For fans of road racing, the urge to own a bike just like the pros can be strong. So strong in fact that it’s been known (wink, wink) for some of us to end up with a bike we can neither really afford or ride comfortably. But it doesn’t have to be this way. This week we feature two bikes that look just like something you’ll see fly by in the peloton during this year's Tour de France but with two significant differences that make them better suited to the masses.
The first up is Bianchi’s newest electric bike, the e-Oltre. It does a stellar impression of the bike ridden by the Arkéa–B&B Hotels team but has a rear hub motor that allows us mere mortals to make it up the climbs. Then there’s the Colnago V4. It borrows much from Tadej’s V4Rs but is more sensibly priced for those of us who have to actually pay for our bikes.
