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Clothing, Featured, Reviews, Uncategorised
Neither a jersey nor a jacket. The POC Mantle is a hoodie that sits in the middle for days when you’re not sure what to wear. Images: pocsports.com I bought a Mantle as I like having flexible kit that can be thrown on fast...
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Bikepacking Gear, Featured, Reviews
A quick introduction as this is my first post. I’m a middle-aged time poor...
Bike Reviews, Featured
It feels like a good time to write this true long term review now –...
Featured, Reviews, Wheels
What to say about the Scope R4A? A fair bit as it happens – there is a...
Bikepacking Gear, News
Throwing another convenient luggage focused hat into the game, Tailfin have now...
Bikepacking Gear, Featured, News
The line of race specific products from Apidura expands as it introduces the...
Bike Reviews, Featured, News
The 2022 Orbea Terra is the latest iteration of the gravel offering from the...
Bikepacking Gear, Featured, Opinion
Pushing the boundary between a trendy fork bag and the more traditional pannier...
Tailfin have proven themselves to enable loads to be taken on all manner of...
Chapter2 bikes have long offered a beautiful range of finishes on their...
Specialized have taken the technology and design know-how developed while...
Featured, News, Reviews
With 50 plus years of experience in making tyres Panaracer have joined forces...
Featured, Reviews
Machined in house, the newly announced line of ‘union’ pedals from Hope are...
Bringing classic materials into a modern collection of well made bikepacking...
Its been sometime since Ritchey introduced a refresh of their Ascent frame, but...
Clothing, Featured, Reviews
Bib shorts and Chamois’ are all a matter of fit, form and function, but...
News, Wheels
The newly announced WTB Carbon CZR wheelsets have been a long time coming, and...
Bike Reviews, Featured, Reviews
Having once before featured the Giant Revolt Advanced Pro 0 in May 2020, Mark...
Bikepacking Gear, Featured
Photographer and multi-discipline cyclist Sam Saskia Dugon has been putting...
Clothing, Opinion, Reviews
Just as the summer started to heat up in Scotland, Marcus Nicolson and friends...
Accessories, Opinion, Reviews, Saddles
Contact points are what make sure we are comfortable, and when things go right,...
Featured, Reviews, Tyres
Chronologically moving forward, my spring summer tyre test ironically took me...
Bikepacking Gear, Clothing, News
New partnership see’s Velocio utilising the Apidura Revive scheme as part...
Reviews
There are plenty of realisations to be had while exploring on two...
As part of our ADVNTR cargo bib shorts group test, Vedangi reviewed the...
Clothing, Reviews
For a more casual alternative to bib shorts or baggies, we tested out the...
When I found out I’d be testing the new Rapha Women’s Core Cargo padded...
Founded in 2014 by cyclist Ryan O’Reilly at the base of the Sperrin Mountains...
Released in December 2020, we’ve finally been able to put the new cargo...
Chapeau! have been designing sharp looking cycling kit from Devon, focussing on...
Accessories, Bikepacking Gear, Featured, Reviews
Salsa have been producing bicycle frames and components for off-road adventure...
Bikepacking Gear, Featured, Interviews, Reviews
When we asked you what you wanted to see more of on ADVNTR, options for...
At £50/€50, the Triban RC500 Pocket bib shorts were the cheapest in the...
Bikepacking kit may have come a long way in recent years, but is there still a...
Lusso’s heritage dates back to the early 1980’s when John and Dorothy...
Billed as a tyre for ‘those who wish to conquer any road’ the Rampart from...
In most outdoor pursuits where water bottles aren’t quite right for the...
Launched in April to cater for the growing MTB and gravel markets, radical...
tl;dr If you’re looking to get in wild camping or bike packing, this is an...
After being wowed by the performance of Teravail’s Rutland tread through...
Bikepacking Gear, Featured, Interviews, Journal, Reviews, Routes
Restrap have been there seemingly since the genesis of the bikepacking boom...
On test, we have a trio of water purification and carrying devices from UK...
Bike Reviews, Featured, Reviews, Routes
With the second generation of the Fairlight Faran being released in 2020, we...
Santini have been around for nearly 60 years, specialising in Italian made road...
Bikepacking Gear, Featured, Interviews, News
The freshly released Bikepacking England book from Vertebrate Publishing is a...
Sportful were one of the very first cycling kit brands to branch out into...
Looking for good entry-level bikepacking tent options, we tested out the Alpkit...
