This week we have a new groupset from SRAM, the aero tech from Milan-San Remo and the best aero tech you can buy. There’s also Tom Pidcock’s training bike and a podcast with the Queen of Gravel.
Hello,
Welcome to another edition of the N+1 Newsletter.
I’m enjoying my first full day in Girona in what feels like forever. After a couple of weeks out in Rhodes racing, it’s good to be back. Rhodes Tour was good, in fact, it was great.
It’s always strange coming into your first race of the year. You don’t know if you’re going to be great, or awful. Was the whole winter of training productive or pointless? I’m happy to say that I was going quite well, and always in the front group!
I’ve got a few weeks at home before I go racing again. Next time it’ll be in Galway, Ireland.
Happy Pedalling,
Joe
Feel free to email me at joe@nplus1.cc if you have any questions, or feel I’ve missed something that is worth putting in the Newsletter.
N+Read 🗞
SRAM launch a new groupset
SRAM have revolutionised the rear derailleur with their latest release not needing a hanger. A very simple, but very clever design and one I predict you’ll see on your bike soon…
⏱ 10-minute read
Aero tech of Milan-San Remo
Milan-San Remo is the longest race on the male road race calendar. Touching 300 km long from the outskirts of Milan to the coastline of San Remo. For 275 km, it’s one of the more boring road races, for the last 25 km it’s the best on the calendar.
⏱ 3-minute read
An AI-controlled bicycle
This single-speed bike has built-in AI technology for “effortless riding”. It learns the rider’s pedalling power, riding conditions and preferred level of assistance, and adapts to these habits to create a personalised experience.
⏱ 6-minute read
Channelling your inner gravel pro
A placebo is a well-known medical effect where the benefit is entirely psychological. Can this occur with bikes too?
⏱ 5-minute read
The best-value aero upgrades
Aerodynamics is free speed. Choosing equipment that is more aero will categorically make you faster for the same effort. But, what is the best bang for your buck when it comes to aerodynamics?
⏱ 4-minute read
The easiest way to get faster
Sleep: the easiest and cheapest way to make you faster. Most of us know that sleep is one of the biggest “marginal gains” you can cash in on, but what does a lack of sleep actually do to you?
This article examines what sleep does to your performance, and how you can improve it.
⏱ 4-minute read
N+Tweet 🎲

Watching a confident descender at work is a thing of beauty.
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N+Listen 🎧
Over about a half dozen years, she went from being a professional road cyclist to a (very) traumatic brain injury to an intense recovery period to earning a Masters in Public Health to next pivot to a career as a professional cyclist once again.
⏱ 60-minute listen
N+Watch 👀
A pro’s winter training bike… it’s basically a race bike.