Components

Riding outdoors in winter brings unique challenges such as slippery roads, reduced grip, and unpredictable weather, which means a swtich to winter road bike tyres is crucial.

When selecting a seat post for your bike, one of the most crucial aspects is ensuring you have the correct seat post size. Understanding seat post sizes will help you achieve a secure fit, optimal performance, and riding comfort.

The bike chain is a critical component of your drivetrain, responsible for transmitting power from the pedals to the wheels. Essentially, it’s a series of interconnected links that rotate around the chainrings and cassette, enabling your bike to move forward.

Use our guide to help you find the perfect road bike short stem to help you obtain better control when pushing it to the max out on the roads.

Bike chainsets can often be confusing, so we’ve put together this guide to help you better understand cranksets for road and MTB.

We’ve assembled this guide to tell you everything you need to know about chainrings including ratios & which brands offer chainrings worth upgrading to.

Here at Sigma Sports some of our most frequently received questions relate to bottom brackets, and in particular, choosing the correct option. As a result, we have put together this guide, outlining the differences between the bottom bracket standards, with an aim to provide some clarity on this notoriously confusing subject.

We've put together a buying guide for those looking to upgrade their bike brakes. Read up on the different types of brakes and how to find the best option for your bike.

So you’re feeling a bit deflated. You've had an abrupt or slow expulsion of air from beneath you and suddenly your tyre is making that awful flapping sound as it rolls flatly along the road. Never fear, the Sigma Sports quick and easy guide on how to change an inner tube will have you back rolling in no time.

A bike headset make a huge difference to the handling of your bike which is why it is crucial to select the right one. Learn more about the humble headset and how to choose the right one.

Read our guide to rear derailleurs, how they work, how to change and adjust them and how to select the right one for your bike.

Looking for a new bicycle cassette? Read up on MTB and road bike cassettes, removing a cassette from a bike and more in our guide.

Read the Sigma Sports guide on how to adjust a front derailleur on your bike, and more maintenance tips to address common issues with front derailleurs.

Here are some important things that the Sigma Sports experts recommend to follow when choosing to upgrade your bike brake calipers

Discover all you need to know about the different types of bike hubs for various bike wheels from the experts at Sigma Sports.

If SRAM's wireless eTap was a bold step forward in terms of delivering clutter-free, intuitive and consistent shifting, then the new SRAM eTap AXS platform (pronounced ‘access’) could well be one giant leap that sets a whole new benchmark in ride experience.

Learn more about road bike groupsets and take a look at the differences between Shimano's range.

Two of the most popular range of components and groupsets on the market, Shimano's Ultegra R8100 and Dura-Ace R9200 lines offer sublime shifting prowess and also feature wheels, designed to offer exceptional reliability and pro-levels of performance. We have taken a closer look at both ranges to determine why they are both the pro and amateur cyclist's choice.

Having set up the cleats in his previous article, copywriter Seth has now ridden around 1200 miles on his new Wahoo Speedplay Nano pedals. In this article Seth details how the pedals perform while out on the road, and records further comparisons with his old LOOK Keo Blade Carbon pedals.

Intrigued by the redesign, copywriter Seth details his experiences while swapping over to a pair of Wahoo Speedplay Nano pedals from his faithful LOOK Keo Blade Carbons, concentrating on how he tackled the cleat set-up procedure.

Learn more about the people and technology behind the brand. Find out what happened when we visited CeramicSpeed, in Denmark.

In the last few years, road cycling has undergone a somewhat substantial evolution. Whilst our power meters, aero wheels and lightweight kit all still matter and play an important part in our sport, there has been more consideration towards those who want to get back to the basics of what riding a bike should be about. Exploration, freedom and just have a bit of fun.

The strips of rubber wrapping themselves around your wheels may seem like a low priority when considered alongside the relative glamour of shining sprockets, carbon woven wheels and sparkly new saddles, but in truth, these are the things that keep you in contact with the ground, transfer your power, and stop you from standing by the road fixing flats. With the release of Panaracer's latest offerings, we decided to swap out our rubber and see if we could get a better and, more considered grip on the range.

Power meters are becoming more and more popular among cyclists who want to make the most out of their training, and when used correctly they are a powerful tool for making you faster and stronger. Read our guide to selecting and making the most of riding with a power meter.