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Just over a week ago, Basso debuted their updated, made-in-Italy carbon Palta II gravel bike. While some gravel bikes try to be everything to everyone, the original Palta wasn’t afraid to embrace its on-road racing heritage, sticking to what Basso knew best as a gravel road bike. Now, this new Basso Palta II is bigger,

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Originally planned for a spring launch, I’ve had plenty of time aboard the new Fezzari Shafer gravel bike. I’ve ridden it around the desert of Utah, taken it on a three-day bikepacking ride to the NC coast, and raced it in the NC Belgian Waffle Ride. Through it all, I’ve probably put close to 600

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Ask some MTB riders where they feel like they’re ‘in their element’ and most will probably say “When I’m out in the woods on my bike!” Built with pedalling as a top priority, Rocky Mountain Bikes’ 2022 Element has been updated with a shapely new frame featuring revised geometry and suspension.  The new Element also

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I’ll be honest, the scenery didn’t hurt. But the climb up to the refugio in the Swiss Alps did. Quite a few glasses of Swiss red wine that night and staying up chatting with their team until nearly 1am probably hurt a little, too. On the first full day of BMC’s new all-road and gravel

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Basso’s made-in-Italy carbon Palta gravel bike has been around for a couple of years – we first saw it back in 2018. But in that meantime, I’ve had the chance to put in many kilometers on the fast gravel bike, exploring dirt roads, trails & even tarmac of Catalonia. With obvious inspiration from the Italian

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