Birthday GiveawayAs part of our birthday celebrations, we're giving away 4 prizes of $500 each - a total of $2,000 worth of Panda Podium vouchers. To enter, all you need to do is answer the simple question below and sign up for our newsletter. There are four chances to win, with...
I didn't set out to make the world's lightest Alpe d'Huez Disc... I just wanted to make a bike worthy of that name. After being a little surprised at how heavy the frame was, I knew I'd have to build it up with some of the best Chinese / Asian...
Harry Hudson just made history by being the first British rider to win the UCI Junior Road World Championships and he did it all on a Panda Podium bike...
Building your own bike (or having your local bike shop do it for you) has many advantages. One of the more attractive benefits is cost, but in my opinion, the best thing about building your own bike is that every single component is of your own choosing. With an off-the-shelf...
Over at the Shanghai bike show the CRW booth had a host of new and interesting products. As well as updating their mega-popular carbon spoked wheel range, they also unveiled a brand new handlebar. The new wheels we've already done an in-depth deep dive. But the headline stats are that...
At the Shanghai Bike Show this year we couldn't resist visiting the Cybrei booth to see what new things they were cooking up, and the visit didn't disappoint. They were showing off an early sample of their carbon axled crankset. At just 267.5g for the crank arms, this thing is...
GOOSYNN were one of the brands to have a very strong showing at the Shanghai Bike Show. Not only with their own impressive stand but we also noticed their wheels popping up on more and more stands of the other bike and frame brands at the show. Of course we...
At the 2025 Shanghai bike show, over on the Panda Podium booth Yoeleo were showing off the brand new version of their gravel bike the Altera G21. The bike builds on the previous iterations of the G21, with this latest incarnation actually being the 3rd generation. Yoeleo have taken on...
String (Polymer) spokes are nothing new. BERD have been using Dyneema fiber in their spokes on mountain bike wheels since 2015. The main advantages are lightweight and vibration damping. However, such spokes have never really taken off amongst road cyclists who traditionally were obsessed with stiffness. However, with more and...
This article is not political. It is merely an update of the facts and a guide to the recent changes. The latest tariffs brought in by the Trump administration have sent shockwaves through the whole of the bicycle industry. On one hand many American brands use overseas factories to produce their...
