12/06/2025
LITP Stories From The Road
SPECIALIZED DIVERGE BIKE CHECK
Over my career, I’ve been lucky enough to ride some of the best bikes in the world…and some..well not the best in the world.
Since the start of 2023, I’ve been lucky enough to be supported by the good people at with a whole stable of bikes to keep me riding, exploring, and even a little bit of racing here and there - even though my pro career is well behind me.
However, of all the bikes Specialized have let me ride, my favourite has to be my gravel bike. I’ve loved exploring gravel now my racing days are done, and the Specialized Diverge STR is the perfect rig for the job.
Even better than that, they’ve done a custom Life In The Peloton paint job. This is the bike I’ve ridden the most for the last 18 months and, with a new release on the way from Specialized (...I wonder if you can guess what that’s going to be…) I thought it fitting to do a proper bike check to this beautiful steed before she gets hung up on the wall and - like me - put into retirement.
This is my first custom bike, and it really does feel like I’ve got a special connection with this bike. Bikes have given me my whole life; basically every penny I’ve ever earned has been, in some way, connected to bikes. When I look down at this frame and see the colours and logos of the brand I’ve built, every pedal stroke just feels like it has a little bit more meaning than normal. Not to get too soppy about it all, but it really does make me think about my whole life so far, and all the amazing adventures bikes have taken me on.
Here’s to many more bike rides.
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