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Vaast A/1 gravel bike review: Magnesium makes a comeback

Vaast is a new American brand built around Allite’s new “Super Magnesium” tubing. Claimed to be stiffer, lighter, more sustainable, and smoother-riding than aluminum — and at similar cost — Vaast is hoping to succeed where Pinarello, Kirk, and others have failed in the past. The A/1 is the brand’s versatile gravel model, and there’s …

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What it’s like to write off a $20,000+ bike on the first ride

In the soft early morning light streaming through the window of his Bernal Heights studio, Erik Nohlin snapped a few photographs of his new Specialized Aethos. The day was one he’d been anticipating. It would be the first ride on a bike that he’d spent days painting, and months planning for. The frame was a …

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This insane Scott Spark weighs less than 8 kg

Gustav “Dangerholm” Gullholm is a fixture of the mountain bike scene, best known for his heavily customised and extremely lightweight builds. Here he shares the details of his latest weight weenie outing – a jawdroppingly lightweight Scott Spark full suspension mountain bike. Numbers can be a funny thing. They don’t need to have any significant meaning …

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Merida’s new Ninety-Six is an XC and marathon racer you may be able to afford

Taiwanese mega-manufacturer Merida has just unveiled a wholly new version of its Ninety-Six cross country dual-suspension racing platform, a bike that has a long and illustrious history of cutting laps at World Cups, Olympics and the biggest multi-day marathon races. And as we’ve seen with many other cross country race machines of recent time, Merida …

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One-off Festka Scalatore blurs the line between art and performance

Czech custom bike brand Festka is no stranger to special one-off projects dressed in truly wild paint finishes. Its latest creation is based on its Scalatore tube-to-tube carbon road model and was built for a customer in South America. According to Festka, the paint alone took nine months to complete. Like the Spectre Porcelain one-off …

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