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Plus news and views from the past seven days <\/p>

By Tom Marvin\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 20 October 2023 at 06:00 AM<\/p>

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Happy Fri-yay! This week saw the release of two new curly-barred bikes: the Lauf \u00dathald and an updated Merida Silex.<\/p>\n

The \u00dathald<\/a> is Lauf\u2019s first \u2018true\u2019 road bike (the Anywhere was a rigid version of the True Grit, and could perhaps be described as road-adjacent, or all-road\u2026).<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve already seen the Merida Silex<\/a> perform particularly well at a rather important gravel race that took place recently.<\/p>\n

In other news and views,\u00a0BikeRadar deputy editor Jack Luke<\/a> was absolutely frothing with excitement when we published our guide to tandems<\/a>, while we all learnt plenty about Oscar Huckle<\/a>\u2018s journey into the world of bib shorts testing<\/a>.<\/p>\n