COROS Dura 2 at $499, Zwift goes two-tier, Garmin Edge 1060 talks back, Rene Herse goes 32in

Garmin Edge 1060 and Edge Explore 3 — Garmin's new flagship takes spoken commands through a built-in microphone and speaker, while the cheaper Explore 3 and Explore 3 Plus get the same new routing tools: route previews, road hazard alerts and routing that avoids junctions. If your computer is due for replacement, the ladder now runs $399.99, $499.99 and $799.99, and only the top unit does hands-free control. The 1060 claims up to 20 hours of battery, or 60 in saver mode; the Explore 3 claims 16 hours. Gravel Cyclist

Specialized Crux 5 S-Level — Specialized's second-tier gravel race bike: FACT 10r frame, full SRAM RED XPLR, under 8kg on the scales, room for 55mm tyres. off-road.cc loved the speed but scored it 4/10 for value at £8,749, and warns that the integrated Roval cockpit is rigid enough to beat up your hands on rough ground. Specialized's tunnel figure is 15.2W less than the previous Crux at 45km/h; the tester ended up riding in padded mitts. off-road.cc

Mavic Comete 50 — A 50mm-deep carbon road wheelset with carbon bladed spokes and ceramic bearings, weighed at 1,308g by road.cc and rated 8/10. A credible single-wheelset answer if you want depth without a climbing penalty — but check your cassette, because Shimano HG and SRAM XDR are covered and Campagnolo isn't. £2,299, with a 23mm internal and 30mm external rim and a 40-tooth ratchet freehub. road.cc

WTB Course 52 — A gravel tyre co-developed with aero specialists Stromm, using sidewall trip strips and small vortex generators; road.cc scored it 8/10 overall, 6/10 for value. Buy it for dry hardpack speed rather than a British winter: the tread is close to slick and gives way on wet mud and loose gravel. £69.50 each, 635g claimed, the test pair weighed 653g and 649g with no punctures, and it comes in one 52mm size only. off-road.cc

Challenge Getaway 50c — Challenge's best-selling gravel tyre arrives in 700c x 50mm, with the hand-made PRO Series casing and the cut-resistant SMARTPlus tread compound. That is the size most recent gravel frames are designed around, from a brand whose beads have a reputation for being a wrestling match. A new moulding process pre-forms the carcass so it stays clear of the rim channel and the second bead seats more easily. Gravel Cyclist

Rene Herse Indiana Pass — Rene Herse's first tyre for 32-inch wheels, a 2.2in semi-slick offered in four casings from Standard up to Endurance Plus. Nothing to buy for a while, but it tells you the new wheel size is getting serious support from the supple-tyre camp — worth filing away before your next frame decision. $87 to $115 depending on casing, tubeless-ready for 17–30mm internal rims, shipping April 2027. Rene Herse Cycles

Tune Nano Gravel 45 — A German carbon gravel wheelset, 45mm deep with a 30mm internal rim, reviewed on video by Gravel Cyclist's JOM. The internal width is the reason to look: it is built for the 50mm-plus tyres at low pressure that most gravel bikes now run, and Tune has stayed with hooked rims rather than going hookless. Tested on Silca Protocol RCG-1 tyres; Tune argues hooks buy both tyre compatibility and a safety margin on rough terrain. Gravel Cyclist

Fabric ALM:Halo — A ground-up rebuild of Fabric's original ALM saddle: 265 x 142mm, oval carbon rails, 145g claimed, with an Ergo version carrying a covered pressure-relief channel. A flagship price for a shape plenty of riders already know suits them; the engineering targets wings sagging downwards as you pedal. BikeRadar

Velo Orange Gravel Cranks — Aluminium square-taper cranks drawn around the 47.5–50mm chainlines that current SRAM, Shimano and microSHIFT drivetrains expect. Useful for a winter hack or bikepacking build where square taper is still the bearing you can replace anywhere, without guessing whether the chainline will work. $145 without a ring, 160–175mm lengths in 5mm steps, giving a 50mm chainline and 176mm Q-factor on a 118mm bottom bracket. BIKEPACKING.com

Old Man Mountain Axle Pack v2 — An axle-mounted bracket that adds three-pack cargo mounts to just about any fork, now 59g per side and 20% lighter than the 2024 original. Load rating is the point: typical fork eyelets take 1.5kg each and can tear out of a carbon leg after a knock, while this design feeds the weight into the axle instead. Rated to 10kg per pair, made from 6061 aluminium in Taiwan, with a lifetime warranty. Gravel Cyclist

Outer Shell QR Tote — A 10-litre top-loading rack bag whose recessed steel pins drop into a magnetic alloy base plate, with a front pull tab to release it. Sensible if your ride ends with you carrying the bag into a café or an office — there is a laptop sleeve inside and hard-wearing ECOPAK fabric outside. $350, 907g including the 7 x 7in mounting plate, and built as a limited run only. BIKEPACKING.com

Smith Defy — Rimless sunglasses on Smith's ChromaPop lens, 44g, supplied with a spare clear lens, three nose pads and a hard case; road.cc gave 9/10 overall and 5/10 for value. The clear lens is the winter argument: one pair covers low sun and gloomy lanes instead of two. £170, and a lens change takes under 30 seconds once you have done it a couple of times. road.cc

Four lightweight rain jackets put through a wet autumn. Escape Collective's Suvi Loponen tested four current lightweight cycling rain jackets, from Castelli, Rapha, Pas Normal and Maap. Worth reading before you replace a shell this winter: the verdict is that fit and wet-weather performance vary widely, but usable options survive the industry's move away from PFAS coatings. Published 28 October and sitting behind Escape's membership paywall. Escape Collective

The tyre pressure fight flares up again. Jan Heine says Escape Collective's new on-road testing by Ronan McLaughlin confirms his twenty-year-old claim that pumping supple tyres harder does not make them faster. This is the argument that decides what you actually put in your tyres on Sunday — and both sides now end up telling you to stop fine-tuning the number. McLaughlin ran 10 tyres at three pressures each, 75 runs over roughly 323km; Heine's own statistician judged the study underpowered to separate how tyres respond to pressure. Rene Herse Cycles