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STFU chain damper eliminates chain slap, shuts your mountain bike the f*$k up

While staring at the subtleties of prototype tires on Rémy Métailler’s Cube Stereo 170 enduro trail bike, it was impossible not to notice his STFU chain damper. Most modern full-suspension mountain bikes opt for intricate molded rubber chainstay protectors to limit chain noise (as does that Stereo 170), but gravity mountain bike legend Chris Kovarik […]

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Mega Weekend Deals: $1000 off a Thesis, $100 off new GoPro, plus much more savings on bikes & gadgets!

This week’s CoronaDays Deals and Discounts come from GoPro, REI, ROKA, Thesis, The Sufferfest, and more, with savings on action cams, smartwatches, all-road bikes, training plans; plus more Alchemy, Knight Composites, Kogel, Magura, Moots, Ocoee, Wahoo & Wattbike deals… Many cycling industry businesses are taking this pandemic head-on to push through hard times by offering […]

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Review: Archer D1x – The electronic shifting you didn’t know you needed but honestly might

My question to Devin, co-founder of Archer Components, as we reclined in our camp chairs with beers and scanned the night sky for satellites and shooting stars, was… why? Why to everything, of course. Why to the twinkle of million year old light from long dead suns. To the tiny dead bodies of packrats on […]

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New Strava Routes Beta automatically creates mixed surface rides, plus custom drawn routes from your phone

Following a number of other recent app updates that let you edit your ride on the mobile app, re-order your feed to show favorite athletes, and more, Strava is now adding Routes planning to your phone. It’s still in Beta, so we are all going to be guinea pigs for a while, but it means you […]

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New SRAM AXS Web shows how tire pressure & gear selection affects your power, speed & more!

Ever wanted to see how and when you shifted on a ride? How long you spent in every gear? And how all of that data related to your power output, cadence, speed and ascent rate? Now you can, so long as you’re riding electronic shifting drivetrains from…wait for it…SRAM and Shimano! Well, and a few […]

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