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Best bike pumps 2026: Keep your tyres inflated with the top mini, electric and floor pumps we've tested
Buyer's Guide Our pick of the best bike pumps for getting your tyres up to pressure at home and when out riding
Get a huge $1,350 saving on one of the lightest bikes at the Tour de France – This could be the best bike deal we'll see all summer
Deal We rate the Scott Addict RC as our best lightweight bike. Low weight meets impeccable handling and a flawless build
The Tour de France’s eleven most marginal gains - The most comically minuscule upgrades on the world’s fastest bikes
Features If you’re not swapping your jockey wheel bolts, are you even trying to win?
How do riders stay cool at the Tour de France? Alcohol sprays and frozen carbs are just the tip of the iceberg
Tech Sure, the UCI has banned ice socks but that’s not going to stop anyone trying to beat the heat
Cooling hacks, prototype bikes and new TT groupset parts: Tour de France TTT tech gallery
Member exclusive The Tour's opening team time trial was packed with tech and cooling mods
New helmets from KASK and POC, loads of aero tape hacks, and two new prototype bikes: It's time for the 2026 Tour de France Grand Départ mega tech gallery
Member exclusive All the best nerdy stuff from the Tour de France Grand Départ, including the leaked new Specialized time trial bike and a second prototype bike that's flown under the radar
The new Specialized Tarmac SL9 is making Tour de France headlines, but the outgoing SL8 model is now heavily discounted by up to 16%
Deals It looks the same, weighs almost the same and unless you're Remco Evenepoel you might not see any performance difference, and with savings of up to £1,150 the Tarmc SL8 has now become a real value for money purchase
Alpecin-Premier Tech relying on old school bike tech for Tour de France team time trial success
Tech Good old fashioned wheel-mounted speed sensors on show to get pacing spot on
