The Adidas Zonyk Pro VARiO’s are a pair of ridiculously expensive cycling glasses. The eyewear does look cool and the VARiO lens is really very good in low light but it’s a little harder to stomach the high price when they aren’t that great in very bright light.

The Tannus “Armour” is a rim and tyre protection system aimed at those using a tube setup as opposed to tubeless. It's meant to improve mounting, provide the rider better flat protection and the ability to ride at lower PSI's without getting a pinch flat for both road riders and mountain bikers.

The CamelBak Repack LR4 hip pack is the new iteration of the Palos bum bag. Its more stable than its predecessor owing to a larger and wider waist belt and the storage is better organised too.

The Specialized Women’s Diverge E5 Comp is a bike that will turn its hand to most types of riding and one that genuinely hits the do-it-all landmark - it's pretty much identical to the men’s bike too. As a jack of all trades, we liked this versatile gravel and adventure bike but it needs tougher tyres before you take it too far off the beaten track.

Cannock Chase will be the venue for the mountain bike cross-country racing at the Commonwealth Games in 2022. Announced last week, Birmingham will host the games in four years time.

Our BikeLIVE demo day there was such a huge success last year so for 2019 we'll be back at Cannock Chase, Stafford. The venue has everything you could possibly want to get the most out of a day of testing as many road, gravel, mountain bikes and e-bikes as you can manage, with the likes of Giant, Liv, Canyon, Cipollini, Titici, Identiti, Calibre, Saracen and Forme all present.

Felt have just launched two new aluminium gravel bikes, the Breed 20 and Breed 30. They are designed for bike packing and long gravel rides with both being able to accept 650B or 700c wheels. Felt are calling it a gravel race bike, we reckon it looks pretty versatile whatever you want to do with it.

Christmas is nearly upon us again and it's time to spend some money on your cycling significant other or family member. We've come up with a number of presents that we think make excellent stocking fillers for the avid mountain biker or gravel cyclist - get stuck in and make someone happy this Xmas!

We've had our eye on the Instagram feed of Trust Performance ever since we were given the tip-off by someone close to the team. Now the big story has unfolded and we find out that three industry bods - including Dave Weagle of dw-link fame - have designed a brand new multi-link suspension fork for mountain bikes called the 'Message'.