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2020 CyclingTips Gravel Bike Field Test, Bike and Frame Reviews, Features, gravel bike, Mercury Wheels, Product reviews, Shimano GRX, Tech, Viathon, Walmart - April 22, 2020

Viathon G.1 GRX 600 gravel bike review: Carbon at alloy pricing

Does spending more get you a faster gravel race bike? That’s exactly what we sought to answer with the high-value Viathlon G.1, a carbon gravel bike that’s backed by the biggest of big retailers – Walmart. Walmart’s immense buying power and pre-existing online sales channel means that for just US$2,298 (shipped, within the United States), …

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Cervelo Aspero gravel bike review: Fast, light, and sleek, but also bumpy

Of all the bikes we tested at the Gravel Bike Field Test, none strayed as far into proper road bike territory as the Cervelo Aspero. It looks the part, and feels the part, but it also boasts very generous tire clearances that raise its capability level far above what you might otherwise expect from a …

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Solar-powered sunglasses: POC Aspire Solar Switch review

POC’s latest eyewear innovation incorporates a solar-powered liquid crystal panel in the lens that instantly darkens or lightens depending on the conditions. It’s a super slick idea, and the technology is truly ingenious given there are no batteries required. However, while the concept holds a lot of promise, the real-world delivery has a little ways …

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2020 Salsa Warbird Carbon GRX 810 gravel bike review: Ready for migration

There are few brands more influential in the gravel world than Salsa Cycles. And while it wasn’t Salsa’s first gravel bike, the Warbird was the model that helped kick off the market for performance-focused bikes designed to ride gravel, fast. We haven’t had many Salsa bikes through the doors of CyclingTips, however, our inaugural Gravel …

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Features, Oakley, Product reviews, Tech - April 14, 2020

Oakley Anorak review: Perfect on paper, rough in execution

There was a point on a gravel climb out the back of Warburton last spring, with sweat streaming down my face in the humid late-afternoon air, that I thought “I should really sort out my sunglass situation”. The situation in question: a set of Ray Ban Wayfarers that were alternately fogging up or sliding down …

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