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800 Lumen Bike Light From Garmin Gets Brighter When You Speed Up, Dims When You Slow Down

In yet another move beyond GPS units, Garmin just announced the Varia UT800, an 800-lumen light designed for both urban and trail use. While lights in this brightness range are widely available from countless brands (and even non-brands), the Varia UT800 is unique in that it can be paired with a Garmin Edge GPS to help conserve …

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SRAM Announces New Code Brakes

SRAM has just announced that they’re bringing some of the technology from their Guide brakes to new versions of the Code brakes. According to SRAM, the new Codes “use proven SRAM Guide design and technologies with a larger PiggyBack™ reservoir and 4mm bigger diameter pistons in the caliper to provide consistent and reliable power for all …

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Fat Chance Updates the Yo Eddy, Shows New Gravel Bike

We covered the Fat Chance Yo Eddy hardtail back when the brand relaunched at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show in 2015. At Sea Otter this year, Chris Chance was on hand to show off the revised Yo Eddy 2.2 as well as his new cross/gravel/adventure bike. What hasn’t changed is the material – both …

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Vittoria’s Fast-Rolling Mud Tire is a Rotating Oxymoron

At Sea Otter last week I got my first look at Vittoria’s Gato, cross-country (XC) tire. On paper, the Gato seems like a pretty standard XC tire: it’s (just) 2.2 inches wide, weighs 760g, and features a supple, 120tpi sidewall. And in person, the tire looks to be fast rolling, with regular and densely-packed, medium-length knobs arrayed along a round profile. …

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There’s a New Fat Bike Fork in Town: The Manitou Mastodon

I’m not a fat biker, but that hasn’t kept me from wondering why RockShox is the only major suspension manufacturer offering a fork for those jumbo tires. (Chill out Wren fans, I qualified it with “major.”) Manitou is changing the status quo with their new Mastodon fat fork. The first thing you notice about the …

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800 Lumen Bike Light From Garmin Gets Brighter When You Speed Up, Dims When You Slow Down

SRAM Announces New Code Brakes

Fat Chance Updates the Yo Eddy, Shows New Gravel Bike

Vittoria’s Fast-Rolling Mud Tire is a Rotating Oxymoron

There’s a New Fat Bike Fork in Town: The Manitou Mastodon

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