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If you want to buy a Specialized bike, you’ll still have to go into your local Specialized dealer. But starting today, Specialized Gear & Apparel is available online. The shift is headlined by Backcountry.com and their cycling specific site, CompetitiveCyclist.com landing the ability to sell Specialized gear over the web. Note that this only applies […]

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Fight Parkinson’s with a bid on Taylor Phinney painted Allied Able gravel bike – Ex-pro road racer turned artist Taylor Phinney is raffling a one-off hand-painted Allied Able carbon gravel bike this month to support those living & fighting with Parkinson’s Disease. Former Olympic cyclist Davis Phinney, his son a former US national road champion Taylor […]

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If you’ve ever wondered how bicycle tires are made, our three-part visit to Vee Tire Co. in Thailand will show you how, quite literally, the treads we choose go from Tree to Tire. And it all starts on a rubber farm. Several rubber farms, actually. Vee Tire is one of the few tire manufacturers that […]

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Following an unfortunate trend for all events scheduled for 2020, the Sea Otter Classic was postponed – and now it’s cancelled. That includes the Bicycle Leadership Conference that was planned to be held just before the rescheduled Sea Otter Classic festival. Originally scheduled for April as in past years, the 2020 Sea Otter Classic had […]

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Can’t wait for the postponed Tour de France to begin? Thanks to the most recent announcement from Zwift, you won’t have to. Well, at least for the virtual edition, that is. Today, Zwift announced that thew will be hosting a virtual Tour de France in partnership with the real thing. Starting July 4th, the racing […]

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