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2020 CyclingTips Gravel Bike Field Test, E-Bikes, e-gravel, Features, Specialized, Tech, Tech features - May 11, 2020

Do e-bikes make sense for gravel?

With the push of a button, you’re faster. It’s the dream, now a gravel reality. More e-gravel bikes are hitting the market all the time. We’ve got the Specialized Creo SL Evo, the Orbea Gain, the Yamaha Wabash, an e-version of the Giant Revolt we recently tested, and lots more. As part of our gravel …

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Mavic is in receivership, but who owns them? Who knows

Venerable French wheel brand Mavic has just been placed in receivership, according to an AFP report. That means that the business is probably in control of its creditors, although it’s not clear exactly who those are, and throws up a bunch of confusing questions about who actually owns Mavic. Baffled? Yeah, us too. So let’s …

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Gravel bike vs mountain bike: Are you just better off with a hardtail MTB?

So often we joke that gravel bikes are just old mountain bikes from a time that’s now in the rearview mirror. And really, a look at the latest geometry, tyre widths and technology to hit the gravel riding world don’t help to make that joke any less true. So if gravel bikes are effectively where …

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Vote for the best Bike of the Bunch

We whittled down a long list of bikes we've featured to eight of our favourites, and now it's up to you to decide the best Bike of the Bunch

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Meet the Babymaker, the terrible e-bike that just raised 4.7 million dollars

This mediocre bike with an unfortunate name is setting crowdfunding records and spreading across social media like wildfire. So what do we know about The Babymaker? And is it really as bad as it seems? (Yeah, probably.)

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Do e-bikes make sense for gravel?

Mavic is in receivership, but who owns them? Who knows

Gravel bike vs mountain bike: Are you just better off with a hardtail MTB?

Vote for the best Bike of the Bunch

Meet the Babymaker, the terrible e-bike that just raised 4.7 million dollars

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