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Bianchi reveals new Specialissima: a less-pretty, disc-only, all-round racer
Bianchi’s Specialissima has long stood as one for the traditionalists. The pre-existing version was an aspirationally high-end and competitively low-weight frame that offered elegant lines, round tube...
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Hunt 34 Aero Wide Disc wheelset review: affordable aero alloy
The words “aero” and “alloy” don’t often meet in modern road bike wheels. All too often, if you want aero — as in actual aero with some wind tunnel numbers attached — you need to extend the budget to...
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Shimano S-Phyre SH-RC902 road shoe review: Messing with success
Shimano’s latest flagship road shoe doesn’t really look all that different from the previous model. However, there are some very substantive changes underneath the surface, and while the move will...
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Ritte Phantom road bike review: A modern classic
How much does the place of manufacture matter to you? For Ritte, its latest steel frames have been designed with the experienced eye of veteran frame designer Tom Kellogg. They offer a number of...
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The Salsa Journeyman 24 is a gravel bike for kids
If you’re a parent that rides bikes, you want to share that passion with your children. And if you’ve discovered the joys of gravel riding – the absence of cars, the abundance of nature, the varied...
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Pedro’s Vise Whip II: a well-loved tool gets updated
Removing a cassette from a wheel isn’t a difficult task, but it does require two specialist tools. First, you need a tool to undo the locking, and then you need a tool to stop the cassette from...
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Bikes of the Staff Bunch: Wade Wallace’s Cannondale 6 Pack to Go
In the latest instalment of Bikes of the Bunch, we’re taking an in-house look at another CyclingTips staff member’s bike. This time around, it’s CyclingTips founder Wade Wallace and a 16-year-old...
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25 tons of plastic down, a long way to go: Trek’s new sustainable packaging
Trek’s packaging materials for its complete bikes and frames have historically incorporated quite a lot of bubble wrap and other non-recyclable plastic — and given the number of bikes the Wisconsin...
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Rapha’s new Windproof Explore Pullover is for riding. And not riding. Maybe...
Rapha just debuted its new Windproof Explore Pullover, straddling the line between riding gear and casual gear in a way that’s either brilliant or confused. With a new style that’s more akin to a high...
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Scott Addict eRIDE Premium: Yep, honestly, that’s an ebike
For this week’s “Shoddy video”, I have a review for you. I’m guessing some of the more grumpy readers amongst us may want to be sitting down and playing some soothing music for this one, as I’m about...
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Remortgage the house: Assos launches new winter collection with $725 jacket
Assos has announced its new collection for winter 2020, and while the Equipe RS family looks to be as well-made and innovative as is usually the case for the Swiss brand, it’s also even more...
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Custom cycling shoes that will make you swoon
If you’ve ever scrolled through the Instagram ‘Discover’ page and you follow a lot of cycling accounts, you’ve probably come across custom-painted cycling shoes at some point. And if you have, you’ve...
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Review: Easton EA70 AX gravel dropper takes you 50mm closer to fun
A decade ago, the rise of dropper posts changed the way we ride mountain bikes. The case for them on gravel is a bit tougher to make, but there’s no question that this one relatively simple piece of...
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JRA with the Angry Asian: Should we be considering full-face road helmets?
I’ve been thinking a lot about facial injuries lately — partially due to my mishap last July in Belgium just prior to the Tour de France (on an electric scooter, of all things) — but also because of...
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Tech Round-Up #11: New gear from Silca, Scott, 7mesh, and more
Tech Round-Ups provide a look at some of the gear that comes across our desks here at CyclingTips. Sometimes it’s products we’re doing long-term tests on, other times it’s stuff we’re stoked on but...
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We need to talk about how crazy these eeBrakes are
[SCENE: A house in suburban Melbourne. The sun beats down outside. A baby cries in the next room. A bicycle-cycling journalist idly browses the internet before he is suddenly rendered mute, immobile,...
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Rounder is better on Wilier’s new Filante SLR flagship aero road racer
Following hot on the heels of the recently announced Cento 10 SL and 0 SL mid-range bikes, Wilier today launched its third new road bike this calendar year. With the all-new Filante SLR road racer,...
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Salsa Cycles announces recall of Cutthroat adventure bike fork
Salsa Cycles has today announced a recall affecting its popular Cutthroat do-it-all drop-bar adventure bikes, as well as bare Cutthroat framesets and Cutthroat Carbon Deluxe aftermarket forks....
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A tour into the heart of De Rosa
The last of the pink confetti had settled over the square of the Duomo, and by the next morning the central square of Milan returned to any other Monday. Well-heeled businesspeople scurried in and out...
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Dragons, samurai and a 9-month paintjob: Check out this crazy Festka
Czech custom bike brand Festka is no stranger to special one-off projects dressed in truly wild paint finishes. Its latest creation is based on its Scalatore tube-to-tube carbon road model and was...
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