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Features, Gravel, gravel bike, Salsa Cycles, singlespeed, Tech, Tech news - March 16, 2020

Salsa’s new Stormchaser is the gravel bike for horrid conditions

Debating over whether 1x or 2x gearing is best for gravel? How about just one gear? Salsa Cycles’ latest gravel bike, the Stormchaser, is a singlespeed gravel bike designed for those who like a challenge, but also the absolute simplicity, low-running-cost and direct-feeling efficiency that only a bike with a single gear can provide. One …

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2020 BMC URS Three gravel bike review: Ground broken

It’s been nine months since BMC unveiled its somewhat radical take on what a gravel bike should be. The Unrestricted, or URS for short, was unlike any other gravel bike released at the time and I came away from the Swiss-based launch equally impressed and confused. Was this the future of gravel, or just a …

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Eddy Merckx Hageland gravel bike review

As far as cycling names go, there is none greater than Eddy Merckx. And even though he retired from the sport well before personal computers became useful, your English-based spell-checker knows exactly who he is. Heck, even a stranger walking their dog past me recently may not have known much about modern bicycles, but they …

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Evil Bikes, Features, gravel bike, Tech, Tech news - December 17, 2019

The most mountain bikey gravel bike ever: Evil Bikes’ Chamois Hagar

Evil Bikes – one of the most gravity-focussed mountain bike brands – is getting into gravel. And the Washington-based company’s first foray into the dropbar world is one that’s sure to raise an eyebrow with geometry numbers that scream trail mountain bike louder than the rock singer that inspired the new bike’s name. This is …

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Gone but not forgotten: The Cannondale Slate was a bike before its time

Now that the Cannondale Slate has been discontinued, we assess the bike's legacy. It was wildly ambitious, innovative and flawed – but goddammit, it had something about it, didn't it?

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