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Cycling Plus Bike of the Year

The annual Bike of the Year issue of Cycling Plus magazine hit the shops last week and we’ve picked out some of the winners and contenders from the selection of great bikes featured.

Cannondale SuperSix Evo Dura-Ace

The bike of our elite road race team, Wheelbase Castelli MGD, the SuperSix Dura-Ace is a fine race machine and deservedly took the accolade for the Cycling Plus ‘Race Bike of the Year’. Described as ‘One of the most exciting and compelling pure race bikes..’, the SuperSix Evo strikes a perfect blend of lightweight, stiffness, aerodynamics and compliance that make it ‘the perfect road bike’.

Spec:

Frame: SuperSix EVO, BallisTec Carbon

Fork: SuperSix EVO, BallisTec Carbon

Gears: Shimano Dura-Ace 9100

Wheels: Cannondale HollowGram Si Carbon Clincher

Weight: 6.64kg (58cm tested)

Specialized Roubaix Comp 

Winner of the Best Endurance Bike of the Year was the Specialized Roubaix Comp, the same bike that last year took the overall title of Bike of the Year. With its Future Shock Suspension system, the Roubaix dampens the discomfort of riding over rough roads and is ‘blissfully comfortable so you feel like you can ride for days’. But far from an endurance only bike, the Roubaix is backed with race-winning pedigree. The bike was ridden by World Champion Peter Sagan as he took the victory at this years Paris-Roubaix.

Spec:

Frame: Specialized FACT 10r carbon, Endurance Geometry

Fork: Specialized FACT carbon

Gears: Shimano Ultegra 8000

Wheels: Roval SLX 24 Disc

Weight: 8.81kg (58cm tested)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trek Domane SL 6 Disc Women’s

The Domane SL 6 Disc from Trek is a superb all-round road bike with a lightweight carbon frame and front and rear ISOspeed for riding over rough roads. Hydraulic disc brakes provide ultimate stopping power and the latest Shimano Ultegra 8000 groupset is slick and faultless. The overall winner of Women’s Bike of the Year, the Domane SL 6 Disc is ‘the holy grail of endurance bikes’.

Spec:

Frame: 500 Series OCLV Carbon

Fork: Domane carbon

Gears: Shimano Ultegra 8000

Wheels: Bontrager Paradigm Disc tubeless ready

Weight: 8.45kg (54cm tested)

In addition to the three category winners we’ve featured above, there were also great reviews for many of our other bikes, with four of our bikes featured in the ‘final five’ overall. The Specialized Roubaix Comp made the cut for the final five, featuring again as a previous winner. Another former winner is the Cannondale CAAD12 Ultegra, which is one of our best selling bikes and has been for many years over its various iterations. The ultralight Trek Emonda SL6 Pro is an awesome bike at phenomenal value – with carbon wheels, full Ultegra groupset and Trek’s 500 series carbon frame all for under £3000. The final one of our bikes to feature in the top five is the Cervelo R3 Disc Ultegra which has been redesigned for 2018 with a lighter, racier frame and the option of two colourways including a striking fluorescent yellow. The R3 has been ridden by World Tour team Dimension Data at many of the Spring Classics this year, meaning it’s a bike with real race pedigree.