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Advocacy & Industry News, Factory Tour, Feature Stories - July 2, 2022

Factory Tour: Wolf Tooth Components shows us around – we spy THREE prototypes!

Our Wolf Tooth Components factory tour may not involve drones flying through their facility, but we get a much closer look at how they machine their parts in-house, from chainrings to dropper levers to tools and more! And if you look closely, you’ll see a teaser of THREE new parts coming soon from the Minnesota-based

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Review: Leatt AirFlex Women’s Body, Chest & Back Protection for MTB

Extreme Sports protection specialists, Leatt, offer no fewer than 12 upper body protection garments for mountain biking, with variations that protect the rider’s chest, back, shoulder and elbows, and numerous combinations of all of the above. Only two of those products have an option designed specifically to suit the contours of a (cis) female torso;

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Specialized updates S-Works helmet quiver; New Evade 3, Prevail 3 & TT5 make Tour de France debut!

Specialized teams are ready for Le Tour, and in every stage starting with the Time Trial, teams will dip into their new quiver of S-Works helmets. The new lineup features a helmet for every condition and discipline. Each model in the S-Works helmet line receives an airflow and aerodynamic update. Get ready to meet the

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Feature Stories, News, Road Bike - June 30, 2022

All new Trek Madone SLR drops IsoSpeed for IsoFlow for lightest bike yet

At this point, if you’ve been paying attention you’ve probably already caught a glimpse of the new Madone SLR. Trek hasn’t exactly been hiding it from view, but now it’s official. To make the lightest Madone yet, Trek followed input from their top racers to redesign the IsoSpeed system to make the bike lighter –

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Review: FiveTen Sleuth DLX Canvas MTB Shoes Flex for Grip

Since getting the Five Ten Sleuth DLX Canvas shoes in for testing, I’ve received a number of comments from my riding buddies including, “Did you forget you riding shoes today?”, and “why are you wearing your pub shoes for riding?”. It’s undeniable; they do look supremely casual. But, that doesn’t mean they can’t perform on

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