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You can now buy an e-balance bike for your toddler, because of course you can
Electric bikes are here to stay. That’s increasingly apparent in the road and gravel categories, and it’s firmly established in the mountain bike space. But Spanish MTB brand Mondraker has just broken important new ground, because they’ve released an e-balance bike, designed for shredders aged from three to eight. It’s pretty wild. It’s very silly. …
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Limited-edition Yeti 35th anniversary ARC is the stuff of childhood dreams
If you were new to mountain biking in the early 1990s like me, those times were riddled with images of heroes like Missy Giove, Juli Furtado, and Jimmy Deaton racing on iconic yellow-and-turquoise machines from iconic brand Yeti Cycles. To celebrate its 35th anniversary, the Colorado company is clearly tugging on some heartstrings with the …
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The case for buying handbuilt wheels: CT Stories
There’s something magical about a good set of wheels. A set built for what you need and what you want, for your weight and your riding style. In an era of ever-increasing automation, something built by hand, built by someone you’ve spoken to, is ever-more appealing. Ryan Downes started Ryan Builds Wheels in 2014, in …
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Merida goes ‘all-road’ with the 2021 Scultura Endurance
It’s becoming a clear trend: the modern endurance road bike is effectively what others call an ‘all-road’ bike. With more relaxed geometry and wider tyre clearance than a performance road bike, this revamped category offers bikes for riders who predominately want to stay comfy on the tarmac, but with the option to occasionally go off …
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Campagnolo debuts Shamal DB wheelset with a freehub full of (13 speed?) secrets
Wider, burlier, and ready for some on-trend riding, the new Shamal DB is Campagnolo’s first foray into the sort of variable-surface wheel and tire setups many riders have embraced. Inside its hub it holds secrets of wider gearing and, perhaps, 13 cogs. The Shamal line dates back to 1992, when it was a deep-section aluminum …
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