Josh Croxton

Josh Croxton

Associate Editor (Tech)

Josh is Associate Editor of Cyclingnews – leading our content on the best bikes, kit and the latest breaking tech stories from the pro peloton. He has been with us since the summer of 2019 and throughout that time he's covered everything from buyer's guides and deals to the latest tech news and reviews.

On the bike, Josh has been riding and racing for over 15 years. He started out racing cross country in his teens back when 26-inch wheels and triple chainsets were still mainstream, but he found favour in road racing in his early 20s, racing at a local and national level for Somerset-based Team Tor 2000. These days he rides indoors for convenience and fitness, and outdoors for fun on road, gravel, 'cross and cross-country bikes, the latter usually with his two dogs in tow.

Latest articles by Josh Croxton

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Best heart rate monitors for cycling 2026: Never miss a beat, on and off the bike

By Josh Croxton Last updated

Buyer's guide The best heart rate monitors will track your heart rate comfortably, consistently and accurately

Buyer's guide
Wind tunnel tested: Who makes the fastest deep aero wide gravel wheels?

By Josh Croxton Published

Member Exclusive Enve, Zipp, Black Inc, Roval, Hunt, Cadex and more all go head-to-head in the latest CN Labs showdown

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Member Exclusive
Shimano releases new SPD-SLR pedal & cleat system in first shift from SPD-SL in 20 years

By Josh Croxton Published

News New SPD-SLR cleat system claims better engagement and lower stack, but isn't backwards compatible

6 Comments
News
The World Championships moments we will always remember – Iconic victories, crushing heartbreaks, dramatic twists, and more

By Matilda Price Published

Roundtable From Greg LeMond's improbable win in 1989 to the rainbow jersey that launched Marianne Vos' unstoppable career

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Roundtable
Wind tunnel tested: The Enve Melee v2 ditches versatility in pursuit of race-day speed, but has it worked?

By Josh Croxton Published

Member exclusive Less tyre clearance, aero bar tape and a sub 6.8kg claimed weight as Enve chases 'benchmark-setting' aero performance

8 Comments
Member exclusive
Fastest frame, fastest wheels, and a potential 22-watt upgrade: The Factor Elara wind tunnel tested

By Josh Croxton Published

Member exclusive Factor's new gravel race frameset and super-wide Black Inc gravel wheels blow away the competition to top the leaderboard

Member exclusive
Spotted: New Shimano Dura-Ace R9300 groupset breaks cover at La Vuelta a España

By Will Jones, Josh Croxton Published

News It's 13-speed, and it has a new shifter button, but it hasn't switched to fully wireless

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News
A pair of Roval Rapide CLX III wheels
Best road bike wheels 2026: The top models we've lab and road tested to give you the best possible ride

By Josh Croxton Last updated

Buyer's Guide The best road bike wheels can transform your ride, so take advantage of our testing to choose the right wheelset for your riding

Buyer's Guide
A close up of helmets being tested in the wind tunnel
Best road bike helmets 2026: Top helmets reviewed by real riders

By Josh Croxton Last updated

Buyer's Guide The best road bike helmets tested by our experts, from inexpensive to premium, and advice on how to choose

Buyer's Guide
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Best gravel shoes 2026: All the top options for every kind of gravel cycling

By Will Jones Last updated

Buyer's Guide We've tested a huge number of models, but here are the best gravel shoes you can buy

Buyer's Guide
A collage image of the the best smart trainers, featuring the Wahoo Kickr, Elite Justo 2 and the Wahoo Kickr Move standing in an underground car park
Best smart trainers 2026: Top indoor bike trainers tested by our experts

By Josh Croxton Last updated

Buyer's Guide Optimise your training with our best smart trainer guide, covering the best budget-friendly and feature-rich indoor bike trainers available today

Buyer's Guide
S-Works Recon Evo shoes
Specialized's S-Works Recon Evo are great shoes, but they come at a great expense

By Josh Croxton Published

Excellent shoes, lovely looks, painful price tag

Clothing & Shoes
Early access: Cyclingnews subscribers can watch our Factor One review before anyone else

By Josh Croxton Published

Our Associate Editor, Josh Croxton, has mixed opinions about the bike, alongside some news about another new video coming to Cyclingnews soon

Road Bikes
Factor One review: A member-exclusive deep dive into the most talked-about aero bike of the year

By Josh Croxton Published

Member exclusive Empirical testing meets real world impressions as Josh tests Factor's $15k aero superbike

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Member exclusive
A rider on the best gravel bike, the Specialized Crux 5
Best gravel bikes 2026: Our pick of the best bikes for drop-bar off-road action

By Paul Norman Last updated

Buyer's Guide We've tested and reviewed the leading gravel bikes, covering all options from gravel racing to bikepacking adventures

Buyer's Guide
Tour de France Femmes Tech Gallery: Lightweight parts, custom paint and a host of clever tech tricks

By Josh Croxton Published

Member Exclusive Tech tidbits, fun paint, and SpongeBob SquarePants grace the opening weekend of the women's Tour de France

Member Exclusive
Montage of the best road bike tyres
Best road bike tyres 2026: Our testers' favourite tubeless and clincher tyres

By Will Jones Last updated

Buyer's Guide The top road bike tyres for speed, puncture protection, grip and more, tested in the lab and out on the road by our team of expert reviewers

Buyer's Guide
The 5 training metrics you’re forgetting to pay attention to that could unlock your performance

By Josh Croxton Published

Sponsored by TrainingPeaks

From RPE and EF to dFRC and more. The world of training is full of acronyms, but which ones should you be paying attention to?

Training
What are the fastest UCI-legal road wheels? Wind tunnel testing the big-name brands and Chinese contenders

By Josh Croxton Published

Hunt, Scope, Roval, DT Swiss, plus some you may not be familiar with, all run through our protocol in the Silverstone Sports Engineering Hub wind tunnel

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Wheels & Tyres
Prologo brings Predator technology to a broader audience with the new Predator//02

By Josh Croxton Published

Sponsor Content Created With Prologo

Progressive new TT / Tri saddle with modular construction hits a lower price and gains a broader list of compatible bikes

Saddles & Seat Posts
An image of Garmin Edge 1050 on a handlebar mount, which is one of the best bike computers we have tested
Best bike computers 2026: We test all the top-rated GPS devices for logging your rides

By Josh Croxton Last updated

Buyer's Guide The best bike computers from Garmin, Wahoo and Hammerhead for recording rides, navigation and training

Buyer's Guide
What is Urolithin A? New recovery-boosting supplement spotted at the Tour de France

By Josh Croxton Published

News Are pomegranates the latest superfood of the peloton?

News
Tech randoms from the Tour de France – Techy, silly and curious finds from the biggest race in the world

By Josh Croxton Published

Gallery Sometimes, when following the Tour de France on the hunt for new tech, we spot some unusual stuff too

Gallery
Tadej Pogacar shoulders his bike at the podium ceremony of the 2024 Tour de France
How much does a Tour de France bike cost?

By Josh Croxton Last updated

Tech You'd need deep pockets to buy a Formula 1 car, and then you couldn't drive it on the roads. That's not true for cycling... but what is the cost of a Tour de France bike?

Tech
Cooling hacks, prototype bikes and new TT groupset parts: Tour de France TTT tech gallery

By Tom Wieckowski, Josh Croxton Published

Member exclusive The Tour's opening team time trial was packed with tech and cooling mods

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