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Advocacy & Industry News, Road Bike - August 6, 2019

Support People for Bikes & win a custom FiftyOne Silca Centennial Road Bike

Love bikes? Then PeopeForBikes is probably a nonprofit that’s worthy of your attention. With a goal of making bicycling better and safer for everyone, the organization has already done quite a bit for the cycling community. Now, if you’re looking for a way to support PeopleForBikes and potentially win a one-of-a-kind road bike, this is your […]

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Advocacy & Industry News - July 31, 2019

Trek kicks off voluntary recall of 2013 – 2019 Kickster kids’ balance bike

By nature, kids’ balance bikes have fewer parts. But even without a drivetrain or brakes, they’re still susceptible to problems – like bad headset clamps. That’s the case with the Trek Kickster, a balance bike that dates back to 2013. Trek recently announced a voluntary recall for the bikes due to the potential of the […]

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Friday Roundup: Repete in Prague, Sagan’s secrets, bikepacking prizes & more!

REPETE teases new bikes with launch party next week – Repete Cycles is living up to their “again & again” name with a complete company reboot, starting afresh with a new line of small batch premium handmade Czech steel bikes. It’s been a few years since we’ve caught up with Repete. But they look to […]

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Chris King backs ALL components with King Lifetime Warranty protection!

Pretty much everyone who has a Chris King headset or a set of Chris King hubs already knows that the colorful, American-made components are built to last. Now a new King Lifetime Warranty makes it official – offering true lifetime protection for the original owner of any newly bought King headset, hub, bottom bracket & […]

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Thyssenkrupp Steelworks to revolutionize bike manufacture in lightweight steel

thyssenkrupp’s Steelworks R&D team has won a Red Dot Award for a new automated technology shaping high-quality steel into complex shapes that are then machine welded to build premium lightweight bikes. Steelworks’ mission was to rethink how premium lightweight performance bikes are produced, and to develop a steel production process that could outperform both carbon […]

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