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The superlight Specialized S-Works Exos shoe is a dream for gram-shaving climbers. It also happens to be very comfortable.

The Specialized S-Works Recon shoe aims to balance performance and comfort. It's an improvement over prior models but is still quite stripped-down.

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Jaime Gunning (Specialized Women's Racing) was one of the revelations of last week's Santos Women's Tour Down Under, winning the best young rider's classification and mixing it with the world's best. But that breakthrough didn't come from nowhere: it was the result of self-belief, built on the belief shown by her team.

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A year-end tradition at CyclingTips, these lists allow our editors to highlight the products they loved the most in the year. Here, our production editor Iain Treloar shares his shining lights of 2018.

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In 2002, Specialized revolutionized bicycle suspension technology with a shock that had a mind of its own.

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The new Venge manages to shave weight off the previous version of Specialized's aero bike, and it's better in the wind to boot.

Fernando Gaviria goes all-in with disc brakes on his new Specialized S-Works Venge for the tour de France.

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The new Specialized Venge is not only a logical step forward, it’s a necessary step back into the real world, where bikes are ridden and races are raced

Summer is upon us and that means it's time to tackle big alpine passes, long days in the Rockies or the High Sierras.

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Is it a Gravel Ride? A Road Race? Here's what we rode . . .

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Specialized says its new S-Works Tarmac Disc is just as aerodynamic as the rim-brake version, and it's only .65 pounds heavier.

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Working with the University of Colorado’s Human Performance Lab, Specialized creates new power meter testing protocol.

With the groundbreaking Allez Sprint, there's a convincing case for the return of an aluminum frame to the peloton – and in partnership with arguably the world's best development squad, Hagens-Berman Axeon, Specialized are making it happen.

Some bikes just feel right. For those who crave precision steering and stiff responsiveness, the Specialized Tarmac is one of them.

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Specialized refines its Evade aero helmet to make it better ventilated, more comfortable, and a bit more aerodynamic.

With new upper, updated Boa dials, and a wider forefoot, the new Specialized S-Works 7 shoe affords high-performance comfort.

Specialized is implementing a new technology called Retul Match that helps entry-level riders get the basics of bike fit right.

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The Specialized Crux Expert X1 is one of the best cyclocross bikes this season.

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The new Specialized Tarmac SL6 finds ways to improve on one of our favorite race bikes with aero touches and better compliance.

Sitting inside a cosy old pub on an archipelago somewhere in the North Atlantic, I’m beginning to realise that we’ve just arrived in one of the most bizarre places left on the planet. Created by volcanic eruptions some 55 million years ago, the Faroe Islands are an archipelago of 18 spectacularly crafted igneous rocks that rise high above the ocean somewhere between Scotland and Iceland in the North Atlantic. And the riding is out of this world...

The new Specialized Crux is light, fast, and feels like a pure race bike. Plus, it has a special hydrophobic paint.

The new Specialized Diverge with Future Shock suspension is versatile on all types of gravel and the occasional singletrack trail.

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A new version of Specialized's Tarmac race bike is spotted at the Critérium du Dauphiné.

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Tom Boonen has one more Roubaix left, and for this final cobbled classic, he'll ride a custom Specialized S-Works Roubaix with rim brakes.

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