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Spotlight: Arundel Sport bottle cage review
Arundel has long produced some of our favourite bottle cages. For me, the original Mandible Carbon remains my pick of the bunch for its bottle-holding security, low weight, reliability, and versatile...
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Allied Cycle Works launches GRAX: chain lube optimised for gravel
I can’t say I saw this one coming. The American boutique carbon frame maker, Allied Cycle Works, has jumped into the chain lube game with a wax-based drip product. And better yet, the lube is being...
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Real-world aero testing: which hand positions are fastest?
Hand positions, narrow handlebars, and extremely long reach handlebars have caused quite a stir of late. With the UCI moving to ban the “invisible aero bars” on safety grounds, riders have been forced...
View ArticleVittoria purchases legendary tubular brand A. Dugast
Vittoria announced today that it has acquired full ownership of A. Dugast, the legendary handmade tubular brand that has long enjoyed a heralded status amongst top road and cyclocross racers for its...
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Cotic’s new Tonic titanium gravel bike is oh-so-shiny
UK-based mountain bike specialist Cotic is adding a companion to its Escapade steel gravel bike: a gleaming titanium gravel machine called the Tonic. Weight savings is the most obvious benefit of the...
View ArticleA sub-4 kg road bike for everyday use? Berk Composites says so
As pro bikes become increasingly focused on disc brakes and aero integration, largely thanks to the UCI minimum weight limit remaining at 6.8kg, the weight weenies among us can be forgiven for feeling...
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Canyon announces new Speedmax Disc TT bike
Canyon has announced a new UCI legal version of its recently updated Speedmax model ahead of the upcoming Giro d’Italia. Canyon has made no excuses with this bike, offering the CFR (Canyon Factory...
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Revamped Bontrager Circuit road shoes cost less, add comfort and performance
Bontrager’s previous Circuit road shoes offered excellent value and very good performance, and the newly redesigned version promised to improve that ratio even further. Upper materials get upgraded...
View ArticleColnago’s latest release is ultra lightweight, limited to one
Heritage-rich Italian brand Colnago, which you might recognise from between the legs of Tadej Pogacar and Alexander ‘The Stavanger Stallion’ Kristoff, has unveiled its latest release. It is the...
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Oakley’s new Kato and the inevitability of ugly turning cool
You’ve seen them teased, and now the release is official: Oakley’s new Kato is the latest in a long line of polarizing, probably ugly sunglasses destined to weasel their way into our aesthetic...
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Bastion is now making forks and cockpits from 3D-printed titanium and carbon
Best known for its custom 3D-printed titanium lug and carbon tube frames, Bastion Cycles is now using that technology to offer an integrated, matching and wholly made-in-house disc road fork, stem,...
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New Strava update makes big changes to layout, organization, and navigation
Strava has announced an update to its mobile app, which it hopes will make it easier to use and navigate. After years of iterative updates, Strava has now reorganised the app a little more thoroughly...
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Filippo Ganna’s Pinarello Bolide gets a new custom paint job
Filippo Ganna will start stage one of the Giro this weekend, a nine-kilometre individual time, as one of the favourites for the win. Furthermore, Ganna will start the race against the clock as current...
View ArticleDriven hits US$1 million funding goal in just two days
CeramicSpeed recently spun off its Driven shaft-drive drivetrain concept as a standalone entity, and then opened it to the public for seed funding. According to Driven, the US$1 million goal was met...
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Canyon ventures further off the beaten path with its new Grizl gravel bike
Canyon introduced its first gravel bike, the Grail, in 2018, and as popular as it’s been, most people probably didn’t expect it to be the company’s only offering in the segment for long given how...
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Geoff Kabush previews new Fox 32 AX gravel suspension fork
Remember the gravel suspension fork that Fox introduced back in 2017? Officially, it was called the 32 Step-Cast Adventure Cross (or 32 AX for short), and with up to 40 mm of travel, it was hyped as...
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New Princeton CarbonWorks climbing wheels hint at clinchers for Ineos
Princeton CarbonWorks generated quite a stir with its innovative Wake 6560 road wheels, which feature a sawtooth rim profile that supposedly offers the aero efficiency of a deeper wheel together with...
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Gallery: The best of the 2021 Handmade Bicycle Show Australia, part one
Held in Williamstown across the bay from the Melbourne CBD, the Handmade Bicycle Show Australia (HBSA) has just finished up for another year. Across three days, a large ship-building shed was filled...
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Watch-watch: Swedish brand Bravur releases pretty pink Giro-themed timepiece
Here at CyclingTips, we’ve been attentive onlookers at the intersection of luxury watches and professional cycling for some time. We’ve covered Julian Alaphilippe’s US$120,500 timepiece. We’ve...
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Gallery: The best of the 2021 Handmade Bicycle Show Australia, part two
Welcome to part two of our 2021 Handmade Bicycle Show Australia coverage. Here we’ll continue to display the bikes of the Australian custom scene, and hopefully give you a glimpse into this innovative...
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