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Features, opinion, Tech, Tech features - August 9, 2019

Tech trends of 2020: Rome’s Rants and Raves

The past few months have seemed busier than usual as far as new product goes. Sure, the Tour de France is always busy, but the burst-dam of newly released bikes across road, gravel and cross-country has been hard for anyone to keep up with. In a bigger-picture sense, it’s clear that the industry takes steps …

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Features, Gravel, Tech, Tech features - August 7, 2019

Grading gravel: How do you define off-road surfaces?

There’s no such thing as gravel. Or, rather, there’s no such thing as a single conception of what ‘gravel’ is. It exists on a kind of shifting scale, defined by where you live, what your appetite for adventure is, and the capabilities of your bike and the tyres it runs. What you call ‘gravel’ might …

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Bikes of the Bunch: Unno Aora, the world’s lightest mountain bike frame

Anyone reading this will have been bitten by the cycling bug, a bite that causes a deep obsession with no cure. But what happens when that bug consumes your life? Adam Kerin of Zero Friction Cycling knows this all too well. In the past few years, the former police officer has spent his work days, …

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How do teams carry so many bikes at the Tour de France?

Every team at the Tour de France has an elaborate network of equipment support for each of its eight riders in the event of a mechanical or crash during the race. Within the race caravan are two cars for every team, and each vehicle carries a spare bike for every rider (or even more, in …

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New Nerd Alert podcast, episode 1: Go faster with aerodynamics made simple

As cyclists, we are forever chasing the elusive free watts of power, extra few kilometers per hour and a few less grams on the scales, all with the goal of going faster. In this first mini-series of Nerd Alert podcasts, we aim to dispel the myths, understand the technology, and bring you the information you …

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