonate trial<\/a>, and didn\u2019t suffer any after-effects.<\/p>\n A new Liv Devote<\/a> was unveiled this week, a women\u2019s gravel bike<\/a> with integrated down-tube storage and a flip chip at the dropout to alter the now-racier geometry.<\/p>\n Finally, senior technical editor Ashley Quinlan brought us news and some first impressions of the new Specialized Creo 2<\/a>. The bike has shifted further into the gravel genre, with clearance for 57mm\/2.2in gravel bike tyres<\/a> and inherits the Future Shock 3.0, which debuted on the Roubaix SL8<\/a>.<\/p>\n