The first edition of our new sentencing round-up series, analysing the state of play when it comes to sentencing for driving and cycling offences in the UK

A decade after developing their first welded, waterproof bikepacking packs, the team at Apidura just unveiled their new Expedition Series bags. For more information on this new line, explore all the details below...The post The Apidura Expedition Series Brings Big Updates and New Bags appeared first on BIKEPACKING.com.

What happens when you set out to build a wildly light road bike that can still handle real-world riding? Thats the question Dangerholm aimed squarely at with its latest creation. The SCOTT Addict RC SUB5 is comically light, but its not some fragile, scale-chasing garage ornament; its a proper race-ready machine. There are no without pedals excuses, hacked-off bars, or sketchy shortcuts here, just a full-send exercise in cyclings oldest obsession: making a bike absurdly light without leaving safety out of the conversation. So, if you thought featherweight road bikes were only about 23mm tires, exposed shift cables, and smug hill-climb forum posts, Dangerholm has a response and it weighs 4,991.4 grams.(All Photos/Dangerholm)Meet The SCOTT Addict RC SUB5The new SCOTT Addict RC SUB5 by Dangerholm is exactly what it sounds like. Its a deep-dive, no-stone-left-unturned custom build based around SCOTTs already-svelte Addict RC. He pushed below the 5kg mark without resorting to the usual party tricks. You know the without pedals, without cages, or youd obviously remove the mount for the photo excuses, either.The Checklist This one was built with a clear checklist: 212 electronic shifting, at least 28mm tires, modern wide rims, powerful brakes, a one-piece aero cockpit, real bar tape, and a final weight that still includes pedals, bottle cages, and a computer mount. Thats not a hill-climb special. Thats a real bike just one that happens to weigh about as much as a strong opinion on the internet.Lightweight Bikes Are Always Cool Weve spent the last several years watching aero bikes eat the room. lightweight became something brands mostly whispered about between CFD slides and tire-clearance charts. Dangerholms take flips that script a bit. The point here isnt nostalgia for superlight bikes of old. Its proving that a modern disc-brake road bike can still sneak under 5kg (with wild tweaks yes) while keeping the things that actually make a bike function.Starting Scott Stock The starting point is already serious. DangerOrm used a stock-size L/56cm SCOTT Addict RC HMX-SL frame. This frameset reportedly weighs630.9g with hardware, paired with a282.4g fork. Thats a damn solid number on its own for a stock bike. However, the real hook is that the Addict RC wasnt chosen just because its light. It was chosen because it apparently still behaves like a proper performance road bike.Grinding For Grams From there, the gram hunt gets predictably unhingedin the best possible Dangerholm way. The stock thru-axles were swapped for RideNow titanium units at 24.7g. The cockpit moved to a Darimo Nexum Drag bar/stem combo, and the seatpost became a matching Darimo D-shape piece. The bar is wrapped in actual Ciclovation KOM bar tape. Even the bar-end plugs got the memo, with Extralite HyperPlug HD ends, which are apparently the heavy version despite each weighing just 1g. Thats the sort of sentence only this category of bike can produce with a straight face.39.2g Saddle Then theres the saddle: a Gelu K3 that comes in at a ridiculous 39.2g. Yes, that is a real number, and it has rider-weight limitations. Yes, its exactly the kind of part that makes half the internet yell absolutely not while the other half quietly opens twelve browser tabs and starts doing math. Dangerhorn notes that the reinforced version adds only 10g. If you need a higher rider weight limit, which, in this world, counts as practically reckless overbuilding.What keeps the whole thing from becoming just another boutique scale-flex is the brake setup. Dangerholms premise was simple: a bike this light still has to be fun on descents, not just smug on climbs. To that end, the build leans on SRAM RED E1 levers and a heavily tuned braking package. The bits and bobs include titanium clamps and hardware, as well as Carbon-Ti rotors. The Carbon-Ti rotors are light, but they manage heat pretty well, too. In other words, this wasnt a rotor chosen because it looks fast leaning against a caf wall (because it does). It was chosen because it can still do the boring but important job of slowing you down after youve convinced yourself 80 kph is still under control.Brakes That Actually WorkThe brake story gets even more interesting. The Scott Addict RC frame uses a post-mount interface. Dangerholm went with 612 Parts 2-piston calipers to keep the build tidy and aero-minded rather than going down an