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How I built it: Trek Checkpoint ALR gravel bike review
Trek doesn’t offer its alloy gravel frame with a nicer build, so I went ahead and did it myself.
N-1ws #45: A big week for XC bikes
Featured in this week’s tech round-up:
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Are 32” wheels already dead in the water?
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Scott generates some buzz with its new Spark RC cross-country race bike.
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Orbea’s new Oiz sticks to the script.
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Revel goes rowdy for its rev...
N-1blets #2: Mavic Allroad SL Carbon wheels, Freedom Coast 90 Degree Pod Clamp shifter mount, and Thule Vero hitch rack
Ok, it’s been a while since I rolled out that first N-1blets edition (more than three months, in fact) so my apologies that this hasn’t started out as consistently as I’d originally planned. Sorry, got busy with other stuff!
But as I menti...
The pragmatist’s guide to chain waxing
Chain waxing was supposed to be both easy and economical, so why are we trying to make it so hard and expensive? Keep it simple, keep it cheap, and skip the hyper-optimization and the fancy gadgets.
N-1ws #44: Specialized Crux x Tarmac, Canyon’s new budget-friendly Grizl AL, Paragon rises from the ashes, and more
Featured in this week’s tech round-up:
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Specialized goes full aero on its new Crux 5 gravel racer.
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Canyon’s revamped Grizl AL is low on cost but big on user-friendliness.
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Scott is goin’ wagon wheelin’ for Unbound Gravel.
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