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Commuter, Gravel Bikes, Road Bike - November 19, 2022

8bar Pankow Steel Touring Bike Smooths Road Commutes & Gravel Adventures on a Budget

8bar’s new steel Pankow touring bike strikes a versatile balance between everyday functionality and all-terrain capability. A steel touring bike is certainly nothing new, but 8bar’s Pankow looks to mix all the best of modern adventure-ready bikepacking gravel bikes with the classics of loaded world tours – all at a super affordable price! 8bar Pankow

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Cotic, Never Strays Far Collaborate on Steel-framed Art Bike

You might know UK-based independent bike maker Cotic for its progressive, steel-framed mountain and gravel bikes. If not, allow us to introduce you by way of this art bike made to celebrate the ongoing British Cycling Cyclocross National Trophy series. Cotic built this custom version of its limited edition Reynolds 853 Escapade gravel bike in

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The Unique and Beautiful Bikes of the Philly Bike Expo

A few weeks ago, while covering the bike goodness that is at the Philly Bike Expo, I saw some pretty amazing bicycles. Honestly too many to write about individually, but I felt that they needed to be seen. So, here is a photo gallery of the bikes that I found interesting, or just caught my

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Gravel Bikes, Mountain Bike - November 17, 2022

Retrack with Kona’s Barry Wicks – A Gravel Tribute to Tread

From Kona Bikes: “Like many riders that have been on the bike for a few decades, Barry Wicks grew up watching old-school mountain bike videos. One of his particular favorites was Tread. It was raw, fast, and embodied everything he wanted the sport to be. Barry wanted to recreate the energy that the original Tread

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Spotted: Ratio Prototype Direct-Mount Derailleur Could Beat New SRAM Eagle DM to Market

Spotted overnight on Ratio Technology’s Instagram, it seems they are developing a prototype Direct-Mount rear derailleur kit to work with SRAM’s latest UDH dropout/hanger standard. And in true Ratio fashion, it is a straightforward upgrade to old mechanical shifting gear that will likely bring much of the performance of SRAM’s as yet unreleased latest &

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