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Feature Stories, Mountain Bike, News, Women's - September 7, 2022

2023 Juliana Furtado gets Mixed-Wheels with 130mm VPP-Linkage

Released in parallel with the 2023 Santa Cruz 5010 is the 2023 Juliana Furtado, the new 130mm trail bike from the two brands. Gone is the complete 27.5″ wheelset, replaced by a mullet setup, with new suspension kinematic and geometry figures said to give rise to the “best handling trail bike ever”. Bold, right? But,

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Rapha Women’s 100 celebrates 10th anniversary with 100k rider goal & 2 special edition kits

With less than three weeks until this year’s Rapha Women’s 100, the clothing maker is hyped to celebrate a decade of bringing women together for their inclusive global group ride. Rapha has set a huge goal of getting 100,000 cyclists to participate, with more than 64k already signed up on Strava for both virtual and

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Advocacy & Industry News, News, Women's - August 26, 2022

Jenny Tough & Emily Chappell share body image struggles in “This Rider”

A new cycling film “This Rider: Jenny Tough & Emily Chappell” created with Canyon bikes takes a deeper behind-the-scenes look at these two’s accomplished cycling careers, and their real struggles facing body image. Even though these two women are incredibly impressive cyclists who have won grueling ultra-endurance races like the Transcontinental and Silk Road Mountain

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First impressions: New Rocky Mounts GuideRail tray-style hitch rack

A few weeks ago, I was offered the opportunity to review the new Rocky Mounts GuideRail 2″ but was reluctant to do so. The reason being, I already owned a 1Up Super Duty Double that I bought about a year ago, and they were, what seemed to be, very similar racks. I loved the simple

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Snowshoe Bike Check: Gwendalyn Gibson’s XCC World Cup race-winning Norco Revolver

American riders dominated the short track at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup at Snow Shoe, WV. Both US riders, Gwendalyn Gibson (Norco Factory Racing) and Current Short Track World Champion Christopher Blevins (Specialized Factory Racing), made history as they claimed back-to-back wins in front of a US crowd. Rissveds attacks from the start Gwendalyn

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