Trek launches new cobbles bike ahead of Flanders
The new Trek Domane one-ups Specialized's venerable rough-roads Roubaix with new technology
Road Gear
Road Gear
Ask Nick: Gearing down for going up
Tech editor Nick Legan addresses reader questions on gear ratios for big days in the mountains… or the hills
The New Rapha Grand Tour Shoes Competition
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The Torqued Wrench: The Myth of Origin
Asia-built, carbon bikes are handmade too, only without the romance
Tech FAQ: More on fast-rolling tires
Zinn expands on what you need to know about balancing tire width, pressure and aerodynamics
Pro bike gallery: Oscar Freire’s Canyon
Freire has been on the doorstep of a win the classics this spring aboard his custom-painted Canyon machine
Pro Bike: Peter Sagan’s Ghent-Wevelgem Cannondale SuperSix EVO
Peter Sagan rode his Liquigas-Cannondale SuperSix Evo to second place at Sunday's Ghent-Wevelgem
Week in Tech: 650b wheels win World Cup; Enve clinchers shipping; Fi’zi:k custom insoles
The best in tech from around the web this week, including new Enve wheels, a homemade land speed record bike and custom insoles
UCI to require lawyer tabs, dictate Camelbak placement and sock length
Federation implements stricter rules regarding equipment modifications
Tech FAQ: Again, bigger tires roll faster!
Lennard Zinn tackles follow-up questions to his recent column regarding wide tires
Quick Look: Mavic HC H2O Jacket
We take a quick look a new waterproof, breathable rain shell from Mavic
The week in tech: Fernweg aero wheelset
This week's tech roundup also includes: SRAM mountain bike derailleurs, Wheels bottom bracket adapters, SRAM Red, Shimano patents and Friday flicks
Ask Nick: Should you wait for discs to buy a new frame?
Also: Pros racing on untested equipment, Exergy on microSHIFT Whitte, pro teams on custom components, mixing Dura-Ace and SRAM
The Torqued Wrench: Leaks, rivalry, intrigue and cycling’s bizarre product cycle
With the ever-increasing speed and openness of the cycling industry's product cycle, business is being done in a new way
UCI approved: Cancellara’s new mystery Trek
New classics-oriented frame from Trek is on the UCI approved frames list
Tech FAQ: Seriously, wider tires have lower rolling resistance than their narrower brethren
Also: Reducing tire pressure in the rain and tire pressure warning systems
Growth in a tough market: Cane Creek
Cane Creek is turning the tables in many respects by exporting to Asia
The Week in Tech: UCI pushed on discs
Also: New goods from BMC and Scott
Ask Nick: Derailleur hangers, used carbon bikes, Campy compatibility
Also: Chinese frames, Carbon polish and 11-speed chainrings.
CTech Product Picks
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NAHBS: Under the radar stars
Many of the most beautiful handmade items are easy to miss
Colnago launches disc brake road bike
The use of Formula hydraulic discs and Di2-enabled hydraulic drop bar levers sets the C59 atop the disc road bike genre
The revised inside ride: E-Motion rollers
On these rollers you can stand up, dump the bike into top gear and sprint
Nick Legan’s best in show from the North American Handmade Bicycle Show
Nick Legan’s Best In Show from the North American Handmade Bicycle Show
Four standouts from the 2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show
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Calfee cleans up and goes adventuring
Tech Editor Nick Legan reports from Sacramento at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show
The Brew Dude rides on
Steve Garn's sometimes radical bicycles inspired this writer as a young cyclist
Bikes Of The Bunch | New SRAM RED On BMC SLR01
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2013 Shimano: 11-speed, road disc brakes and more
Shimano’s 2013 product line is beginning to trickle out
Ask Nick: Why you shouldn’t take cues from the pros on position
Also: a follow up on tubulars
Tech FAQ: Fine-tuning entry and release with Crank Brothers pedals
LZ has some suggestions for fine-tuning your Eggbeaters to suit your different shoes
Quick Look: Kenda Kountach Tires
The Koutach was tested and designed in part by the Kenda Pro Cycling team
Ask Nick: Roadside tubular flats
Also: Ti seatposts and dirty shifters
MOMBAT: Not extinct yet
Museum Of Mountain Bike Art and Technology is sure to impress the mountain bike history buff
Tech FAQ: TRP miniature V-brakes on Edge fork
Also: more Di2 gear range
Meeting of minds: Frostbike 2012
What exactly is Frostbike? It is a forum with the intention of improving your riding experience from the shop to the road
The Torqued Wrench: Enter the Thunderdome
Cabled or wired, which drivetrain is for you?
