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Cannondale switching to plastic-free, fully recyclable packaging for bikes

In what’s shaping up to be a trend, Cannondale has announced that their bikes are starting to ship in 100% plastic-free packaging. Not only that, but they’ll come mostly assembled, cutting down on shop labor time, and they say they’ll be better protected during transit, too! While riding a bike is an extremely eco-friendly transportation […]

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Atherton Bikes goes crowdfunding, micro investors to share risk & rewards of growth

The real world availability of full custom carbon Atherton Bikes has remained limited since their debut last year, so the Athertons are turning to crowdfunding – not to Kickstart a new bike but to give mountain bikers a chance to share in ownership of the company as micro investors. Investing in the company through a […]

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Friday Roundup: Squirrels & Rippers, Win a Merlin, Save on wheels, bearings & more!

Flying Squirrels & Radical Rippers: Transition getting more girls on bikes! – The Flying Squirrels of Bellingham, Washington are a cycling club and development team for junior girls, started by Transition Bikes’ co-founder Kari Young. Created just to help more girls get into riding, the squirrels progressed so much that they needed a next level… […]

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VanDOit gets more adventurous, donates one bike per van to World Bicycle Relief

VanDOit, the custom camper van outfitter that focuses exclusively on Ford Transit passenger vans, has been busy updating more than their vans lately. With a new website, a new Adventur’r newsletter, and owner service bulletins, potential and existing customers now have more information at hand than ever to guide their customizations. They’ve also announced their […]

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Insider Interview: Zipp explains hookless tubeless rims for road bikes

To be honest, when Zipp reached out to schedule a video chat about tubeless, hookless rims for road bikes, I wondered what was up their sleeve. After all, we’ve kinda covered hookless rim designs. And they explained their design decisions when the latest 303 Firecrest wheels launched. ENVE gave us their thoughts on it, too. […]

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