Road Bike Blog - Reviews

When making a big purchase, such as buying a new road bike, it is always useful to find out what others think about it to get an idea if it is the right bike for you. This can become even more important when buying a road bike online, as you don't always have an opportunity to see the bike in the flesh before purchasing. Whether you're looking at road bikes, clothing, or accessories, on this page you'll find our collection of review blogs to aid you in making your decision.

Pinarello Nytro E Lightweight E-Road Bike Review

Pinarello claim that the Nytro stable of bikes includes the world's lightest electric bike - weighing in at just 11.4kg. It's a bold claim, amongst many claims across the world of electric bikes. The Nytro family of bikes look just like a normal road bike, with the TQ-HPR50 motor...

Cervelo Soloist Ultegra Di2 First Ride Review

The Cervelo Soloist Ultegra Di2 is one of the lower budget options if you are looking for a Soloist road bike. The bike is a fantastic proposition - it’s lightweight, aerodynamic and sits between the higher...

Castelli Insider Jersey And Shorts Review

Whether by choice or by necessity - more and more people are jumping onto a turbo trainer to accelerate their training, when time is short or whether it’s the poor weather that is keeping cycling...

Cannondale CAAD13 Disc 105 Review

The Cannondale CAAD13 Disc 105 Road Bike - performs and rides much better in the real world than it looks on paper. It’s not the cheapest road bike on the market, and it’s not the lightest one you...

Scott Contessa Addict RC 15 Review

Contessa is Scott’s range of women’s bikes - and the Contessa Addict RC 15 is a race-ready road bike - which has been designed to give female riders the biggest possible advantages. As well as...

Cannondale Synapse Carbon LTD RLE Review

Few bikes on the market have won as many awards as the Synapse range. This range has become a classic and a staple endurance bike. This year, it’s better than ever - benefiting from several revisions. As well as being popular with cyclists, it’s...

Scott Addict RC 10 Review

There are few greater all-around road bikes than the Scott Addict RC 10. It’s a bike which is designed to be a low-weight race bike, with strong levels of

Giant Contend 1 Review

The sub £1000 road bike category is a competitive and tough market; on the one hand, the bikes have to be designed to some budget restrictions - whilst they still need to provide good performance and reliability...

Giant TCR Advanced Disc 3 Road Bike Review

Giant has a great reputation for delivering fantastic quality bikes at great price points, representing excellent value, without sacrificing any quality...

Giant Defy Advanced 1 Review (2022)

Giant is a well known bike brand, and has a fantastic reputation for building bikes which deliver excellent performance at a sensible price point...

Giant Contend AR3 Review

The Giant Contend AR3 is one of the best ‘all rounder’ bikes that we have stock at Westbrook Cycles - Giant claim it’s been designed for use by road riders who have a ‘thirst for adventure’. Translated into...

GT Transeo Review

The GT Transeo range of hybrids, is one of the most utiliaterian, diverse and useful collections of hybrid bikes on the market. There are plenty of models with different specifications available...

Cannondale Tesoro Neo Review

Hybrid Bikes are in a league of their own when it comes to utility, they are able to handle the daily shop, the daily commute - as well as light off road performance, including firetracks and canal towpaths.

Cannondale Supersix Evo Hi-Mod Disc Red eTap AXS Review

One of the most exciting names for any road bike, comes in a range of exciting colours and metallic paint schemes - with metallic frames and retro tyres with tanwalls - makes this one of the most...

Cannondale Supersix EVO CX Review And Specs

At Westbrook Cycles, we are proud to stock and supply an excellent range of Cyclocross Bikes - and Cannondale have long held their dominant market position when it comes to designing and...

Cannondale Supersix Evo Carbon Disc 105 Review

At Westbrook Cycles, we are massive fans of the Cannondale Supersix Evo Carbon Disc 105. This bike is an award winning machine, racking up a number of industry awards. The bike's history runs...

Castelli Classifica Jersey Review

We have been getting our hands on the latest Castelli range, and trying their jerseys out on the roads. In the recent spell of good weather, we have taken out and reviewed the Castelli Classifica...

SuperSix Evo Carbon Disc 105 Specifications And Review

The Cannondale Supersix Evo Carbon Disc 105 Road Bike has built up legendary status in the world of road cycling. Priced at £2,250 this bike provides outstanding performance and...

Cannondale Synapse Carbon 2 RL Review

The Synapse range from Cannondale has long been one of our best selling bike collections here at Westbrook Cycles. The latest version of the Synapse Carbon 2RL retails at £4,000 and...

Castelli Estremo Gloves Review

At Westbrook Cycles, we stock and supply a large range of Castelli clothing and accessories - including the complete range of Castelli Gloves. One of the warmest, and most popular gloves...

Castelli Alpha Ros 2 Review

At Westbrook Cycles, we stock an excellent range of Castelli clothing & jackets, with one of the most popular with our staff and customers being the Castelli Alpha Ros 2 Cycling Jacket. The...

Castelli Alpha Ros 2 Light Jacket Review

The Castelli Alpha Ros 2 Light is the perfect do it all, year round road cycling jacket from Castelli. It’s designed to be worn in temperatures between seven degrees and fifteen degrees...

The 2025 Giant TCR Advanced 1: Engineered for Peak Performance

The 2025 Giant TCR Advanced 1 epitomises the cutting-edge of road bike technology, catering to riders who demand nothing short of excellence. Since its inception in 1997, the TCR has been at the front of the pro tours, and with the latest iteration of this iconic model, Giant continues to redefine what an elite road bike can deliver.

Pinarello Dogma X Guide And Review

There’s always a real buzz when Pinarello launches a new bike, and not only for those in the market for one; the world of cycling usually responds to how the bike looks and rides. The Dogma X is an example of a bike with plenty of buzz. It’s a bike designed to keep most of the speed and pace of the Pinarello Race Bike, the Dogma F, whilst being more comfortable and easier to live with. Despite this, we would not call the Pinarello an endurance road bike.