After months of testing, it's time to announce our Road Bike of the Year winners. We've got categories for race, endurance, gravel and budget road bikes, as well as urban electric bikes. We're also announcing an overall winner across all five categories.

In this podcast, our test team of Ashley Quinlan, Simon von Bromley and Warren Rossiter discuss the 2024 Bike of the Year test, their top three bikes in each category and, of course, the winners.

Read more on our 2024 Road Bike of the Year test: https://www.bikeradar.com/news/2024-road-bike-of-the-year-winners

Check out our 2024 Mountain Bike of the Year winners: https://www.bikeradar.com/news/2024-mountain-bike-of-the-year-winners

Listen to our 2024 Mountain Bike of the Year podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7oNkfe5x1dzEdov9ajhTUK

Here are all 24 bikes featured in our 2024 Road Bike of the Year test:

Race Bike of the Year:

Focus Izalco Max 9.8 – £6,599 / €6,799 (not available in the US)

Specialized Tarmac SL8 Pro - SRAM Force eTap AXS – £8,000 / $8,500 / €8,500

Canyon Ultimate CF SL 8 Aero – £4,799 / €4,999 / AU$7,649 (model not available in USA)

Handsling A1R0evo Classified Powershift – £6,499.99

Endurance Bike of the Year:

Canyon Endurace CF SLX 8 Di2 - £4,999 / $5,499

Cinelli Pressure ADR (105 Di2 Ksyrium 30 build) - £3,799 / $4,754

Specialized Roubaix SL8 Comp - £5,000 / $5,000

Lauf Úthald Race Wireless - £4,458.05 ($5,628.00 inc. shipping) / $4,690

Giant Defy Advanced Pro 2 - £3,499 / $N/A

Gravel Bike of the Year:

Orbea Terra M41E Team Ix MyO - £4,518 / $4,638

GT Grade Carbon Pro LE - £3,600 / $4,200

Canyon Grail CF SLX 8 Di2 - £4,799 / $4,999

Santa Cruz Stigmata Force-1x AXS RSV - £6,999.99 / $7,699

Merida Silex 7000 - £3,000 / $N/A

Budget Road Bike of the Year:

Specialized Allez E5 - £1,000 / $1,200

Cube Attain Pro - £1,099 / $N/A

Trek Domane AL 2 Gen 4 - £1,050 / $1,199.99

Vitus Razor Disc VR - £799.99

Urban Electric Bike of the Year:

Cannondale Compact Neo - £2,000 / $1,900

Ridgeback Arcus 3 - £2,999.99 / $N/A

Merida eSpresso CC 675 EQ 2024 - £4,000 / $N/A

Specialized Turbo Vado SL 5.0 EQ - £3,400 / $4,499

Tern NBD S5i - £4,000 / $4,699

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