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2020 Bay Crits, Features, Opinion and analysis, Racing -

As Australia burns, bike racing doesn’t feel all that pressing

GEELONG, Australia (CT) – There are some days that sport doesn’t feel all that important. Days when the sporting contest, as engaging as it might be, feels secondary to far more pressing matters. The opening day of the Bay Crits was one of those days. It was the first day of Australia’s summer racing season, …

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Best of 2019, Features, Tech features -

Best of 2019: How to check for chain wear – the easy way and the best way

Checking for chain wear

Just like your tyres and brake pads, chains wear with use. And as a chain wears, friction in the drivetrain increases, your shifting gets sloppier, and worst of all, you’ll quickly start wearing out other drivetrain components. Here's how to stop all that from happening.

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EF Education First, Features, Jonathan Vaughters, News, Rigoberto Urán -

Jonathan Vaughters says EF will win the Tour this decade. Can they?

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Jonathan Vaughters rang in the new decade with a bold prediction: EF-Education First will win the Tour de France this decade. Really, that’s what he said. Look for yourself: New Year’s resolution? Well… @EFprocycling is my life. So, that said; we’ve won 4/5 monuments, the Giro, been the longest running US professional cycling team ever. …

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Competitions, Features -

Two days left: 2019 Mark Gunter Photographer of the Year Awards closing soon

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Cycling Kits, Features, Opinion and analysis, Racing, WorldTour teams -

Hot or not? The kits of the 2020 WorldTour, ranked

Each new season is pregnant with possibility – a story with pages unwritten, a blank canvas ready to be painted, an Adobe Illustrator file called ‘2020 Jersey Template.ai’ waiting to be filled out by a cycling team’s graphic designer. Some team kits become iconic – just look to Mapei or anything Eddy Merckx wore for …

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