adaptor rabbit hole. Its a very Dangerholm solution: slightly obscure, beautifully engineered, and somehow still logical once youre three layers deep in the build sheet.All The Gears Drivetrain duty goes to a 2x SRAM RED setup. The whole point was to build something modern and genuinely rideable rather than simply light enough to win an argument. Up front sits a GrigioCarbonio Road T1000 crankset in 170mm (weighing 256.3g). The GrigioCarbonio crankset is paired to Carbon-Ti X-CarboRing X-AXS chainrings in a very usable 37/50t combo. The remainder of the drivetrain is standard (though also high-end). Bits include a SRAM RED 10-30t cassette, standard RED chain, a standard RED front derailleur, and a tuned RED rear derailleur with Extralite UltraPulleys and titanium hardware. Its a mix of proven drivetrain pieces and boutique tuning, which feels like the sweet spot for a build like this. Superlight is fun. A superlight model that still shifts well when youre cross-eyed halfway up a climb is better.The pedals are Wahoo Speedplay Nano, tuned down to 150.6g, theyre also one of the few spots where rider-weight limits come into play. Dangerholm notes that swapping to Time XPRO 12 SL pedals would add 25g but raise the recommended limit. Dual-sided power meter pedals would add 95.9g, taking the total to 5,087.3g. Wait Till You See The WheelsThe wheels are where things get especially spicy. The custom set weighs just 866.7g. The climbing wheels were built by R2BIKE using NonPlus Components Primaro Fusion hubs and Light Bicycle Airia 32 Disc rims with carbon spokes. The rims are 32mm deep, 31.5mm wide at the widest point, and 23.5mm internal, all while still carrying a 100kg rider weight limit. Thats key, because this wasnt supposed to be some fragile museum piece that lives in fear of rough pavement and harsh language. The wheels are light, yes, but the build brief demanded a balance of handling, ride quality, and actual usability.Tire choice may be the most wait, what? part of the whole package. Dangerholm used pre-production Schwalbe Aerothan road tires, labeled 28mm in one place and 29mm in another, but measured just over 29mm on these rims. Theyre paired with Tubolito S-Tubo-Road TPU tubes (not every lightweight answer is tubeless). In fact, for a build chasing grams this aggressively, tube-type starts looking less like a step backward and more like a very sharp calculator.The Details Matter Rounding things out are CarbonWorks bottle cages at 19.4g for the pair, including bolts, plus an Alpitude computer mount at 16.5g. Those pieces matter because Dangerholms stated goal was that the final weight had to be honest. No without pedals, without cages, or youd obviously remove the mount for the photo excuses either. The final tally is 4,991.4g, or nearly 11.00 pounds, with the bike equipped the way youd actually ride it.There are also practical caveats: physics remains undefeated, and ultralight bikes still come with trade-offs. The frameset carries a 120kg system weight limit, the wheels are rated for a 100kg rider, the bar and seatpost for 90kg, the saddle for 80kg, and the pedals for 82kg. So no, this isnt a universal solution for every rider. But that was never the point. The point was to show just how far a modern disc road bike can be pushed without completely losing the plot.Long Live Dream BuildsAnd really, thats what makes the SCOTT Addict RC SUB5 cool. Its not just light. Plenty of bikes are light if youre willing to do dumb things. This one is compelling because it still sounds like a bike youd actually want to ridefast. Its modern, 2x, with decently wide tires, and built with enough braking and handling ambition that descending isnt treated like an unfortunate interruption between climbs. In a market that loves to tell us every road problem can be solved with more aero shaping, Dangerholms latest build is a fun reminder that sometimes the oldest obsession in cycling is still a good one.And yes, 11 pounds is still hilariously, gloriously stupid in the best possible way.The post Meet Dangerholms SCOTT Addict RC SUB5 An 11lb Piece of Art appeared first on Bikerumor.

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For all the debate around Tadej Pogacar and Mathieu van der Poel, and whether their dominance is good or bad for cycling, former Belgian commentator Michel Wuyts has cut through the noise with a different concern ahead of Milano-Sanremo. The problem, Wuyts explained in conversation with Wielerflits,...

In our third and final installment of Bikes, Booths, and Builders in Philly, Nic dives into the winners of the People's Choice award, shares an array of interesting new products from Velo Orange, and highlights a handful of additional handmade bikes. Browse the last of his findings below...The post Bikes, Booths, and Builders in Philly (Part 3) appeared first on BIKEPACKING.com.

