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Bontrager, Cycling Helmet Reviews, Features, Product reviews, Tech, WaveCel - June 12, 2019

Bontrager Specter WaveCel helmet review: Next-gen tech, curious ventilation

Bontrager’s mega-hyped WaveCel helmet liner technology certainly generated a lot of discussion when it was unveiled to world in March, if for no other reason than the wild claims the company made in terms of how much protection it offered. Safety should always be the primary metric by which a helmet is judged, but if …

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Features, Podcast, Podcasts - June 12, 2019

CyclingTips Podcast: The things you can learn from sweat

This week’s episode is a bit salty. Or sweaty, to be more precise. Paying attention to sweat can help you be a better cyclist. This week we’re joined in the basement by special guest Dr. Allen Lim, who explains how to hydrate for your own sweat profile. It’s all a bit more complicated, and yet …

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Keeping Dirty Kanza fun: Five tips for 200 miles of enjoyable gravel riding

In 2019, CyclingTips is hitting the gravel roads of America in a custom VanDoIt van, taking a deep look at the sport of gravel riding, grinding, racing. Behind the wheel is Marshall Opel — our chief gravel correspondent — who will provide updates from the road, plus as much pre-ride coffee and post-ride beer as …

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Bennett sprints to Dauphiné stage 3 victory: Daily News Digest

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Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: Sam Bennett wins stage 3 of the Critérium du Dauphiné, Marianne Vos takes the Women’s Tour lead with a stage 2 victory, MIPS-equipped helmets earn high marks in an annual safety test. Those stories and more in today’s Daily News Digest. Story of the Day: …

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MIPS on top, according to Swedish insurance company helmet safety test

Folksam, a Swedish insurance group, has released the results of its annual helmet safety test, finding that the best MIPS-equipped helmets offer up to 36% better safety than the average helmet. Unlike the tests completed for standards certification, Folksam’s test is similar to the testing from Virginia Tech, and places importance on measuring rotational forces …

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