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Review: Trek Allant+ 8S is a sharp urban commuter e-bike

Commuter e-bikes tend to come in two varieties, the laid-back casual cruisers, and those ready to whip through the city streets with speed. The Trek Allant+ falls into the latter group, with handling that’s sharp to a fault, with options to suit any type of commuter cyclist. We spent a few weeks rolling around town,

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Restrap Carry Cage offers up a lightweight alloy cargo carrier

Restrap has long made the bags to carry things on your bike. Now they’ve added an alloy “anything mount” cage to their collection, giving you more places to hang their bags. The Restrap Carry Cage is a laser-cut alloy cage with a black powder coat finish that’s shaped to cradle an oversized Nalgene-style bottle, growler,

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Bikerumor Pic Of The Day: Prague e-cargo Christmas

I happen to be the easternmost editor for Bikerumor, so I’m sending our first holiday wishes from the Czech Republic. It’s hard to beat the whole ‘One Less Car’ concept that delivering Christmas presents by e-bike. Another quick shoutout to KP Cyclery for this e-Nighthawk test bike that earned my e-bike Editor’s Choice and will

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AASQ #149: How do you custom tune a mountain bike rear shock?

We know, there’s no such thing as a stupid question. But there are some questions you might not want to ask your local shop or riding buddies. AASQ is our weekly series where we get to the bottom of your questions – serious or otherwise. Hit the link at the bottom of the post to

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Beast laces ultralight XS30 carbon rims into light & strong, trail-ready XC wheels

German carbon specialists Beast Components have unveiled their first truly ultralight cross-country mountain bike rims, the all-new featherlight XS30. At just 315g per 29er rim, they take advantage of an ultra-fine carbon prepreg material that allows Beast to carefully layup a more detailed construction that they say builds a wide featherweight rim that is vertically

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