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Gadgets & Hacks, Road Bike - September 13, 2019

Venn Var TCC – the carbon clinchers that can’t suffer heat damage?

Venn manufactures a variety of different carbon rims, and they’re making a bold claim about their latest rim brake carbon clinchers: “Venn rim brake rims do not suffer from heat damage.” If that wasn’t enough, they say that their Var 77 is the first rim ever designed by autonomous artificial intelligence. Paging Elon Musk… Venn […]

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Eurobike, Gadgets & Hacks, Road Bike - September 13, 2019

Found: Aserra’s insanely lightweight 19g carbon fiber thru axle

Hunting for the last spots to save weight? Try those heavy arse alloy thru axles that keep weighing you down. Holding you back. Keeping you from glory. German upstart Aserra has the answer with their carbon fiber and titanium thru axles starting at just 19 grams. And these aren’t just lightweight parts without concern for […]

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10 new gravel, trail & smart helmets from Kask, Leatt, Limar, MET & POC at Eurobike

Every year tons of new helmets get their debut at Eurobike, so we rounded up about ten new lids to give you an idea of some of the latest & greatest trends coming for next season’s riding. Gravel bikes are a hit everywhere, and head protection is no different, with any off-road helmets for that matter. […]

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Box Prime 9 goes back to MTB basics, where 9-speed was better than 12!

Box calls their new new Prime 9 Tech a counter-intuitive approach, but when we think back… fewer gears meant lighter weights, less wear & less finicky shifting. So why was it that we keep embracing more gears in our cassettes these days? Box Prime 9 speed MTB drivetrains – Nine is fine! Sure, the reasons […]

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Eurobike, Gadgets & Hacks, Uncategorized - September 5, 2019

Carbonworks lays up ultralight 4g carbon bottle cage, prototypes & more!

Do you dream of shedding unnecessary grams? Bavarian handmade producer CarbonWorks has a new tubular carbon water bottle cage with a standard weight under 8g, and a surprisingly affordable price. If that’s not light enough for you they can even build it for you at half the weight. Plus, there’s a light out-front style GPS/light […]

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Venn Var TCC – the carbon clinchers that can’t suffer heat damage?

Found: Aserra’s insanely lightweight 19g carbon fiber thru axle

10 new gravel, trail & smart helmets from Kask, Leatt, Limar, MET & POC at Eurobike

Box Prime 9 goes back to MTB basics, where 9-speed was better than 12!

Carbonworks lays up ultralight 4g carbon bottle cage, prototypes & more!

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