Dave Arthur
David has been a tech editor on road.cc since July 2012. Previously he was editor of Bikemagic.com and before that staff writer at RCUK. He's a seasoned cyclist of all disciplines, from road to mountain biking, touring to cyclo-cross, he only wishes he had time to ride them all. He currently resides in the Cotswolds.
Articles by Dave Arthur
New Salsa Fargo Ti - a mountain bike with drop handlebars
The Salsa Fargo Ti , a bike that treads that narrowing line between road and mountain bikes, is back.
After an absence from the US company’s 2016 range, the Salsa Ti back for 2017. It is pitched firmly into the growing adventure and bikepacking market but with a mountain bike DNA, there is a lot to like if you're coming from a mountain bike background.
Exclusive: New Kinesis Tripster AT video first look
Kinesis Brand Manager Bruce Dalton gave us an exclusive first look at the soon-to-be-launched Kinesis Tripster AT, an aluminium gravel and adventure bike before he rode the Dirty Reiver 200km gravel event at the weekend.
The new Tripster AT is intended to be a more affordable version of the recently updated titanium Tripster ATR adventure road bike, and with an expected price of £699 for the frame and full carbon fork with 12mm thru-axle, we expect it to be very popular indeed. It's expected to be available next month.
Garmin’s new Varia UT800 automatically adjusts brightness to match light conditions
The evenings may be long, but that hasn’t stopped Garmin from today unveiling its new Varia UT800, an 800-lumen light that can automatically adjust the beam intensity to suit changing light conditions to extend the battery life.
Garmin’s new VIRB 360 provides immersive 360-degree 5.7K video
We're partial to strapping a video camera to the bike or helmet and recording our rides from time to time, but the latest trend in the action camera market is 360-degree recording.
Garmin has announced the new VIRB 360, its entrant into this slowly expanding new market of cameras that record in 360-degrees, and with a massive 5.7K/30fps resolution your edits are going to look sick bro.
New Kinesis Tripster AT aluminium adventure bike launched
Looking for a highly capable bike suited to commuting, gravel riding or multi-day off-road adventures without spending a fortune? Step forward the brand new Kinesis Tripster AT, the UK company’s follow-up to its successful titanium Tripster ATR.
Specialized's all-new Diverge - all you need to know about the new adventure bike
Specialized first introduced its Diverge in 2014, one of the first in a growing, and now very popular, category of adventure disc-equipped road bikes. For the 2018 model year it has given the Diverge a complete overhaul making it an even more capable bike on off-road terrain, with added suspension, increased tyre clearance and revised geometry.
New Merida Silex Takes Lessons From Mountain Bike Design
Merida is set to launch its first adventure and gravel bike this year. It’s called the Silex and will come in a choice of carbon or aluminium frames, with disc brakes and mudguard mounts and clearance for up to 42mm tyres on 700c wheels or 2.25in 650b mountain bike tyres. Oh, and you can fit a dropper post.
Crank Brothers Mallet E pedals
Crank Brothers have long been a popular alternative to Shimano’s dominance in the clipless pedal market, and the latest Mallet E takes the good bits from the Mallet DH pedal and bakes them into a lighter and slimmer down package that is well suited to trail riding and enduro racing. The E in the name, in case you're wondering, stands for Enduro, because every brand needs an enduro-specific product these days.
First Look: Wahoo's new £80 Elemnt Mini wireless computer
Wahoo has set its sights firmly on the lucrative cycle computer market and has just launched its second device this year, the Elemnt Mini, a compact version of its original computer launched two years ago. It costs £80 and has a battery life of 12 months.
Airshot Tubeless Inflator
I love tubeless, but getting a tubeless tyre to inflate and stay seated on a tubeless compatible rim can be tricky. Often this is simply because you can't get air into the tyre quickly enough. The Airshot makes inflating even the most stubborn tubeless tyre a painless exercise, with a sudden and rapid flow of air that seats a tyre first time every time. It is a little expensive for a product that ultimately you might not use a lot, though.