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Updated 2020 Salsa Warroad Lineup: New Builds and Fresh Paint
Originally released last year, the Salsa Warroad has received updates for 2020. Salsa has added several new build kits to the mix, including a top of the line Force AXS model all the way down to a Carbon Tiagra build. Prices range from $5,899 to $1,999. 2020 SALSA WARROAD CARBON FORCE AXS 700 MSRP: $5,899…
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Giro Cycling: Sector Off-Road Shoe
Giro’s newest shoe, the Sector, is well suited for MTB or gravel riding. The shoe features a 3D Molded footbed with medium arch support, stainless hardware, a carbon-composite 2-bolt plate formed to a dual-injected outsole, and an upper made with a dual Boa L6 dial, with both steel and soft lace guides. The entire shoe…
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Panaracer GravelKing Tires in Limited Edition Colors
Panaracer’s GravelKing tire is dominant in the gravel scene, now there will be a little more variety in the field thanks to the tire now being available in a variety of colors. The gold, purple, and olive GravelKings are now available for pre-order at your local dealer, with either black or brown sidewalls. A little…
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Video: A True Story of Colorado Adventure with Joey Schusler
With some people, it’s hard to separate their character from the environment that shaped them. Joey Schusler is certainly one of those people. A Colorado native who spent his youth roaming high in the Rocky Mountains on bikes and skis, Joey is a product of the wilderness that forged him, just as a metal casting…
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Tour de Quarantine is a Welcome Distraction Right Now
News Alert, bike racing in 2020 might just be done for the year… in March. What’s a race announcer to do when there are no races? Behold the Tour de Quarantine, a welcome distraction in trying times.
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics Postponed
In a phone interview with USA Today, the International Olympic Committee’s Dick Pound said that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will not be held starting on July 24, 2020. Instead the games will be postponed, likely to 2021. The IOC says more details will be to come in the next four weeks. On the basis…
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2020 Reeb Sam’s Pants and Lickskillet Revealed
REEB Cycles just announced a rehashed 2020 Sam’s Pants with geometry updates, more mounts, and room for 29 x 2.2 €³ tires. They also released an all-new REEB Lickskillet (the perfect bike for conquering the Lickskillet loop at the Gold Rush Bike Rally?), a 700C all-road bike with gravel geometry. Straight from the press release:…
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Rapha and Allied Cycle Works and Colin Strickland Come Together on Limited Edition Able Gravel Bike
This is one of the better paint jobs I’ve seen recently. Great looking bike. For the Club’s latest collaboration, we combined with Dirty Kanza winner Colin Strickland and all-American bike manufacturer Allied to create the ultimate gravel bike, complete with a customised paint scheme designed with the man himself. Membership of the Rapha Cycling Club…
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The Orange Seal Off-Road Team Launches “Family Seal” YouTube Series
Cabin fever is setting in here as the family is all packed indoors, work is blowing up and Denver decided it needed some rain/snow. I’ll take all the entertainment I can get… This season, Orange Seal Off-Road is pulling back the curtain on the lives of their team champions as they ride and train on…
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Zwift: Cervélo Gravel Rush Series Announced
The Mid South may not have just been the first major gravel event of the year, it may have been the last for quite some time. With the world practicing social distancing, Zwift has just announced a new and well-timed event series: the “Cervélo Gravel Rush Series”. This four-event series happens on Thursdays beginning March…
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Cinelli’s King Zydeco Frameset Features a Dual Rake Fork and Clearance for 2.1 €³ Tires
Cinelli’s King Zydeco frameset is an update to the original Zydeco which was launched a decade ago. Cycling has changed a lot in that time. Ten years ago I was crit racing an aluminum Cervelo Soloist. Disc brakes weren’t even ubiquitous on mountain bikes yet. The King Zydeco frameset’s double dropped chainstays allow for a…
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Video: Little Trail Hunter
Exactly the vibes needed in these trying times. Stay safe, wash your hands, don’t touch your face and seclude yourself to the pain cave.
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Zipp Launches Tangente Course G40 Tubeless Tire
From Zipp: Zipp’s new Tangente Course G40 (700x40c) is a purpose-built tubeless gravel/off pavement tire for smooth control over untamed roads. Grippy for aggressive riding, this tire provides the control and durability demanded by gravel, dirt, rocks, mud, whatever. The Tangente Course G40 is a wide (40mm) tire designed for control, which in gravel translates…
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Salsa’s New Singlespeed Gravel Bike: the Stormchaser
Is it too early in 2020 to give out a colorway of the year award? Because that paint is glorious. Available in April and seen today at the Mid South, the Stormchaser is Salsa’s new singlespeed gravel bike. It’s available in an aluminum frame, with a carbon fork, and is inspired by the Warbird geometry.…
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Everything You Could Possibly Want to Know About How Bike Gears Work
On the surface, bike gears are pretty simple. There’s a big gear attached to the crank and there’s some number of smaller gears attached to the rear wheel. We learn to shift through gears to climb hills or descend quickly back down them. Although gears are simple machines, how they work and how intricacies like…
