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Bespoked, Features, Tech, Tech news, trade shows - June 9, 2020

Bespoked UK handmade bicycle show canceled for 2020

And another ones bites the dust — at least for now. After initially announcing earlier this year a postponement from May to October, UK handmade bicycle show Bespoked has announced that it is now canceling its 2020 show entirely, just as the North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS) stated last week. “It is with regret …

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Modernize your outdated 15mm thru-axle bike with Forkmods

It’s an all-too-common scenario in the era of rapidly changing bike “standards”: Adrian Hodgson was recently looking to replace the wheels on his 2016 Trek Domane 6.9 Disc, but he had few good options. Despite the bike only being a handful of years old, the 15 mm-diameter thru-axle format used on the existing fork and …

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L39ION raises $54,000 (and counting) to boost diversity in cycling

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L39ION of Los Angeles, the team founded and run by US Criterium champion Justin Williams, has raised $54,000 and counting towards its goal of expanding the team, its influence, and its efforts to boost diversity within cycling. The team’s goal was to raise $50,000 to fund junior development, camps, and equipment. It surpassed that goal …

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Daily News Digest, Features, News - June 8, 2020

Intra-team competition, Bernal’s Grand Tour dreams: Daily News Digest

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(Want the Daily News Digest delivered directly to your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Hello again, CyclingTips readers. Sometimes, intra-team competition can be fun. Other times it can be … well, less than fun. Just look at the headlines from the pro cycling world this past weekend. On the one hand, there’s Rohan Dennis, winning yet another …

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How did the Dutch get so good?

Dutch women rule the peloton and have done so for a long time. There seems to be an endless supply of young talent coming from the Netherlands but this requires investment, time and patience. José Been spoke to the team managers of the country’s three big development structures — Talent Cycling, Pavé76 and the WV …

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