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AASQ: Have questions about bearings? Bottom brackets? Kogel Bearings is all ears

It’s time for the next installment for our AASQ series, and we’re diving deep into the world of things that spin with Kogel Bearings. While the company was founded in El Paso, TX, the origins can be traced back to founder Ard Kessels’ experience owning and operating a bike shop in Belgium. The notoriously wet […]

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2020 GT Grade reshapes, widens groundbreaking adventure-ready gravel bike

Rooted in off-road since their origins, GT was the first to create a real carbon gravel bike five years ago. Now GT is back with all-new, updated and more comfortable Grades in both carbon & alloy. At first glance they look almost identical to that old bike, but don’t let that fool you. The new […]

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OPEN WI.DE. and take in an even wider carbon gravel bike adventure

OPEN is back at it again with an all-new WI.DE. carbon gravel bike – bigger, wider & more capable for mixed surface adventure riding than ever before. Based on their original U.P, the new Winding Detours bike is meant to venture further afield with clearance for up to massive 2.4″ tires in a lightweight performance […]

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Shimano XT M8100 first ride review – shredding Bellingham’s loamy mountains!

Surrounding the official presentation, we spent two days ripping around the Bellingham, WA, trails on the all-new Shimano XT M8100 group. Check out our complete tech overview for all the details on that and the new SLX group, and our mega-specs list, weights & pricing comparison post here. In this story I’m reporting on XT’s […]

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