Ribble's full-marks endurance bike, Merida's UCI-illegal aero flop, Garmin ports 1060 features back, $200 off the Tacx Flux 2

Garmin Edge 1060 feature port — sees most of the new flagship's software pushed down to the Edge x50 range, with a smaller set going to x40 units and the Edge MTB. Some of it is already in public beta. That's a change of habit for Garmin, which has tended to leave the previous generation behind. If you own a 540, 840, 1040 or 1050, this is a reason not to buy a new head unit this winter — the useful bits arrive on the computer you already have. Strava Live Segments on any route reach x50 and Edge MTB in Q1 2027; two features land via Garmin Connect on Tuesday 3 November; voice control stays exclusive because older units have no microphone. DC Rainmaker

Scott Addict RC Ultimate — is the frameset under Ed Laverack's British National Hill Climb winning build, which Cycling Weekly photographed at 5.9kg: claimed 640g frame in medium with a 270g fork, a waxed chain, no front derailleur and a single-sided Quarq power meter on SRAM Force cranks. A useful price list for anyone tempted to buy grams. The exotic parts here cost more than most complete bikes, and the one genuinely cheap trick — waxing your chain — is the one you can copy tomorrow. The Brink Velix-Evo 2.0 wheels weigh roughly 865g the pair and cost about £2,340; the Gemini Rigel 1x carbon-cored chainring is 92g. Cycling Weekly

Rogue Panda DoubleTrack — threads two carbon rods through a laser-cut fabric panel on the bag, then clamps them to the top tube with Voile-style TPU straps and moulded spacers instead of hook-and-loop. BIKEPACKING.com's testers found it held without the few millimetres of slide that eventually scuffs paint and loosens zips. The spacers also leave room for under-top-tube cable routing. The system averages 84 grams against about 20 for hook-and-loop, adds roughly $20 per tube, and a custom frame bag starts at $200. BIKEPACKING.com

Moon Rigel Lite / Helix Lite — came out on top of Ashley Quinlan's autumn test of ten sub-£100 light sets for BikeRadar, despite having the least powerful front light on paper at 500 lumens — the beam threw far enough down the road at 25km/h, and the mounts and cables were better thought out than rivals'. Light-buying season, and the lesson is to stop shopping on the lumen figure. Removal matters more over a winter of charging, and the rear light is where most sets quietly cut corners. Only six of the ten sets came with a charge cable; Quinlan wants at least 100 lumens in one rear-light mode. BikeRadar

Fast Talk Episode 447 — splits into two topics: whether endurance athletes should go near GLP-1 drugs, and a new study from Bent Rønnestad — the Norwegian researcher behind most of the block-training literature — on what happens when you stack HIT sessions on consecutive days. If you ride four times a week around a job, your hard days usually land where the diary allows, not where a textbook wants them. Rønnestad's line of work is the main evidence that clustering intervals into a short block can work rather than wreck you. Episode 447 is filed under HIT and Training Concepts, and the full discussion sits behind a higher Fast Talk membership tier. Fast Talk Laboratories

COROS DURA 2 SOLAR — gets a sceptical first look from Shane Miller (GPLama) after a few rides: he rates the mapping, the battery life and the design, but flags screen visibility and software that isn't finished, and says he'd hesitate to buy one with his own money. This is the second serious reviewer to land on the same verdict about the price jump, and it's the one that matters if you were eyeing the Dura as the long-battery alternative to an Edge. Worth waiting for firmware before you commit. US$499, or $549 with the mount — double the original DURA's price. GPLama.com

Cyclingnews stages the indoor training argument. Cyclingnews has opened its Indoor Cycling Week with a straight for-and-against piece on whether riding indoors is boring, rather than the usual accessory round-up — an admission from a tech desk that the trainer is the sport's most divisive bit of kit. Relevant now the clocks have gone back and your midweek rides are about to move inside. Framing it as a choice rather than a default is more honest than another list of fans and mats. The same week also carries the site's debate on whether virtual racing counts as real racing. Cyclingnews