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Features, Specialized, Tech, Tech news - January 17, 2020

Specialized releases Down Under Collection, donates $150,000 to bushfire wildlife relief

As the 2020 road season kicks off with the Tour Down Under, south-eastern Australia is shellshocked and smoke-choked by the bushfires that continue to rage across the country. A land area larger than Belgium has been lost to the fires, and some estimates have put the wildlife death toll at more than a billion animals …

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Pro bikes of the 2020 WorldTour: part one

The new race bikes of EF Education First, Ineos, Team Sunweb, Movistar and Deceuninck-QuickStep.

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A stunning new custom Scott Addict RC for world champion Annemiek van Vleuten

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Fresh off of her incredible rainbow stripe-earning solo ride at the UCI road world championship in Yorkshire, Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott) has just taken delivery of a stunning new custom-painted Scott Addict RC aero road bike. According to Scott, the special livery was inspired not only by the classic world champion rainbow colors, but also …

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bib shorts, Castelli, Features, Tech, Tech news - January 14, 2020

Castelli launches ultralight Superleggera bib short and Climber’s 3.0 jersey

Castelli has a new lightweight, hot-weather bib short that weighs less than an iPhone. Just in time for the Santos Tour Down Under and its characteristic stifling heat, the Italian apparel brand that sponsors Team Ineos has unveiled its new Superleggera bib short, weighing in at just 141 grams in size large. The Superleggera comes …

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Hunt releases new Carbon Aerodynamicist rim brake wheels, admits Roval is faster

Aero testing, or at least the data, can so easily be tricked and tweaked to provide the desired outcome for one’s brand. And so my attention was gained when Hunt shared a press release that openly admitted its newest rim-brake wheels were competitively fast, but not the outright fastest on the market. Hunt’s latest trio …

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