Ragley rejoined the drop bar market back in 2019 with the Trig, a steel gravel bike with steel fork and a very reasonable price tag. 2020 see's the brand launch two models of the Trig 2.0 both of which a carbon fork and spec updates. 

There are plenty of new bikes out this week from the likes of Bird, Ragley and Salsa, plus bike updates from YT Industries and Commencal. The rest of the week's worth of cycling news is filled out with sad news that US print mag Dirt Rag is closing down, a retro bike from Nukeproof and lots of new gear

Specialized has launched it's latest e-bike, the Turbo Levo SL a lightweight addition to their line of Turbo electric mountain bikes. This latest e-bike is seriously impressive with a small motor, a neatly integrated battery and a natural feel to the powered assistance. Is this the future of e-MTBs? 

Schwalbe Tyres UK announces the launch of an inner tube recycling scheme. The scheme is designed to encourage bike shops to collect used inner tubes and return them to Schwalbe to be recycled into new inner tubes using a specially developed process. 

The Troy Lee Designs Women's Ruckus glove is a robust mountain bike glove for warm weather. The materials are good and the style is sleek, but the fit is awful, leading to chaffing, drafts and pressure points at the base of the palm.

Castelli's Nano Flex Pro 2 W Omloop bib shorts are a winter-worthy gravel short, and a great under layer for mountain biking. Warm, slightly windproof and with a comfortable chamois pad, these are ideal – if expensive – shorts for cold weather.

The Giant Revolt 1 is a decent gravel and adventure bike at a respectable price. If you can cope with the odd looks and adequate performance of Giant's unique Conduct braking system, you’re rewarded with a quality alloy frame, a carbon fork, and plenty of scope for adventures.​

Kinesis has just launched their latest electric bike, the drop bar, gravel going, Range adventure e-bike. Kitted out with a Fazua motor just like their Rise mountain e-hardtail, the aluminium adventure bike gets added power and large tyre clearance too. 

This week we have four new bikes and a suspension seat post fr your gravel bike in on test. The bikes come care of Marin, Carrera, Specialized and Kinesis and that seat post is from Redshift. Whilst you dig in, we'll get riding!