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DIY, Features, power meter, Sensitivus, Tech, Tech features - May 23, 2020

Yes, you can build a DIY power meter at home … but please don’t

Sensitivus, the Danish company that brought you the “$6 power meter” is at it again, this time with detailed online instructions for how you can build your own bottom bracket spindle-based single-sided power meter at home for less than €300 (AU$500 / US$330) and a fair bit of elbow grease. The concept that’s presented seems …

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Ding ding: Crane e-Ne review and a bike bell battle royale

In the premium bike bell market, there are three leading options: the Spurcycle, the Knog Oi Luxe and the Crane e-Ne. We take an in-depth look at the last of those, and pit all three against each other in a very important, very rigorous battle royale.

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Cannondale’s 2021 Scalpel is a more capable cross country race machine

Cannondale’s Scalpel is to cross country racing what tea is to hot water. The two just go hand-in-hand, and even way back in 2001, the Scalpel was a full suspension bike never far from a World Cup podium spot. For 2021 Cannondale is overhauling the Scalpel once again. It’s still a bike designed to win …

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Chris King ceases production of Campagnolo freehub bodies

Got Chris King hubs and Campagnolo components on your current road bike? You’d better sit down for this one: Chris King is no longer producing Campagnolo-compatible freehub bodies for its R45 road hubs. “Over the past 43 years, we have added and added to our assortment of standards,” said Chris King’s head of digital marketing, …

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Our favourite bikes from the 2020 Gravel Bike Field Test

It’s taken us a few months to get here, but the inaugural 2020 CyclingTips gravel bike field test is now over. The test itself took place over a long and intense 10 days, filled with far more fun and drop-dead-gorgeous scenery than there was sleep. We learned plenty from the experience: what we love about …

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Yes, you can build a DIY power meter at home … but please don’t

Ding ding: Crane e-Ne review and a bike bell battle royale

Cannondale’s 2021 Scalpel is a more capable cross country race machine

Chris King ceases production of Campagnolo freehub bodies

Our favourite bikes from the 2020 Gravel Bike Field Test

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