What’s new at Frostbike?
Here are a few noteworthy items that vendors launched at the Quality Bicycle Products’s Frostbike show in Bloomington, Minnesota
Ask Nick: Wheels, tires and brake pads for big riders
Also: Checking for cassette wear
Corima Aero Plus Wheelset Review
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Gita Sports past and present
A tour of the company featured over 30 years of Italian parts, bike racing and now a new velodrome
Ask Nick: Stretching tubulars, lawyer tabs
Also: Squeaky rotors
UCI plans to extend sticker program to wheels
So far 96 models have been approved, and 43 more are currently being examined
Tech FAQ on carbon in the cold and under water
Also: needing more rear offset, 52x34 on a double, amateur tool kits
SRAM Hydraulic brake images leaked
Images of SRAM’s upcoming hydraulic road lever, hydraulic rim brake, and road-specific hydraulic disc caliper have been leaked online
Red is the new Red
Caley Fretz tells you what you need to know about the new SRAM Red
Ask Nick: Clinchers for Paris Roubaix sportif
Also: Gearing for Mt. Washington
New Red: Going a bit deeper
For those interested in a bit more detail, Caley Fretz focuses in on a few features that warrant a closer look
Tricross fork recall
Specialized Bicycles has issued a voluntary recall of their 2012 Tricross Sport and Tricross Comp forks
Red launch
The new SRAM Red group was put to its first open test on the Spanish island of Mallorca on Wednesday
Product overview: bidon cages
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Tech FAQ: On plying off tubulars and re-gluing
Also: Removing Belgian tape, re-inflating tubeless when traveling and gluing in a slipping seatpost
BMC camp: The whole package
A look at every curve of the BMC 2012 bikes
Nitto handlebar recall
Euro-Asia Imports has issued a recall of Nitto B259AA riser handlebars
Ask Nick: Cassettes specific to juniors
Also: Pro's off-season bikes and choosing a wheelset for your style of races
Torqued Wrench: Raison d’etre
A look inside the dirty guts of the product release
Continuing Education
From inside Park Tool’s ninth Tech Summit in Atlanta, Georgia
LOOKing forward
Look and Polar launch KeO Power meter, for real this time
Tech FAQ: on front brake mounting
Also: setting up a mixed group with Chorus/Centaur
Bikes Of The Bunch | 7-11 Merckx
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Ask Nick: Should you go for your vintage dream bike?
Also: seating tubeless, CDI torque wrenches and wider road rims
UCI legal? That depends…
Cervélo’s new P5
Giant recalls two models over fork cracks
2012 Defy Advanced and Avail Advanced models affected
Four phone apps to kick off your New Year's resolutions
Here are a few apps to help you kick-start your season
The unbearable lightness of bearings
Cyclocross still draws most of its equipment from the road and therein lies the problem
Gore Professional and Low Friction brake cables recalled
Gore is recalling brake cables from their Low Friction and Professional road kits
Who’s riding what?
A rundown of 2012 ProTeam equipment
The Torqued Wrench: Industry apes
Readers prompted Caley to answer the question: exactly how much does an 800-pound Specialized gorilla weigh?
A service you can’t afford to be without
A simple solution for traveling across the country for races
Ask Nick: What’s in Nick’s toolbox?
Also, is water OK for your bike and Gore cables
Garmin Edge 200 Review
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Three more ways to keep warm
Clothesline review: Curve Proline JT-1 Thermal Aero vest, Panache fleece bib shorts, De Marchi Contour Plus Insulator Teflon jersey
Ask Nick on carbon durability, carbon seatposts, KMC, mixed SRAM and Shimano
on carbon durability, carbon seatposts, KMC, mixing SRAM and Shimano
Performance Forté Pedal recall
The 2011 Forté Pro Carbon Road Pedals can potentially break or crack during use
Specialized sues Volagi over Liscio road bike
Choi claims that the design is not an idea that came from Specialized
A peek into the past
You won't find the usual magpie’s nest of glistening carbon fiber gadgetry