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Hope and Chris King join a growing list to offer Shimano’s Micro Spline

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When Shimano first introduced its 12-speed XTR mountain bike drivetrain, it did so with the forced use of a new freehub body design – Micro Spline. The design made engineering sense: the smaller diameter accepted a 10T cog, it offered more spline surface area than Shimano’s HG design in order to reduce the risk of …

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Best of 2019: Six things I’ve learned as a pro cyclist (so far)

As Brodie Chapman prepares for the next step in her career with French team FDJ, the Australian took the time to share some of the lessons she’s learned in her rapid rise through the ranks.

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Wout van Aert isn’t done yet

Five months and ten days ago, Wout van Aert lay on the baking tarmac in Pau, fresh blood oozing thickly out of a deep gash in his right thigh as his team car screeched to a halt behind him. It was the nightmare end to a dream debut Tour for van Aert, who’d helped Jumbo-Visma …

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Best of 2019: Crossing the Simpson Desert by Fat Bike

Over 10 days in July 2019, a small group of riders covered more than 600 km on the Madigan Line across the Simpson Desert, retracing the camel tracks of a major expedition 80 years earlier.

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Pro cyclist Nic Dlamini’s arm broken in scuffle with park police in South Africa

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NTT pro cyclist Nic Dlamini suffered a broken arm during a scuffle with park police at Table Mountain in near Capetown, South Africa. A park spokesman alleges that Dlamini, a professional since 2016, failed to pay the entrance fee of R90 (about US$6.40) to the park. “What seems to have happened, the rangers were alerted …

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