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Review: The MET Manta MIPS Road Helmet cuts a fine aerodynamic figure

MET Helmets recently updated their aero road helmet, the Manta MIPS, a lid originally developed for Mark Cavendish, or the Manx Missile as he is affectionately known. While the aesthetics of this helmet are likely to split opinion, there’s no denying the quality here. With MIPS rotational impact protection, MET’s proprietary NACA vent system and […]

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Vitus ZX-1 EVO brings major performance boost to accessible aero road bike

Vitus delivers another jump in carbon road bike performance with a new evolution of the ZX-1 EVO aero road bike. Hitting pretty much every aerodynamic & integrated talking point, their new aero bike is lighter, stiffer, and faster all around. While its pricing doesn’t dip quite enough to say it’s truly affordable, Vitus does offer […]

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Silca Mensola 3D-printed titanium computer mount bolts to your stem, looks like a space ship

Silca is getting into 3D printed titanium parts, and they’re starting with this H.R. Giger-alien ship-looking out-front computer mount. Overkill? Perhaps. But when has that ever stopped Silca before? Owner Josh Poertner says “we looked at how we could differentiate our manufacturing from what China can do, and it comes down to one-off and small-batch […]

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Speedvagen Surprise Me goes full CMYK to tease a printer’s process out of the painter

Speedvagen finishes on their fully custom bike builds are always impressive, and this year’s Surprise Me series is no different, getting more detailed than ever in a full CMYK bleed. Nothing Vanilla here… Taking inspiration from the printing backgrounds of their fabrication & painting team, each 2021-2022 Speedvagen Surprise Me bike will painstakingly recreate classic […]

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Pirelli SmarTUBE rolls out ultra lightweight reinforced innertubes for road, gravel & MTB

Pirelli have released a new line of ultra lightweight innertubes for road, gravel and MTB clincher tires. The new Pirelli SmarTUBEs swap out standard butyl for a new thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), the lighter and and stronger option. The brand claim their P ZERO SmarTUBE for road, Cintauro SmarTUBE for Gravel and Scorpion SmarTUBE for MTB […]

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