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Giro Imperial shoe review: Finding balance between weight and support
When it comes to road shoes, there’s a sweet spot between slipper and structure, malleability and support. Giro thinks it has found the middle of that Venn diagram with its new Imperial model. Have they? Giro’s new Imperial is what you’d get if you mated its own Prolight Techlace with a Factor, cut holes in …
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CT Recommends: The best bottle cages
Bidon or bottle? Regardless of what you call them, your bike is designed to carry them with the aid of an accessory. Choosing a bottle cage should be a simple decision, and for a product that simply needs to carry a plastic liquid cannister, it’s amazing how many get it wrong. Add in the fact …
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DT Swiss announces new carbon and aluminum wheelsets for gravel
DT Swiss has launched three new gravel wheelsets in the hope of grabbing a piece of the latest red-hot trend in the drop-bar market. All of the new wheels feature 24mm internal widths, tubeless compatibility, Center Lock rotor interfaces, and bundled end caps for use with 9mm quick-release, 12mm thru-axle, or 15mm thru-axle dropouts. The …
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Two bikes in one: Pascal Ackermann’s celebratory cyclamen Venge
Pascal Ackermann’s (Bora-Hansgrohe) maglia ciclamino was only secured late in this year’s Giro d’Italia. Swathed in bandages from a heavy crash on stage ten, it was a Ackermann’s second place on stage 18 that saw the German pull ahead of Arnaud Démare (Grouapama-FDJ) in the points classification and reclaim the cyclamen jersey. The next day, …
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