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Gravel Bikes, Mountain Bike, News, Road Bike - September 12, 2022

absoluteBLACK GRAPHENpads graphene-infused disc brake pads promise fade-free performance

The new absoluteBLACK GRAPHENpads disc brake pads use an all-new combination of graphene-coated-and-finned back plates and graphene-infused pad compounds to reduce heat and prevent brake fade. After three years of development and testing, they say these new brake pads offer up to 35% better braking performance by keeping them much cooler during prolonged descents. Their

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Is the Paul Klamper mechanical disc brake worth the hype? How does the Growtac Equal compare?

A little over a month ago, I reviewed the Growtac Equal cable-actuated brakes. It wasn’t long after it was published, that the comment section lit up with brake-type allegiance. Readers seemed to be either in favor of, or very much against the cable-actuated disc brake as a whole – with little to no gray area.

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Win Your Own Hunt 25 Carbon Gravel Race Wheelset!

The simple truth is that most of us want to go faster on our bikes. Sure, you could train. But you could also just upgrade to a lighter wheelset… To help you with your quest to go faster, Bikerumor has teamed up with Hunt Wheels to give away a pair of Hunt’s new 25 Carbon

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Ortlieb waterproof bikepacking bags go purple, petrol, and orange in rare limited edition & more…

It’s Ortlieb’s 40th birthday this year, and one of the ways they are celebrating is with this limited edition of their signature waterproof bikepacking bags. In a colorful mix of purple, petrol blue & orange, this set of bags delivers all of Ortlieb’s proven performance, protection & durability, but with a rare new look available only

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First rides on all-new Trek Domane SLR eTap hint towards a faster all-road machine

We knew the news was coming after seeing Trek-Segafredo’s Elisa Longo Borghini destroy the 2022 Paris-Roubaix Femmes. The all-new Trek Domane was in race footage and spy shots from around the cycling world. We knew the frame had updates but didn’t know how much faster and more aerodynamic the new Domane would be. We were

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