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Culture, Features, mental health - November 12, 2019

The life and death of a bike pump

What is the measure of an object's worth? It wasn’t a very good floor pump. It didn’t cost much, didn’t have Bluetooth and didn’t have a digital gauge; it just put air into tubes, over and over again. But when it broke, a decade's worth of memories came flooding back.

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Stars’ plans for early 2020, 5,000km on Zwift in a mall: Daily News Digest

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Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: Peter Sagan and Julian Alaphilippe among headliners announced for 2020 Vuelta a San Juan, Mathieu van der Poel rolls on with Jaarmarktcross win, Lucinda Brand takes women’s race in first start of ‘cross campaign, Danish cyclist rides 5,000 kilometers on Zwift from inside a shopping …

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Bontrager Ballista Knit shoe review — knit done right

I wasn’t a huge fan of Bontrager’s standard Ballista road shoes. Although they looked sleek with their seamless synthetic leather uppers and single rear-mounted Boa dial, the heel hold was only so-so, and tightening the dial only created more pressure on top of your foot. Bontrager has since added a knit version — aptly named …

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Features, Interviews, Racing, Zak Dempster - November 11, 2019

Zak Dempster on the end of one journey and the start of another

In late October, Aussie Zak Dempster announced that the 2019 season would be his last as a professional road racer. The Victorian started racing at the Continental level back in 2006 and joined the pro ranks with NetApp-Endura in 2013. He’s ridden with the Israel Cycling Academy for the past three seasons and will remain …

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Van der Poel and Kastelijn win European ‘cross titles: Daily News Digest

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Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: Mathieu van der Poel wins his third straight men’s title at the European Cyclocross Championships after a close battle with Eli Iserbyt, Yara Kastelijn storms to a convincing victory in the women’s race, Matthew Glaetzer has surgery to treat thyroid cancer but remains focused on …

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