NeilPryde Zephyr Review
Since my first look review of NeilPryde’s Zephyr I’ve spent another couple of hundred kilometres on the bike to get to know it better. From the first ride, I liked the bike and more time in the saddle has only strengthened that view. The NeilPryde Zephyr is a fine endurance bike. The slight tweaks to […]
NeilPryde Zephyr First ride review
I’ve ridden NeilPryde Bikes since the brand launched back in 2010. To date, according to a quick glance at my Strava history, I’ve ridden nearly 7,000km on NeilPryde bikes (mostly on the girodilento Hall of Fame NeilPryde Nazare) but I’d never tried the brands Zephyr endurance offering. Since its launch I’d been curious about how […]
Rapide RC1 Disc first ride review
Earlier in the year I wrote a post about Rapide’s 2016 range after seeing them at UK distributor, Madison’s 2016 bikes launch. One of the models that particularly stood out was the new RC Disc – in the striking green and black colour. I thought it was a smart move by Rapide to embrace disc […]
Rapide bikes embrace road disc for 2016
Rapide are a house brand of major UK bike distributor Madison that launched their initial range for 2015 without an enormous amount of fanfare. It’s my understanding that the brand was created as a stepping up point for Madison’s highly successful Ridgeback brand for customers who want to move to a road bike but ideally […]
2016 Rose Bikes – New road models and updates
German direct to consumer company Rose Bikes, looks to capitalise on growing success in the UK and elsewhere with three completely new models for the 2016 model year and significant updates to two more. Rose’s well received and reviewed current road range has helped the company to a record UK sales performance in 2015. However […]