2016 has been another great year for road bikes, especially on the disc front with bikes that blend road bike speed with all-road ability thanks to being able to take larger volume tyres. Bikes I’ve been hugely impressed with include Trek’s Domane SLR, Focus’s Paralane, BMC’s Road Machine, and Specialized’s Roubaix. Kit and component wise, we’re now seeing disc-specific wheels really coming of age and big improvements in clothing in both materials and design. My pick spans from a simple-but-clever Garmin mount up to wheels; all stuff I’ve used extensively and continue to be impressed with.
Northwave Extreme RR shoes
I’ve been hugely impressed with how shoe design has come on in 2016 going into 2017, with Shimano’s S-Phyres proving quite wonderful and the luxurious new sportive aimed Bont Vaypor+’s (in kangaroo leather and cowhide) both taking plenty of miles at the end of my pegs.
However, these new range-topping road shoes from Northwave have won me over. They use an upper that’s just 0.5mm thick in its unreinforced parts and is highly elastic; the single dial pulls in the shoelace evenly which makes for a fit that’s a close as any shoe I’ve ever tried with no pressure points or friction at all.
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This is all balanced with a supremely stiff carbon sole (that’s compatible with speedplay direct adaptors) making these 548g (size 45s) some of the best race shoes I’ve ever had the pleasure of riding in. Shame they are quite this pricey, though.
Fizik R3 Link Bull shorts
Fizik’s new shorts range that’s directly matched to its saddle designs is one of those ideas that seem so obvious you wonder why nobody has tried it before.
Hide my bell v2 Garmin mount
Rudy Project Tralyx with Multilazer orange lens
Roval CLX32 disc wheels
Vittoria Corsa ITS Graphene plus
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