With a recap of the latest news and reviews from another action-packed week on BikeRadar <\/p>
Hello and welcome to First Look Friday, your weekly round-up of all the latest news, reviews and tech treats keeping us busy at BikeRadar. <\/p>
We’re now 14 days on from the launch of our annual Bike of the Year<\/a> mega test, and reviews have been dropping on the site all week. <\/p> On the road and gravel side of the fence, we published our verdicts on the Canyon Ultimate CF SL 8 Aero<\/a>, Specialized Allez E5<\/a>, Ridgeback Arcus 3<\/a>, Specialized Tarmac SL8 Pro<\/a> and Santa Cruz Stigmata<\/a>. <\/p> The shredders in our audience were treated to a similarly enticing line-up, with the Trek Slash 8<\/a>, Propain Ekano CF Ultimate <\/a>and Canyon Spectral CF7<\/a> among the contenders to go live. <\/p> Away from the Bike of the Year, the big news was the release of Shimano GRX Di2, with Simon von Bromley breaking out the office scales for an in-depth analysis of the new gravel groupset.<\/p> Nick Clark cast a quizzical eye over the radical-looking Mornera Daimon saddle<\/a>, Alex Evans took the new Marin Alpine Trail E<\/a> electric mountain bike for a spin and we saw the Swytch Go<\/a> ebike conversion kit go on sale from a mere \u00a3299.<\/p> With that rapid content refresher served up, it’s time to tempt you with a tantalising selection of the latest tech to arrive at BikeRadar HQ. Enjoy! <\/p>