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Easton Unveils New Gravel Chain Rings and Flared AX Handlebar – 2018 Sea Otter
Easton Cycling has embraced gravel in a big way the past few years. This year, sponsored athlete Michael van den Ham has been making the gravel rounds and his teammate Craig Ritchey will be joining him...
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Circa Cycles All-Road Uses Old-Time Design for Modern Riding – 2018 Sea Otter
Circa Cycles out of Portland Oregon is a small company focused on making frames 100% in the USA. Rich Fox founded the company hoping to “bring back American bicycle manufacturing” and is happily...
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Ride All the Roads on Litespeed’s Titanium Cherohala and Gravel Bikes – 2018...
Chattanooga, TN builder Litespeed has been producing titanium bikes since 1986 and in 2018 came to the Sea Otter Classic ready to display its latest gravel models. The company has carbon bikes in its...
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Vittoria Adds Terreno Zero with Slick Center, Side Knobs to Its Lineup – 2018...
Vittoria’s Terreno line of cyclocross tires is becoming increasingly popular with top riders, and this year, the Terreno line is branching out into gravel / all-road territory. At Sea Otter, Vittoria...
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Masi’s Tough-to-Miss CXRC Expert, Steel CXGR and Steel Speciale Randonneur...
Masi always finds ways to turn heads at the Sea Otter Classic. Two years ago it was with its carbon CXRC with a Lauf suspension fork and Di2 XTR drivetrain. Last year it was a steel bikepacking build...
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Vee Tires Goes Road Plus, Brings BMX to Cyclocross and Gravel – 2018 Sea Otter
At the 2018 Sea Otter Classic, it was evident that Vee Tires has taken the onramp to the popular gravel and skinwall trends, while largely abandoning its previous engine-based naming convention of its...
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Canadians Jackson and Holmgren Win Paris to Ancaster Spring Classic Gravel...
The 25th running of the Paris to Ancaster Canadian Spring Classic in Ontario brought a field worthy of the milestone. A number of cyclocross pros toed the line for the 70km gravel race that has a...
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Pro Bike Profile: Helen Wyman’s Paris to Ancaster Colorful KindHuman Kensuke
New rollouts have become a major part of the annual Sea Otter Classic. As the first cyclocross race of the season it allows manufacturers to show off new product ahead of the traditional model rollover...
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Boyd Aims for the Top with Pinnacle Tubeless Gravel and Tubular Cyclocross...
Since its founding in 2011, South Carolina’s Boyd Cycling has consistently strived to improve its wheelsets. The carbon Jocassee 650b we recently reviewed marked an entrance into the gravel market, and...
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Surly Offers Versatile All-Road Approach with the Midnight Special Road Plus...
Surly Bikes is known for versatile steel bikes. As the company name might suggest, its tendency is against trends. The website looks as if its typewritten, the bikes are all steel with rack and fender...
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Giant ToughRoad SLR GX Adventure Bike – 2018 Sea Otter
Giant Bicycles started off producing bikes for other brands, but it has since established its own brand over the subsequent three decades. The now-retired 83-year-old owner King Liu still rides his...
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Knight Composites’ Re-Designed Carbon 35 TLA Disc Wheelset – 2018 Sea Otter
Knight Composites builds National-championship winning wheels, and sponsored athlete Katie Compton has relied on the company’s tubular models to win her last two National Championships. Compton will...
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Dean Bikes Shows Off Custom Made in America Titanium Gravel and Touring Bikes...
Dean Bikes has gone through some changes in recent years. Founder John Siegrist sold the company to Ari Leon but remained involved. Now Siegrist, Leon and others have formed the Janus Cycle Group, and...
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2018 Trans Iowa Gravel Race: The 14th and Final Edition? – Photos
“All things must pass.” – George Harrison When 95 brave gravel grinders gathered in Grinnell, Iowa at 4 a.m. on Saturday morning, they learned the 14th edition of Trans Iowa would be their last chance...
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Origin8’s Hellcat CX/GX Frame with Dirt Drops, Wildfire Tires and High-Rise...
Origin8, the house brand of J&B Importers, has aspirations of being more than just a house brand. J&B is making a push to expand the Origin8 product line into higher-spec areas, including...
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Chumba’s Terlingua Wants to be the Lone Star of Your Next Gravel Ride – 2018...
Austin, TX frame builder Chumba USA got its start making titanium and steel mountain bike frames about five years ago. The company recently branched out into the the gravel and bikepacking markets with...
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Redshift Sports Adds Rear Suspension with ShockStop Seatpost – 2018 Sea Otter
Philadelphia’s Redshift Sports has added a ShockStop suspension seatpost to go with its ShockStop suspension stem. The company is currently using a Kickstarter to fund the project and the first...
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Dillon, Kabush Win First-Ever Sagan Dirt Fondo in Truckee, California – Results
When in California … host a dirt fondo? Defending road World Champion Peter Sagan is in California for the Amgen Tour of California that starts on Sunday, and over the weekend, he decided to throw a...
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Rumors & Rumblings: KFC to Tour of California, Rochette Wins XCO, Brunner...
As temperatures heat up, so is the bike racing action. Rumors & Rumblings returns with updates on race results, upcoming races and new teams. As always, if you have a Rumor or Rumbling worth...
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Pro Bike Profile: Lance Haidet’s Pivot Vault with FSA K-Force WE Electronic...
For one day every spring, the Sea Otter Classic invokes its inner Justin Timberlake and brings CXy back at the annual NorCal tech expo. While the race is exhibition only and no UCI points are on the...
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