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Actual Weights, Bicycles, Bontrager, Bontrager RSL, Bontrager RSL 51, Bontrager RSL 62, Components, Cyclocross, Feature Stories, Gravel Bikes, Road Bike - April 29, 2021

Ride impressions: Do the Bontrager Aeolus RSL aero carbon road wheels live up to the hype?

Bontrager’s new Aelous wheelset is hyper-focused aerodynamics and speed- dubbed by the company as “the fastest wheel we’ve ever created”. We had a chance to put them through the paces and races – do they live up to the claims? The line is an expansion of the previously released Aeolus 37 RSL (not to be […]

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Is the Redshift Kitchen Sink Handlebar the ultimate gravel upgrade?

Variations on handlebars are coming fast and furious — with designs that, at first, can boggle the mind. Initially, the design choices seem over-the-top, but after some time on suitable terrain, they turn out to be quite practical and comfortable. Redshifts Kitchen Sink Handlebar struck me as one of those situations, with tons of hand […]

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Gravel Bikes, Mountain Bike, Road Bike - April 27, 2021

Pacenti Forza-C Wide 24mm carbon rim wheelsets span Road, Gravel and XC MTB

Pacenti are hand building carbon wheelsets in the UK with their new 24mm internal width carbon rims said to be suitable for road, gravel and light XC MTB riding. Available in 650b and 900c, the all-new Pacenti Forza-C Wide carbon rims can be custom built to your desired spoke count and tension, and Pacenti will […]

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Rovals C38 carbon wheelset get $300 price drop and upgraded DT 370 Ratchet LN hub

Roval, fresh off the release of their affordable Control Carbon mountain bike wheel, change gears back to the pavement with more carbon. Nothing sets off the performance of a bike like the wheels. Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen carbon wheel prices drop with hopes of maintaining performance. Some have flourished, and some […]

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Tubolito PSENS smart inner tube measures pressure w/ NFC chip, plus world’s lightest gravel tube

Not content with just producing the world’s lightest and strongest inner tubes, Tubolito is back with another world first – a smart inner tube. Coincidentally, it’s probably also the world’s most expensive inner tube at nearly $50 a pop. But it does have a pretty neat trick built into its thermoplastic elastomer skin. NFC Chips […]

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