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October 27, 2026

BH's sub-700 g Ultralight gets cheaper. COROS doubles the Dura's price.

Plus a Zwift trainer sale that ends tonight.

Tuesday's brief: BH makes its lightest road bike cheaper, COROS doubles the Dura's price, and a Zwift trainer sale that ends tonight.

🔧 Gear

BH Ultralight: under 700 g, and cheaper (from €5,000)

BH claims the new frame is 11% lighter than before, at under 700 g, with 12% less aero drag. Tyre clearance is officially 32 mm, though BH says most 35s fit. Builds run from €5,000 (105 Di2, 12% cheaper than before) to €8,500 (Dura-Ace, claimed 6.7 kg in size S). Electronic shifting only, in shops from November.

Source: Bikerumor

Öhlins GXF30 M.1: a 40 mm gravel fork ($995 / €895)

Öhlins enters gravel suspension with one travel option, 30 mm stanchions and a lockout with in-between settings, not just on and off. Claimed weight is 1,249 g, about 100 g under a RockShox Rudy. Only 300 launch-edition forks are being made.

Source: Velo

📱 Tech

COROS Dura 2 Solar: bigger screen, bigger price ($499)

The new head unit gets a 3.5-inch touchscreen, a speaker, voice control and a claimed 120 hours of battery, and drops the old thumb dial. It costs $499 with no mount at all in the box, or $549 with COROS' alloy mount; the first Dura was $249. DC Rainmaker lists it on sale from 3 November.

Source: DC Rainmaker

🏠 Indoor

Zwift sale ends tonight: KICKR CORE 2 for €439

Zwift Insider reports 20% off the KICKR CORE 2 (€439, normally €549) and 15% off Zwift Ride with KICKR CORE 2 (€1,019, normally €1,199) until 00:05 UK time on Wednesday, which is 01:05 in Central Europe. Zwift's EU store page still showed full prices when we checked on 26 Oct, so confirm the discount at checkout.

Source: Zwift Insider

Wild Isles: new Watopia roads are live

Zwift's new expansion opened Monday with about 18 km of new roads and nine new routes, giving a flatter link from Jarvis to the Jungle. Three of the routes are this week's Tour of Watopia stage.

Source: Zwift Insider

🏁 Racing

Alentejo Gravel

Portugal's Filipe Francisco won Sunday's UCI Gravel World Series stop in Ourique from a three-man sprint after 119 km, with two Belgians on his wheel. Defending champion Lukas Malezsewski had to settle for fourth. Germany's Rosa Klöser won the women's race.

Biggest races this weekend

Nothing makes the cut. The road season is over and the next Gravel World Series stop is Dustman in Thailand on Sat 14 Nov. Go ride your own bike.

💰 Deals

Checked on each shop's own page on 26 Oct. Prices move.

  • Vittoria Corsa Pro TLR, 700x28C: €44.95 (RRP €95.95) at Rose Bikes, EU. Still under half price.
  • Hammerhead Karoo 3: €341.95 (RRP €500) at Rose Bikes, EU. Mount included, unlike the new COROS.
  • Garmin Edge 840 Solar: €359.90 (Garmin DE €499.99) at Probikeshop, EU. Unchanged for a week.

New tyres? Set pressures with our tire pressure calculator.


That's Tuesday. Friday brings the week's tech and indoor kit.

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