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Features, gravel bike, Parlee, Tech, Tech features - October 17, 2019

Could you live with just one bike for a year?

The rise of the gravel bike has had a number of consequences, including coaxing road riders off-road and expanding personal bike collections around the world. But there’s been another consequence that the industry maybe didn’t foresee – it’s led plenty of riders to wonder whether a gravel bike, maybe with a spare set of wheels, …

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Adventure, Features, Gravel, gravel bike, Tech - October 3, 2019

Bike Check: A full spectrum of gravel-ready bikes at Peacham Fall Fondo

There were mountain bikes, road bikes, old bikes and new bikes and everything in between. The only common denominator were the smiles of each pilot.

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Cannondale, Culture, Features, gravel bike, Tech - September 13, 2019

Breaking news: Embarrassingly outdated bike ‘works just fine’, ‘still shreds’

An embarrassingly outdated cyclocross bike from eight years ago “works just fine”, despite its lack of electronics and hydraulics, primitive braking, tubed tyres and paucity of gear options, CyclingTips can exclusively report.

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Merida Silex 6000+ 2020 gravel bike: first-ride review

First announced for the 2018 season, the Merida Silex is the Taiwanese mega-manufacturer’s take on the do-it-all gravel segment. It’s a bike that’s available in both alloy and carbon variants, and new for 2020, a 650B-wheeled version of the latter. While it’s not a new bike, we hadn’t ridden one, until now. While attending the …

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BMC Unrestricted URS 2020 first-ride review: Gravel bike or MTB?

BMC URS TWO Unrestricted 2020 gravel bike

It wasn’t long ago that we thought of gravel as a fringe discipline of road cycling, a discipline where niche brands like Salsa Cycles had a near monopoly. Now you’ll be hard pressed to find a single global bike brand that doesn’t have a bike dedicated to gravel. BMC only recently dipped its toes into …

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Could you live with just one bike for a year?

Bike Check: A full spectrum of gravel-ready bikes at Peacham Fall Fondo

Breaking news: Embarrassingly outdated bike ‘works just fine’, ‘still shreds’

Merida Silex 6000+ 2020 gravel bike: first-ride review

BMC Unrestricted URS 2020 first-ride review: Gravel bike or MTB?

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