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Features, gravel tire, Product reviews, Specialized, Tech - August 14, 2019

Specialized Pathfinder Pro gravel tyre: a visual report card

Specialized is one of the mainstream originators of the ambiguously defined gravel category, with a broad and growing range of adventure-oriented products on offer. The brand’s new Pathfinder Pro 2Bliss Ready tyre is Specialized’s latest gravel tyre, and at face value, seems one of its most versatile offerings yet. The brand claims it “delivers the …

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CT Recommends: Cycling rain jackets that work

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Whether you’re a fair-weather rider or the no-day-off type, a rain jacket is sure to come in handy at some point. Personally, I’m very much in the former camp, and if I’m riding in the rain, it’s either because I grossly misjudged the weather or I’m forced to ride at a bike launch. Yeah, I’m …

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Thesis OB1 long-term review: Good performance, lots of custom options

The Thesis OB1 isn’t flashy, and the upstart brand name carries no prestige. It’s not particularly light, it definitely isn’t aero, and in fact, there’s not a ton about it on paper that will blow anyone’s doors off in general. But it’s a very good bike nonetheless, and wonderfully versatile in terms of what you …

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Bikes of the Bunch: Argon 18 Nitrogen Pro Gran Fondo Racer

In this Bikes of the Bunch, reader Lachlan Brown shares his custom painted and custom equipped Argon 18 Nitrogen Pro. It’s a bike that Brown rides in competitive Grand Fondos and on his local roads of Batemans Bay of New South Wales’ South Coast, Australia. It was thirteen years ago when I found cycling. I …

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Features, opinion, Tech, Tech features - August 9, 2019

Tech trends of 2020: Rome’s Rants and Raves

The past few months have seemed busier than usual as far as new product goes. Sure, the Tour de France is always busy, but the burst-dam of newly released bikes across road, gravel and cross-country has been hard for anyone to keep up with. In a bigger-picture sense, it’s clear that the industry takes steps …

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