Road bike buyers' guide: 2020 trends and editor's favorites
Montreal, March 5, 2020 - Every March, the magazine Vélo Mag publishes its popular Road bike buying guide, which kicks off the cycling season.. On the menu in this 2020 edition, on newsstands from today: key trends, what's new from bike and accessory manufacturers, tips for making the right choices, and the bikes that caught the eye of our editorial specialists.
«The main road bike trends of the season are undoubtedly electric-assist bikes and gravel bikes. In both families, the offering is becoming increasingly refined: electric-assist road bikes are looking more and more like classic bikes, and gravel bikes are even more versatile. These two categories of bikes are going to contribute to a wider range of riding», emphasizes Jacques Sennéchael, editor-in-chief of Vélo Mag.
Electric-assist bicycles...
This year, power-assisted road bikes have undergone a slimming cure, becoming easier to handle and more discreet.
And as for the gravel bike...
The category straddling the road and mountain bike worlds is gaining in popularity. It's becoming increasingly diversified, with bikes designed for a variety of riding styles, from performance-oriented to adventurous. Whatever the riding style, cyclists are keen to get off the beaten track.
Also read in Vélo Mag :
We look into the plate and musette of racer Hugo Houle, escape with a report on the bikepacking where adventure on a bike is written with a capital A, and we explore the trails of Rancho Cacachilas, south of Baja California.
The shopping assistant, (re)discover on velomag.com
One can't go without the other: the Buying Guide complements the Buying Assistant on the magazine's website. www.velomag.com. The wizard lets you take an inventory of all the bikes sold in Quebec - whether road, mountain or hybrid/urban - or search for the bike of your choice by entering criteria such as price, brand, frame material, and so on.
