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Giant Contend 2020 entry-level road range: Overhauled and more versatile

While top-tier bikes are becoming more expensive, the opposite end of the spectrum offers surprisingly good bikes for not a lot of money. Case in point, the overhauled 2020 Giant Contend SL Disc and all-new Giant Contend AR ranges which have prices starting at just US$1,000 / AU$1,399. Here’s a quick look at what’s new. …

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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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Wahoo acquires The Sufferfest training platform

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The Sufferfest has come a long way from its early days of offering basic ride-along videos to become one of the most loyally followed indoor training platforms for cyclists and triathletes. And that success is in spite of Zwift’s best efforts to monopolise the pain-cave market, having raised over US$164 million in private funding since …

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Giant revives the Cadex name, but not as you’d expect

It was 1987 when Giant first unveiled the Cadex, arguably the world’s first carbon fibre road bike to be made on a mass scale. Now some 32 years later, Giant is bringing the Cadex name back, and this time, it’s a brand name dedicated to premium performance components. According to Giant, the project started in …

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The 2020 Specialized Shiv TT Disc is finally official

It’s a bike we’ve spotted on and off over the past few months. Deceuninck–Quick-Step’s Yves Lampaert won the time trial at the Tour de Suisse on it, and it has also collected three national time trial championships. And now Specialized is ready to talk about the new Shiv TT Disc. “In a hypothetical 40 km …

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Giant Contend 2020 entry-level road range: Overhauled and more versatile

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

Wahoo acquires The Sufferfest training platform

Giant revives the Cadex name, but not as you’d expect

The 2020 Specialized Shiv TT Disc is finally official

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