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How is a carbon fibre road bike made? We went behind the scenes at the massive XDS Bikes factory in China to see how carbon road bikes and gravel bikes are made.
Meet the XLAB RS7 — a carbon road bike that punches way above its price. If you’ve been wanting a bike that feels fast, looks sharp, and gives you real performance without blowing the budget, this one deserves a serious look.
I've owned iRIDE since founding it in 2010. Before that, I raced everything from sprint-distance triathlon through to Ironman, competing as both an Olympic Distance World Champion Age Group athlete and Elite Ironman podium finisher. Along the way I've also won a national age-group road title, and spent more than 15 years helping riders through professional bike fitting.
Carbon bikes for thousands of dollars less than the major brands - that is the calling card of the brand X-Lab, which veteran carbon manufacturer XDS recently launched in the US market.
Western cycling brands have had a free pass for decades. That’s over.
Two months after launching in the US with 50 retail partners, X-LAB has grown to roughly 170 stores nationwide and is now stocking bikes across Sports Basement's 15 California locations.
We have seen them with success in the world tour, now they have landed in the states. We build this up as a halo bike from X-LAB. This includes all the stock components from X-LAB.
The ultra-low prices and Chinese production are what’s grabbing the headlines, but what you should really care about is how vertical integration could potentially upend the industry.
The Sea Otter Classic bike show was full of new road bikes, gravel bikes and new 2026 cycling tech trends. Here's a roundup of all the latest cycling tech on show including what appears to be incredibly good value road and gravel bikes from XDS and X-LAB with the new GT8 gravel bike, 32" wheel gravel bikes galore and new road bikes and new gravel bikes.
