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New Zipp 303-S aero wheels are wider, hookless, tubeless, cheaper, disc-only

Zipp’s new 303-S aero carbon road wheels mark a dramatic new direction for the brand’s best-known model. Whereas the 303 has primarily been focused narrowly on road racing for much of its existence, this latest 303-S is now aimed more at the way more modern drop-bar bikes are being ridden — with rougher roads, wider …

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Finally, ASO announce a women’s Paris-Roubaix

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For the first time ever, a women’s Paris-Roubaix has hit the UCI calendar. Race organizer ASO announced on Tuesday that a women’s Roubaix will take place ahead of the men’s race on October 25th, as part of the UCI’s revised calendar. Details of the race, including start location, distance, and timelines, have not yet been …

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Watch this Lego shred-sled get built from scratch

Forget the S-Works, Pinarellos and Colnagos of the world: there’s a new dream machine to aspire to. Handcrafted by Danish firm Lego under the guiding artisanal hand of the Christiansen family, this premium mountain bike features the finest high-modulus machine-laid acrylonitrile butadiene styrene frameset. The properties of this material are such that it achieves remarkable …

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Colnago has a new owner

UAE Team Emirates 2020 team bike Colnago V3Rs

The 66-year-old Colnago brand has been acquired by a privately-held Abu Dhabi investment company, Chimera Investments LLC. According to Italian website TuttoBiciWeb, Chimera Investments purchased a majority share in the famed Italian business, with the now-88-year-old company founder, Ernesto Colnago, stating “Chimera Investments will give Colnago the ability to grow and increase its presence in …

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The photo that got me kicked off the Tour Down Under for a day

A few weeks ago we reached out to our photographer Tim Bardsley-Smith, asking him to write about some of his most memorable cycling photos and the stories behind them. Having travelled to Mt. Everest Base Camp, Kyrgyzstan, New Zealand, Switzerland, Bali and many more places for CyclingTips, Tim’s certainly got some stories to tell. You …

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