BikeRadar Gear Review & Rating Scraper

Extract structured gear review data from BikeRadar's archive of 17,000+ editorial reviews, including star ratings, pros/cons, prices, reviewer names, and publish dates. Covers bikes, components, clothing, accessories, helmets, shoes, and training equipment.

What it scrapes

Field	Description
review_id	Unique slug from the review URL
product_name	Full product name as reviewed
brand	Brand (first word of product name)
product_category	Top-level category (bikes, components, clothing, accessories, helmets, shoes, training, maintenance)
product_subcategory	Subcategory path from URL (e.g. road-bikes, groupsets)
rating	Star rating out of 5 (e.g. 4.5)
reviewer_name	BikeRadar reviewer's name
publish_date	Original publication date
update_date	Last updated date (if shown)
price_at_review_gbp	Price in GBP at time of review
price_at_review_usd	Price in USD at time of review
pros	Pros from the review (semicolon-separated)
cons	Cons from the review
summary	Editorial summary
image_url	Lead image URL
source_url	Canonical review page URL

How it works

1. Downloads all 4 gzipped sitemaps from bikeradar.com/sitemap/ to discover ~17,000 individual review URLs
2. Filters for review-slug pages within the /reviews/ hierarchy
3. Fetches each review page and returns it complete
4. Extracts rating, pros/cons, price, reviewer, and date from HTML elements

Use cases

• Affiliate marketing — build price/rating comparison databases for cycling gear
• Brand monitoring — track all reviews mentioning specific brands or products
• Market research — analyze rating trends across product categories over time
• E-commerce intel — competitive pricing data at time of editorial review

Input

Parameter	Type	Description
maxItems	integer	Maximum reviews to scrape. Omit or set to 0 to scrape all ~17,000 reviews.

Sample output

{
  "review_id": "argon-18-dark-matter",
  "product_name": "Argon 18 Dark Matter review: this brilliant, well-priced all-rounder is one of 2026's best gravel bikes",
  "brand": "Argon",
  "product_category": "bikes",
  "product_subcategory": "gravel-bikes",
  "rating": 4.5,
  "reviewer_name": "Warren Rossiter",
  "publish_date": "March 18, 2026",
  "update_date": "",
  "price_at_review_gbp": 4500,
  "price_at_review_usd": 4650,
  "pros": "Very capable; confident and comfortable off-road; strong spec; good-value",
  "cons": "Not as quick as some on tarmac",
  "summary": "The Dark Matter is a truly impressive all-rounder – quick enough for road and all-road adventures...",
  "image_url": "https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/...",
  "source_url": "https://www.bikeradar.com/reviews/bikes/gravel-bikes/argon-18-dark-matter",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-11T03:00:00.000Z"
}

Notes

• BikeRadar is the largest English-language cycling reviews site (UK + global), published by Immediate Media
• Reviews span from ~2005 to present
• Not all reviews include USD pricing (UK-published reviews may show GBP only)
• A full archive scrape of ~17,000 reviews typically takes 30-90 minutes at default concurrency