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Bike and Frame Reviews, disc brakes, Features, Product reviews, Scott, scott bikes, Tech, Tech news - June 25, 2019

Scott Addict RC 2020 first-ride review: Now aero’ized

Dave Everett testing the Scott Addict RC 2020

It was 2007 when Scott first revealed its 790g ultra-light Addict platform. With it, Scott set a new benchmark for light and stiff racing frames, and a number of competitors spent years trying (with some success) to beat it. Since then, the Addict RC, Scott’s answer to a lightweight all-around race machine, has been ridden …

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Pivot Vault gravel bike first-ride review: Elegantly simple, buttery smooth

Bike companies have been coming out with all sorts of mechanical devices to improve rider comfort on gravel bikes: Cannondale recently introduced Kingpin on its new Topstone Carbon, Specialized incorporated the Future Shock into its Diverge, Trek has IsoSpeed on the Checkpoint, there’s the radical full-suspension Niner MCR, and so on. Pivot has instead gone …

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ENVE, Features, Tech, Tech news - June 24, 2019

Scared to buy expensive carbon rims? This warranty from ENVE could help

Spending thousands of dollars on a high-end carbon wheelset can be a bit disconcerting. Wheels take a beating whether your riding road, gravel, or MTB, and as many of us have seen or experienced, a high price tag doesn’t mean the wheels will be indestructible. ENVE’s range of US-made wheels certainly fall into the premium …

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Wilier Zero SLR 2020 first-ride review: integrated, but not aero

Italian brands evoke a sense of history, sometimes at the expense of jumping on the latest trends. But Wilier’s new Zero SLR mixes that trope up. The new bike ticks all the boxes, throwing in all the tech riders want from a bike now: fully integrated cable routing from the bars onwards, disc brakes, and …

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Hunt Limitless 48 Aero Disc: The world’s fastest wheelset under 50mm deep?

Hunt says its new Limitless 48 Aero Disc wheels are the “world’s most aerodynamic disc road wheel[s] below 50mm depth”. I know, I know. Every company with an aero wheel claims that. But Hunt, the British consumer-direct wheel company has done something new — dare I say, innovative — in order to make such a …

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