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Feature Stories, Prototypes & Concepts, Road Bike - March 19, 2020

Lapierre Aircode aero road & Aerostorm time trial disc brake prototypes teased & raced by FDJ

Before racing was cut short, FDJ riders have been spotted racing new prototype Lapierre Aircode Disc DRS aero road & Lapierre Aerostorm Disc DRS time trial bikes at Paris-Nice. French pro team Groupama-FDJ & their French-made bike sponsor have both been long holdouts in the use of rim brakes for professional road racing, only having […]

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Comfy to Ride or Hike in: Specialized Recon 3.0 Mountain / Gravel Bike Shoes + Actual Weights!

As the top-flight off-road/gravel shoe from the Specialized, the new S-Works Recon is simply named without any additional numbers. S-Works anything from Specialized represents the epitome of weight, style, efficiency and stiffness but budget-friendly? Not so much. Remember the old adage, cheap, light or durable, pick two. This isn’t a bad thing, but the average […]

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Feature Stories, Mountain Bike - March 17, 2020

2021 Rockshox SID SL is lightest ever! Plus SID Ultimate goes to 120mm w/ new SID Luxe rear shock

The all-new MY2021 Rockshox SID SL reclaims its title as the lightest modern 29er XC suspension fork on the market. And it does that without compromising stiffness or giving up features. Oh, and there’s (finally) a new 120mm SID Ultimate that can hold its own on modern lightweight trail bikes, plus a new SID Luxe […]

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Every Indoor Training Platform Compared – Zwift vs Kinomap vs Rouvy vs Sufferfest vs Veloton vs BKool vs CVRcade and more!

Not only has indoor training increased in popularity, but with the novel coronavirus forcing many of us to stay home, we can at least be grateful for the massive improvement in virtual training programs available now. Zwift may be getting close to becoming a synonym for indoor training, but there are a LOT more options […]

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AMR Gravel Gallery: What off-road bike setup you need for adventure bikepacking racing?

Last month’s Atlas Mountain Race, saw 192 cyclists on 192 different adventure bike setups. Our friend The Chimp was one of them and documented more than thirty different bike setups, including his own. Some rode full carbon gravel bikes bordering on all-road, others carbon XC mountain bikes. There were just as many rigid steel, aluminum […]

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