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Cannondale Topstone Carbon first-ride review: Innovation that actually works

Cannondale’s aluminum Topstone gravel bike has proven to be quite popular since its debut last August, and the company is now following up with a higher-performance Topstone Carbon version. It’s hardly just the same frame made out of carbon fiber composite, though; it’s a totally different bike, with a radical pseudo-suspension design out back called …

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BMC Roadmachine 2020 first-ride review: Fast endurance ride, updated

It was three years ago that BMC lifted the covers off its interpretation of a modern endurance road bike. That bike, the Roadmachine, spat in the face of endurance road bike trends of the time – it was sleek, aero and with a relatively long and low geometry. It looked more like a racing bike …

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MIPS on top, according to Swedish insurance company helmet safety test

Folksam, a Swedish insurance group, has released the results of its annual helmet safety test, finding that the best MIPS-equipped helmets offer up to 36% better safety than the average helmet. Unlike the tests completed for standards certification, Folksam’s test is similar to the testing from Virginia Tech, and places importance on measuring rotational forces …

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Trek confirms use of T47 threaded bottom brackets — but with a twist

Trek today announced updates for its Crockett aluminum cyclocross bikes. Two builds will be offered — the Crocket 4, with SRAM Apex 1 for US$1,500 / £1,300 / €1,550, and the Crockett 5, with SRAM Rival 1 for US$2,300 / AU$2,800 / £1,750 / €2,050 — both of which will include Trek’s Invisible Weld Technology …

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Novel Wolf Tooth Components HAT flips the script on derailleur hanger tools

Without exception, every rear derailleur hanger alignment tool operates in a similar manner: you remove the rear derailleur, install the tool, and then rotate the tool’s handle, checking the gap between the indicator gauge at the end of the handle and the rim. In essence, what you’re doing is checking if two discs are parallel …

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Cannondale Topstone Carbon first-ride review: Innovation that actually works

BMC Roadmachine 2020 first-ride review: Fast endurance ride, updated

MIPS on top, according to Swedish insurance company helmet safety test

Trek confirms use of T47 threaded bottom brackets — but with a twist

Novel Wolf Tooth Components HAT flips the script on derailleur hanger tools

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