How to choose a road bike
SHOP ROAD BIKESEverything you ever wanted to know about road bikes but were afraid to ask
Road bikes are made for speed and efficiency on tarmac or gravel roads. You might be thinking, 'But you can ride any bike on the road, so isn’t every bike a road bike?' Well, yeah. Kind of. You can indeed ride any bike on the road, but true road bikes have specific design features that help them perform best on road surfaces and separate them from bikes in other categories.

Drop Bars
One such feature is the handlebars, which are called drop bars. This downward-swooping design gives you a lot of flexibility in where you put your hands and how you position your body, which is great for longer rides because you can switch positions to get more comfort or leverage for extra speed.

Skinny(ish) tyres
Historically, road bikes have had skinny tyres, but more modern road bikes range from skinny 25 mm tyres up to 45 mm knobby tyres for venturing on surfaces that can only charitably be described as roads.
Our range explained
There isn’t just one type of road, or one type of road rider. That’s why we created four different high-performance road bike platforms.

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There isn’t just one type of road, or one type of road rider. That’s why we created four different high-performance road bike platforms. Check them out to see which is right for however and wherever you love to hit the road.
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