Felt has launched the Nexar, an aero bike with an 800g claimed frame weight, which leads to a 6.48kg claimed overall weight for the top Dura-Ace spec. Felt also claims aerodynamics within 4 watts of the best-performing aero road bike. The brand says the Nexar is the lightest and fastest aero bike it has made. Its the successor to the AR, Felts original aero road bike, which was launched a full 18 years ago and last updated in 2020. Felt says the Nexar name denotes Next AR. It claims the Nexar is 5% faster than the previous-generation Felt AR and that its commissioned independent testing shows it to be within 4 watts of its (unnamed) fastest competitor at 40km/h. Felt has slimmed down the Nexar's frontal profile to reduce wind resistance. Felts analysis of the AR showed three areas where aerodynamics could be improved with the new frameset: the width of the head tube, the top tube/down tube interface and the wake behind the head tube. So Felt has reduced the frontal area by slimming down the Nexars frame tubes and hidden cables, bolts and other hardware. Its also updated critical areas of the frame to enhance stiffness, while adding compliance. That includes larger headset bearings, increased vibration absorption in the rear triangle and a beefed-up bottom bracket. Theres space to fit 32mm tyres. More comfortable geometry The Nexar's steeper seat tube is claimed to place the rider in a more efficient pedalling position. The Nexars geometry has been revised, so that the stack is a little higher and its reach slightly shorter than the AR. The seat tube angle has also been steepened and the seatpost has a zero offset, both placing the rider further over the pedals. Felt says the revised position helps the rider stay aero while still delivering power and increased stability. It reckons this benefits 99% of performance riders by making longer rides more comfortable. Felt is fitting shorter cranks to the Nexar across the size range. It has also gone with the trend of fitting shorter cranks, with lengths between 165mm and 170mm across the seven frame sizes to ensure consistent biometrics. The Nexar will be sold with two frame grades with different carbon specs. The Nexar FRD and Pro have the higher spec, with an 800g claimed frame weight around 300g lighter than the AR. All specs are fitted with a one-piece cockpit with a sub-300g claimed weight, in place of the ARs separate bar and stem. That leads to a claimed 6.48kg full-bike weight in the top FRD spec for a size-54 frame. Thats close to the 6.56kg of the 2026 Giant Propel Advanced SL 0 in size ML, which we reckon is the lightest aero bike weve seen. New owners The deeper head tube is engineered to reduce wake drag. Felt was established in 1991 in California by Jim Felt, who built its original tri bike before branching out into road, track and more, with its bikes ridden over the years by a cluster of star pros including Bradley Wiggins and Wout van Aert. Felt has gone through a number of owners including, at one time, the Rossignol ski brand. Since November 2025, Felt has been 100% owned by a duo of Spanish partners, and is now based in Barcelona, with a string of new performance drop-bar and tri bikes slated for launch this year and next, and distributed via a global dealer network. Felt Nexar specs The Felt Nexar will be sold in four Shimano specs: FRD with Dura-Ace, Pro with Ultegra Di2 and power meter, Expert with Ultegra Di2 without a power meter and Race with 105 Di2. Theres a framekit with frame, fork, cockpit and seatpost for the top FRD, too. Felt hasnt yet provided prices. Felt Nexar FRD Frame: Nexar FRD 12K Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Power meter: 4iiii Precision Pro dual-sided Gear ratios: 52/36t, 11-30t Wheels: Vision Metron 45 RS Tyres: Continental GP 5000 S TR 28mm Bar/stem: Felt 1-Piece Saddle: Prologo Nago R4 PAS Nack 137 Seatpost: Nexar Carbon Weight: 6.48kg claimed Felt Nexar Pro Frame: Nexar FRD 12K Groupset: Shimano Ultegra Power meter: 4iiii Precision Pro dual-sided Gear ratios: 52/36t, 11-30t Wheels: Vision Metron 45 SL Tyres: Continental GP 5000 S TR 28mm Bar/stem: Felt 1-Piece Saddle: Prologo Nago R4 PAS T2.0 137 Seatpost: Nexar Carbon Weight: 7.04kg claimed Felt Nexar Expert Frame: Nexar UD Carbon Std Groupset: Shimano Ultegra Power meter: None Gear ratios: 52/36t, 11-30t Wheels: Vision Metron SC45 i23 Tyres: Continental GP 5000 S TR 28mm Bar/stem: Felt 1-Piece Saddle: Prologo Nago R4 PAS T2.0 137 Seatpost: Nexar Carbon Weight: 7.53kg claimed Felt Nexar Race Frame: Nexar UD Carbon Std Groupset: Shimano 105 Di2 Power meter: None Gear ratios: 52/36t, 11-34t Wheels: Vision Metron SC45 i23 Tyres: Continental Grand Prix TR 28mm Bar/stem: Felt 1-Piece Saddle: Prologo Nago R4 PAS Steel 137 Seatpost: Nexar Carbon Weight: 7.96kg claimed

