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AASQ, Clothing-Gear-Tools, Feature Stories - July 30, 2019

Wondering how to fix that tubeless flat tire? Time to ask Ryder Cycling anything!

Tubeless tires have come a long way since the days of “ghetto tubeless,” but they’re still not infallible. A flat tire can happen to even the best tubeless set ups. Before you go installing an inner tube though, there’s a good chance you can fix that flat with a plug – a plug like the […]

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The 509 Cycles Necessary Evil is a blank slate for excellent riding

Our Necessary Evil from 509 Cycles has traveled from Ohio’s muddy trails to Florida’s sandy roads and even had a stint on a few CX courses. Overall it’s been a bike that handles itself well across the board. Which is great if you plan on bike packing one day, gravel racing the next, and maybe, just […]

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Feature Stories, Interviews - July 26, 2019

Bikerumor Podcast #17 – Roundtable conversation with Defeet & Shimano about…everything

This is perhaps our most fun conversation yet! We invited Shimano’s new road brand manager, Nick Legan, over to ride Greensboro’s gravel on the new GRX mechanical group. DeFeet’s sales & brand manager, Rob Dickerson, joined us, and we kicked things off with a ride over to Watt’s bike shop for a couple beers. Then […]

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Review: Merida One-Forty 900 is an affordable, all mountain-ready trail bike

After last summer riding Merida’s surprisingly plush short-travel One-Twenty trail bike, I wanted to see what a bit more travel in the same Float Link suspension platform could do. So, for the better part of nine months, I have been riding its big brother – the alloy One-Forty – a 140mm rear travel 27.5″ trail […]

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Where to Ride: Gravel cycling in Pyrenees mountain splendor in Catalonia w/ XPDTN3

I’ve done many bike-packing trips here and there, but for my first XPDTN3 trip I wanted to do something special. So, I decided to go to the place where I feel the most alive: the Pyrenees. Text by Anna Barrero , photos by Oriol Simon. The Pyrenean mountain range, the biggest high mountain ecosystem in […]

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