Cyclingnews Labs
Cyclingnews Labs
From wind tunnels and rolling resistance rigs to bibshort pressure-mapping, here's all of our comprehensive testing in one place
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Lab tested: What is the fastest gravel tyre setup?
By Will Jones published
We test the impact of casing, width, and tread on wattage on a pedalling efficiency rig

You get what you pay for – Cyclingnews' wind tunnel testing proves expensive wheels are actually faster, with one exception
By Josh Croxton published
news With over 20 watts on the table, should a new wheelset be your next upgrade?

Wind tunnel tested: 18 road bike wheelsets go head to head
By Josh Croxton published
Princeton, Enve, Scope, Syncros, Cadex, Roval and more. We took the market's best aero road wheels to the wind tunnel to find out which were fastest

Cyclingnews tests rolling resistance of 24 high performance tyres in lab to find which are the fastest
By Will Jones published
News Good results for Continental and Vittoria, plus some interesting conclusions regarding inner tubes and tyre pressures

Lab tested: Which road bike tyres are the fastest?
By Will Jones published
We ran 24 race-ready tyres through an efficiency rig to see what the real world differences are

Wind Tunnel tested: Deep-section vs shallow-section wheels
By Josh Croxton published
We put some deep-section wheels onto our 2015 Trek Emonda 'baseline bike' to see how close it gets to the fast bikes

Lab tested: We pressure-mapped 15 pairs of bib shorts to see how much difference they can make
By Will Jones published
We tested 15 different pairs of bib shorts - from different brands and price points - on two different saddles to understand their impact on comfort and help you choose your own

Which superbike is fastest? Cyclingnews takes over £100k of WorldTour bikes to the wind tunnel to find out
By Josh Croxton published
news Factor, Scott and Cervélo come out favourably, with a potential saving of up to 32 watts against entry-level baseline

Wind tunnel tested: 11 superbikes go head to head
By Josh Croxton published
Member exclusive We took 11 road bikes, including the S-Works Tarmac SL8, new Trek Madone, Cervélo S5, Giant Propel, Pinarello Dogma F, Van Rysel RCR Pro, Canyon Aeroad CFR and more to a wind tunnel to see which was fastest. Here's what we learned.

