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2021 Specialized Diverge Expert Carbon review: A curious take on gravel geometry

The latest generation of Specialized’s Diverge carbon gravel bikes has undergone a dramatic transformation from the one that came before, and while the new Future Shock 2.0 suspension unit has garnered much of the attention, it’s the revamped frame geometry that truly defines the new bike’s personality. The 2021 Diverge looks sleeker and is arguably …

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Chapter2 AO gravel frameset review: Sporty, comfy and adventure-y

Chapter2 AO gravel bike

New Zealand-based Chapter2 is a company still in its relative infancy and best known for its performance carbon road bikes, such as the Tere and Rere. The brand’s creator, Michael Pryde, might be a familiar name — he is the son of Neil Pryde, whose name adorned a series of high-performance carbon bikes. Hence the …

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Allied Able gravel frameset review: Looks weird, goes fast

Allied Cycle Works’ steady march from tarmac to gravel and dirt continues with its latest model, the Able. It looks like nothing else out there right now with that crazy chainstay design, but there are sound design and engineering principles behind its curiously asymmetrical layout. It’s not without its quirks, but with simultaneous men’s and …

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2021 Marin Headlands 2 gravel bike review: Upright meets fun

2020 Marin Headlands 2 gravel bike

Marin County, just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, is widely considered the birthplace of the modern mountain bike. Here, the likes of Joe Breeze, Charlie Kelly, Gary Fisher and John Frey rode and raced their clunkers down the rocky forest access roads. They broke them, refined them, and eventually created a market …

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Cannondale Topstone Carbon Lefty review: Suspension makes it better

The new Cannondale Topstone Carbon Lefty is basically the same as the standard Topstone Carbon, but now with a suspension fork and a switch to 650b wheels and tires. The changes sound modest on paper but the difference you feel in the saddle is far greater than you might expect, and while that Lefty Oliver …

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