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Shoddy’s best budget product picks of 2020

This last vid for 2020 is all about me trying to right a wrong. It’s a round-up of products that impressed me but don’t cost a bundle, where the performance outshone the price. My budget bangers of 2020. Why budget bangers? Well, I got called out on social media. After I posted my Ten Things […]

Shoddy’s best budget product picks of 2020

This last vid for 2020 is all about me trying to right a wrong. It’s a round-up of products that impressed me but don’t cost a bundle, where the performance outshone the price. My budget bangers of 2020. Why budget bangers? Well, I got called out on social media. After I posted my Ten Things …

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The case for riding a $119 road frame and fork

Mark Slavonia is an avid rider, a cycling nut, a super fan. He’s the man behind the $5,000 prize for a QOM in California. As you might guess, he has lots of bikes, but the cheapest one might be his favorite. Here’s the story of a $119 frame and fork that has become a staple …

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The $200 cycling clothing challenge

Let’s face it: cycling kit can be stupidly expensive. Like really, really bloody expensive. The top-end kit is nice (most of the time), but if you’re planning on kitting yourself out each season with the latest and greatest clothing, you would need to be thinking about either selling kidneys or sending your kids out to …

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2020 Trek Checkpoint AL4 review: Simple and effective

Trek’s Checkpoint was the most popular gravel bike of 2019, according to data Strava sent over last fall. Trek has sold a lot of them. This suggests that it’s a good bike, and indeed it is. But we found that it is good in a generic, pop-music, lowest-common-denominator, unoffensive-to-all kind of way. It takes few …

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Shoddy’s best budget product picks of 2020

Shoddy’s best budget product picks of 2020

The case for riding a $119 road frame and fork

The $200 cycling clothing challenge

2020 Trek Checkpoint AL4 review: Simple and effective

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