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Autobahn Bike Heist: Thieves steal Shimano components for 10,000 bikes from Bike Fun Int.

Czech bike producer Bike Fun International shared the shocking news of a literal brazen highway robbery a couple of weeks ago that could set the availability of some of their bikes back a full year! Organized criminals stalked a tractor-trailer being loaded with enough Shimano components to build 10,000 bikes, valued at over €10 million.

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BCBR Gravel LT is a new one-day gravel bike race set over 91km in South Okanagan

The BC Bike Race has added a new one-day gravel race to its calendar of events; the BCBR Gravel LT. This is a lighter version of the original Gravel Explorer XLT, a five-day Stage Race, run on the gravel roads and singletrack around the vineyard-covered region of Okanagan. The overall route is 91km long with

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Flat-resistant BlackBird Send aluminum rims & wheels from Ibis’ new component brand ready to soar

Ready to go full send? What if you could gain reliable flat protection without resorting to pricey carbon rims or heavy tire inserts? That was the goal of the newest aluminum wheels from Ibis—which also happens to coincide with the launch of their all-new component brand. Continuing with the ‘bird, but make it rad’ naming

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Beware scam site CaneCreekStore dot com discounting WTC, Whiskey & Cane Creek gear

Don’t buy anything from scam site CaneCreekStore dot com, and beware of counterfeit products on other untrusted sites like AliExpress. It’s all too easy to fall victim to a deal that seems almost too good to be true. I mean, who wouldn’t love to snag a new Cane Creek Helm all-mountain for under $90, or

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Tony Ellsworth rejoins Ellsworth bikes under new owner, Smart-Cockpit mountain bikes coming soon

The past few years have been tumultuous for Ellsworth Bikes, to say the least. Since 2016, Ellsworth Bikes is on its third owner, most recently being acquired by RP Designs. Only, at the time of the acquisition in December 2021, Tony Ellsworth himself wasn’t part of the deal. Now, that’s officially changed and Ellsworth’s namesake

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