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Pre-production linkages, data-acquisition hardware, electronic gears, big rear disc rotors, lead weights and Wynn Masters' latest DH bike these were all spotted at the Not A Race test event in Wales, as the unofficial 2026 downhill MTB season opened. Specializeds Jordan Williams set the fastest time of the day onboard a pre-production Specialized Demo downhill bike with a hidden chainring, pre-production hlins shock, SRAM AXS DH drivetrain and Brembo brakes. We learned loads from Williams' bike, and there were plenty of glimpses of downhill tech that will be present on 2026s fastest bikes, if you knew where to look. Read more: Unreleased hlins shock spotted on prototype Specialized Demo DH bike with hidden drivetrain and Brembo brakes Energy-saving bar ends 9ish Components bar ends on Josh Lancett's 2026 Scott Gambler save energy and reduce arm pump. Scott Windsor / Our Media Large bar ends were visible on privateer Josh Lancetts Scott Gambler at BikePark Wales. Joe Breedens prototypes were top secret when we covered them at the Fort William DH World Championships in 2024, but are now becoming more commonplace. Lancett was enthusiastic about his bar ends, which he said help reduce arm pump by minimising the amount of energy used to keep your hands on the handlebar, which is most likely to tire riders out on long tracks or rough terrain. Large 220mm+ rear brake rotors Many riders, including Saracen's Adam Brayton, were spotted running a 200mm front rotor and larger 220mm rear rotor at Not A Race. Scott Windsor / Our Media A few riders at Not A Race were running very large 220mm rotors on the rear of their bikes, while opting for a more conservative 200mm rotor on the front. Adam Brayton was one pro running a larger rear Hope floating rotor and a smaller front one. I didnt receive a definitive answer as to why riders had made this choice. However, in theory, the larger rotor provides greater power and increased cooling for the brakes. Whether one or both of these factors is behind their adoption by multiple riders on the World Cup circuit needs further investigation. Adding weight Lancett was running ballast weight in a bean-bag type arrangement hidden beneath the cover concealing the 2026 Scott Gambler's shock. Scott Windsor / Our Media Adding weight to downhill bikes is now standard practice in Elite-level racing, but the amount of weight could be creeping up. Over the past few years, its been possible to spot riders running around 400-500g of ballast on their bikes, usually below the bottom bracket shell. Jackson Goldstone, one of the lightest riders on the circuit, is said to be running around three times this amount beneath his Santa Cruz V10. This could become a trend, with veteran of 97 World Cup races Wynn Masters explaining he was running a whopping 1,500g of lead weights from a scuba diving belt cable tied below his new V10. Masters explained that his sponsor, Focus, does not make a downhill bike, and because it's part of the PON group along with Santa Cruz, Focus was happy for him to run a V10. Masters hadn't been on a downhill bike since the Lake Placid World Cup and was still missing a few parts for his V10, but said he was rapidly warming to the new bike. He was running a full 29in setup, with the reach-adjustment cups in the shortest position on his V10. The third-fastest rider of the day, Joe Breeden, was running an even more colossal 2kg of weight below the down tube of his Nukeproof Dissent. Pro-only customisation Ethan Craik's 2026 Scott Gambler had a prototype Fox 40 fork fitted, as well as a custom link. Scott Windsor / Our Media It will come as no surprise that World Cup racers have higher demands for their bikes than Joe Public, and we saw numerous riders at Not A Race running custom parts in order to tailor their bikes for the task of getting the fastest time possible on a World Cup track. Ethan Craik was running a very shiny CNC-machined linkage on his new Scott Gambler DH bike with a hidden Fox air shock. Craik and suspension engineer Rich from RSR were tight-lipped on what the new links do, but explained they gave him the rear-suspension characteristics he wanted to go as fast as possible. Telemetry and suspension data acquisition RSR Racing was monitoring suspension useage closely on Ethan Craik and Josh Lancett's 2026 Scott Gamblers. Scott Windsor / Our Media RSR Racing was in attendance, and using hardware attached to the fork and shock to record the speed of movement and the position while Craik and Lancett were riding. These systems have gained popularity over the past few seasons and are now considered by some to be essential; riders have limited runs on the course during the race weekend and it is not only important to find the correct setting for the suspension, but to be able to do so as fast as possible. What we didnt see Ethan Craik's 2026 Scott Gambler was fitted with Shimano's latest M9200 XTR brakes running LV mineral oil. Scott Windsor / Our Media Even the most well-connected Shimano-sponsored riders were not running the rumoured (and long-awaited) new Shimano Saint components. Instead, riders such as Craik were running a mix of the existing Saint M820 drivetrain and XTR M9200 brakes. Hopefully, a new Saint groupset is on the way for pro riders and bike shops very soon. Not A Race results Wynn Masters was running a box-fresh 29in-wheel Santa Cruz V10 with 1.5kg of diving-belt weights cable-tied to the down tube. Scott Windsor / Our Media Despite Not A Race's non-competitive nature, riders were keen to showcase their talents against their peers ahead of the World Cup season opener in South Korea at the start of May. Williams set the fastest time of the day aboard his prototype Specialized Demo, at 2mins 44.66secs, only 0.29secs ahead of Craik, whose best was a 2mins 44.95secs. Breeden rounded out the not-a-podium for Nukeproof Axess Racing with a time of 2mins 45.75secs.