Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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For many road cyclists, the constant churn of standards can be a nightmare.

New standards for things like bottom brackets, headsets, rims, and so on, shoot up faster than Tadej Pogaçar on French mountains in July.

Innovation can make bikes better, of course. But too often, new standards don’t offer everyday riders meaningful performance improvements and just end up being annoying.

The time has come, therefore, to put a stop to it all, and agree on a set of universal standards for road bikes, as dictated by BikeRadar's Senior Technical Editor, Simon Bromley.

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