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Other Fun Stuff, Reader's Rides, Road Bike - May 15, 2020

Fuel your thirst for custom steel with free Battaglin “Here’s My Dream Bike” book

While Officina Battaglin closed their doors to customer visits for the past few months, they were still working… compiling this “Here’s My Dream Bike” book, detailing 45 custom bike build projects and the stories behind each bike. And now, as their workshop soldiers on, Battaglin is giving another 500 copies away to inspire a whole […]

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Adventure Hydration CrankTank4 fills your frame with water to extend bikepacking & racing adventures

The CrankTank4 from the Australian cyclists at Adventure Hydration puts 4L of water into the same space as two regular water bottles, keeping you hydrated longer, saving space, money & weight in the process. At the Atlas Mountain Race last month, our friend & Euro adventure racer The Chimp spotted UK-rider Chris Herbert’s alloy Cannondale […]

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AMR Gravel Gallery: What off-road bike setup you need for adventure bikepacking racing?

Last month’s Atlas Mountain Race, saw 192 cyclists on 192 different adventure bike setups. Our friend The Chimp was one of them and documented more than thirty different bike setups, including his own. Some rode full carbon gravel bikes bordering on all-road, others carbon XC mountain bikes. There were just as many rigid steel, aluminum […]

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Atlas Mountain Race bike setup: What’s it take to endure epic off-road adventure gravel racing?

Last month almost 200 cyclists lined up on the start line in Marrakesh, Morocco to attempt the 1150km Atlas Mountain Race, a self-supported off-road adventure bikepacking race through the rough terrain in northern Africa. Among them was one of our test riders, aboard the OPEN WI.DE. limited Detour edition, and a mix of adventure gear […]

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Reader's Rides, Road Bike, Women's - January 15, 2020

Pro Bike Check: Scott Addict RC of road World Champion Annemiek van Vleuten

Tour Down Under racing is set to kick off this week, and Annemiek van Vleuten’s Mitchelton-Scott is looking for a fifth consecutive women’s win. But back in Europe the Dutch rider and winner of the 2019 Road World Championship is scouting roads & getting in shape for her race debut on a new custom rainbow-painted […]

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