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25 tons of plastic down, a long way to go: Trek’s new sustainable packaging

Trek’s packaging materials for its complete bikes and frames have historically incorporated quite a lot of bubble wrap and other non-recyclable plastic — and given the number of bikes the Wisconsin company sells year after year, that amounts to a literal mountain of waste. Starting earlier this year, Trek quietly began modifying the packaging for …

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Bikes of the Staff Bunch: Wade Wallace’s Cannondale 6 Pack to Go

In the latest instalment of Bikes of the Bunch, we’re taking an in-house look at another CyclingTips staff member’s bike. This time around, it’s CyclingTips founder Wade Wallace and a 16-year-old Cannondale CX bike with a back story. It’s not often that an inanimate object (if you can call a bike ‘inanimate’) can change someone’s …

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Pedro’s Vise Whip II: a well-loved tool gets updated

Removing a cassette from a wheel isn’t a difficult task, but it does require two specialist tools. First, you need a tool to undo the locking, and then you need a tool to stop the cassette from freewheeling backward. Most commonly that second tool is a chain whip, effectively a piece of bicycle chain mounted …

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Ritte Phantom road bike review: A modern classic

How much does the place of manufacture matter to you? For Ritte, its latest steel frames have been designed with the experienced eye of veteran frame designer Tom Kellogg. They offer a number of premium fitments that are rarely seen in steel frames. And the ride quality is superb. But for many, the outsourced manufacturing …

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Shimano S-Phyre SH-RC902 road shoe review: Messing with success

Shimano’s latest flagship road shoe doesn’t really look all that different from the previous model. However, there are some very substantive changes underneath the surface, and while the move will undoubtedly be welcomed by some, long-time fans of that characteristic Shimano fit might want to stock up on older models before they’re all gone. Evolution, …

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25 tons of plastic down, a long way to go: Trek’s new sustainable packaging

Bikes of the Staff Bunch: Wade Wallace’s Cannondale 6 Pack to Go

Pedro’s Vise Whip II: a well-loved tool gets updated

Ritte Phantom road bike review: A modern classic

Shimano S-Phyre SH-RC902 road shoe review: Messing with success

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