John has also written for Cyclist magazine, edited the BikeMagic website and was founding editor of before handing over to someone far more representative of the site's main audience. Along with founder Tony Farelly, John was on the launch team for and subsequently became editor in chief of Future Publishing’s group of cycling magazines and websites, including Cycling Plus, MBUK, What Mountain Bike and Procycling.
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Since then he has worked on MTB Pro magazine and was editor of Maximum Mountain Bike and Australian Mountain Bike magazines, before switching to the web in 2000 to work for. Rather than telling him to get lost, MBUK editor Tym Manley called John’s bluff and the rest is history. He got the gig by phoning up the editor and telling him the magazine was rubbish and he could do better. He was heavily involved in the mountain bike boom of the late 1980s as a racer, team manager and race promoter, and that led to writing for Mountain Biking UK magazine shortly after its inception. John has been writing about bikes and cycling for over 30 years since discovering that people were mug enough to pay him for it rather than expecting him to do an honest day's work.
One of the oldest surviving bicycle brands in the world. Read our review of the Giant Contend SL1 Disc Fuji bikes was named after Mount Fuji, a japanese symbol of strength and endurance. Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates. It's a bike you could happily enjoy as it comes, but a future handlebar and wheel swap would make a brilliant bike really sing." Fuji Bicycles: Home Road > Mountain > Pavement > Electric Kids Size Chart Note: This is a universal bicycle size chart. For the price, the Contend SL 1 Disc is a great buy, with a thoroughly sound package that isn't crying out for immediate upgrades. Tester Rob concluded: "It has the feel of a quick bike, and decent performance potential, with even more composed handling and versatility, which makes perfect sense in today's market. It's not really a racer, but offers a lively, positive ride, with crisp handling. It's a high-quality aluminium road bike that's relatively light, comfortable and well priced. It has Shimano's excellent-value Shimano 105 11-speed transmission, and Shimano 105 hydraulic disc brakes. This is the top model in the six-bike Contend family.
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Giant has two families of endurance bikes, the Defy series with carbon fibre frames and disk brakes throughout the range, and the Contend bikes with aluminium frames and a choice of discs or rim brakes. Which you go for will depend, among other things, on whether you're a parts upgrader or a bike replacer when it comes to future developments. You'll typically find yourself making a decision between an aluminium frame (which range between very good and superb in this price range) with a groupset such as Shimano 105 or a carbon frame with Shimano Tiagra. While there is a lot of own-brand kit for parts like wheels, handlebars and saddles, which is no bad thing (manufacturers have really raised their game with own label components), there is a lot more branded kit from the likes of Mavic and Fizik. Shimano 105 and Tiagra are the dominant groupsets in this price range.
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C10 ultra high-modulus carbon frame with VRTech (Vibration Reduction Technology) reduces road vibration by 24.Welcome to the latest edition of ’s buyer's guide to road bikes around £1,500 in which you’ll find everything you need to know to find the right £1,500(ish) bike for you, plus our pick of 11 of the best road bikes around £1,500. With the Gran Fondo we have flipped old paradigms around: Don't let the road rule you. Whether climbing up steep gradients or bombing down switchbacks, the Gran Fondo's high-modulus carbon frame with VRTech (Vibration Reduction Technology) will keep you isolated from road noise so you can ride strong all day. Built to keep you rolling smooth and fast on those all-day rides no matter what the road conditions are.