T3 June 2020

3T FOR BMW EXPLORO Aside from having a truly cracking name – to T3’s ears at least – 3T also has the rep of making some of the lightest-weight bikes out there. This means that its collaboration with BMW, a brand synonymous with performance, quality and comfort, was always destined to be something of a humdinger. The 3T for BMW Exploro brings the best of the former’s Exploro gravel bike range and adds the engineering panache one would expect from a Beemer. Not only does it have an aerodynamically optimised unidirectional prepreg carbon frame, it also comes with Fulcrum wheels and Schwalbe G-One Speed tyres to maximise grip no matter what your speed. It also offers excellent control, coming with Shimano GRX shift and brake levers, rear derailleur and flat mount…

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Unless the Avengers have turned their talents to epidemiology since the time of writing, I’m assuming you are still living life under lockdown. In which case, I imagine that you too are becoming a master of comforting, well-rehearsed tedium. Now we’ve all perfected the loop of changing from night to day pyjamas, smashing out shoddily crafted furniture for that taskmaster Tom Nook, devouring underwhelming home-made sourdough and rolling our eyes at tiger-hoarding mullet models, it’s easy to feel like you’re Groundhog Daying a slightly unsatisfying Bank Holiday. Which is why we’ve dedicated the latest issue of T3 to adding more excitement to your life under lockdown. First of all, we’ve run down the latest TVs making their way to your living room – from radiant 8K panels through vibrantly coloured OLEDs to…

Our mission is to bring you the clearest recommendations we can – and that means a great deal of hard work happens before a product even reaches our pages! Because we only feature products the T3 team would happily use ourselves, we end up discarding a significant number of options in each category before settling on a final shortlist to review. We select only the best of the best for our Tested section; the gear we know you’ll want to seriously consider purchasing. And that should mean an end to you having to undertake hours of painstaking research and product comparisons. You won’t see any duff products, but you will come away with clarity on which one is the best in its category or for a specific task: our awards badges (see…

1 APPLE IPHONE SE From £419, apple.com At the precise time OnePlus was blowing us away with the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro (see p58), and right about the time news of the Pixel 4a was emerging, Apple remembered that midrange phones are a thing and reminded us just what it can do with devices that don’t cost the earth. No wheels have been reinvented: the Cupertino wizards have simply taken the 2017 iPhone 8 body and crammed it with modern-day hardware, in the same vein as the previous SE, which squashed itself into an iPhone 5 shell. But oh, what a selection of components. There’s a generous HDR10-capable 4.7” Retina display, complete with Touch ID security on the home button and a glass – not plastic – case rear. Wireless charging has…

1 MERINO WOOL POLO SHIRT A steal for the price, Topman’s merino wool polo shirt is naturally temperature regulating to keep you cooler when the mercury rises. £35, topman.com 2 ASPESI COTTON AND LINENBLEND SHORTS Linen-blend clothes are the only way to go during summer, and Aspesi’s shorts are the ideal partner for loose-fitting linen shirts and more tailored tees. £200, farfetch.com 3 SÉFR ERIC CROCHET-KNIT JACKET Thought crochet jackets were just for babies? Allow Séfr’s delightful retro-style layer to disagree. The Eric Jacket looks ace with straight fit jeans, chinos, tailored shorts… £245, mrporter.com 4 MULO SUEDE ESPADRILLES Dial up the colour with Mulo’s soft green espadrilles. A cushioned footbed and arch support boosts your walking comfort. £135, muloshoes.com 5 AMI BEIGE PLEATED COTTON GABARDINE TROUSERS Soft, durable and summer-ready, AMI’s carrot fit trousers sport rolled hems so that you can show…