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Allied, Bike and Frame Reviews, Features, Product reviews, Tech - June 12, 2020

Allied Able gravel frameset review: Looks weird, goes fast

Allied Cycle Works’ steady march from tarmac to gravel and dirt continues with its latest model, the Able. It looks like nothing else out there right now with that crazy chainstay design, but there are sound design and engineering principles behind its curiously asymmetrical layout. It’s not without its quirks, but with simultaneous men’s and …

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2021 Marin Headlands 2 gravel bike review: Upright meets fun

Marin County, just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, is widely considered the birthplace of the modern mountain bike. Here, the likes of Joe Breeze, Charlie Kelly, Gary Fisher and John Frey rode and raced their clunkers down the rocky forest access roads. They broke them, refined them, and eventually created a market …

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Why you don’t need to spend big to hit the gravel: The Trek Checkpoint ALR5

Late last year my beloved yet ageing gravel bike, an Orro Terra, became the apple of someone else’s eye. While I had my nose in the computer (probably editing a video) at the library, someone swiped it. Some savvy scumbag broke the lock and rode away. I’ll also add that said scumbag must be a …

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Cannondale Topstone Carbon Lefty review: Suspension makes it better

The new Cannondale Topstone Carbon Lefty is basically the same as the standard Topstone Carbon, but now with a suspension fork and a switch to 650b wheels and tires. The changes sound modest on paper but the difference you feel in the saddle is far greater than you might expect, and while that Lefty Oliver …

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Our favourite bikes from the 2020 Gravel Bike Field Test

It’s taken us a few months to get here, but the inaugural 2020 CyclingTips gravel bike field test is now over. The test itself took place over a long and intense 10 days, filled with far more fun and drop-dead-gorgeous scenery than there was sleep. We learned plenty from the experience: what we love about …

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Allied Able gravel frameset review: Looks weird, goes fast

2021 Marin Headlands 2 gravel bike review: Upright meets fun

Why you don’t need to spend big to hit the gravel: The Trek Checkpoint ALR5

Cannondale Topstone Carbon Lefty review: Suspension makes it better

Our favourite bikes from the 2020 Gravel Bike Field Test

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