Designed to replace a one-season sleeping bag or add extra warmth to your...
Superlight, packable and a little water resistant, we put the all-new Velocio...
Featured, Reviews, Tyres, Wheels
Tyre brand Vittoria recently released a gravel-specific rim, puncture and run...
Bikepacking Gear, Featured, News, Reviews
We’ve been lucky to have our hands on the all-new Ortlieb Handlebar Pack...
Rapha’s Women’s All Day Leggings’ are designed to be worn on the commute,...
Accessories, Featured, Reviews
Rideguard is a Bristol based company which produce mudguards for riders who...
Ortlieb announced a second model in their Frame-Pack Toptube line up last year...
Accessories, Bikepacking Gear, Reviews
For riders that prefer to use their phones for on-the-bike navigation rather...
Bike Reviews, Bikepacking Gear, Featured, Reviews
Last week saw the launch of the all-new Canyon Grizl, the second gravel bike in...
Squamish-based 7mesh have been growing their ‘all-road’ offering...
EVOC has long been known as category leaders for mountain biking rucksacks, hip...
Accessories, Bikepacking Gear, Featured, Interviews, Reviews
With some exciting new additions to the line up, the Manchester-based...
Brooks, arguably the name in British saddle production for generations, has...
Accessories, Featured, Reviews, Tyres
I’ve been putting the Schwalbe Tire Booster tubeless set up canister...
The Kadet Sling Bag from #MessLife royalty Chrome Industries is billed as a...
Introducing the Velocio LUXE Bra For a brand that started out seven years ago...
Guides, Reviews, Shoes
From autumn into deep winter, and now riding into spring, our ADVNTR team have...
Featured, Reviews, Shoes
Specialized have firmly been held in high regard both on the road and on the...
Trendy British cycling boutique Fresh Tripe got in touch to offer us a pair of...
Shimano are about a month away from their Centennial anniversary, which is a...
Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, with the gorgeous Pentland Hills on his doorstep,...
The Wild Country Zephyros Compact 2 is a bit of a mouthful, but what it lacks...
Since the spring of 2017, I’ve been using Ortlieb bikepacking bags, with...
This winter, our hardy group of testers have been out in all weathers to put a...
As part of our winter boot group test and our quest for the perfect cold and...
Riding through the winter months in the UK is never comfortable. It’s a cold,...
Through the coldest winter months, we’ve put the Italian designed and...
As part of our winter waterproof jacket group test, John put the TSG Drop Rain...
From wet London to snowy Ontario, Taylor Doyle has been testing out the top-end...
Could flat bar gravel be the next biggest trend in cycling? That’s what...
Cyclo-cross racing might be on hiatus at the moment, but that hasn’t...
Ultra endurance rider Vedangi Kulkarni has been putting in the miles in the...
In our quest to find the ultimate gravel tyre, our Northern gravel...
As part of our winter waterproof jacket group test, gravel rider and...
The Escape jacket from IRIS is designed to replace all the different types of...
Accessories, Clothing, Featured, Reviews
In October, Sealskinz got in touch to let us know about their second generation...
Featured, Guides, Reviews, Tyres
We’ve done our fair share of tyre reviews here at ADVNTR over the years,...
The most recent release from cycling tech company Wahoo in their line-up of GPS...
As part of our winter boot group test, gravel and mountain biker James...
If there’s anything that puts me off of winter riding it’s cold and wet...
James Stockhausen has had the MT500 waterproof jacket from Endura on test as...
Alpkit’s best-selling jacket, the Balance waterproof, has had a total...
Featured, Guides, Reviews
This year, we invited both ADVNTR contributors and some of our pals from bike...
Mountain biker turned gravel enthusiast James Malone has been reviewing the dhb...
As part of our winter waterproof jacket group test, audaxer, bikepacker and...
Recently released along with two other models in Halo Wheels’ gravel tyre...
Two sizes, optional shelf design, voile-friendly attachment and super...
The Maxxis Ravager gravel tyres: quite the aggressive title but to be perfectly...
Featured, News, Tyres
New for 2020, wheel and component brand Halo are joining the growing gravel...
Bike Reviews, Featured, Interviews, Routes
Stayer Cycles; East London’s self-proclaimed indie bike builders, cycling...
Based in Japan, Panaracer have been churning out the goods for nearly 70 years,...
Four years in the making, we speak to the design team behind Riverside,...
