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Posted in Gravel Bikes Keepers Long Review Reviews

Lauf Seigla Race Wireless: Checkpoint

Earlier this year, I introduced our Lauf Seigla Race Wireless long-term test bike. As the successor to Lauf’s popular True Grit, the Seigla is designed to be smoother, more capable, and more versatile gravel bike. Did Lauf accomplish its goals? Today we’ll take a look at my experience with the Seigla so far.

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Posted in Gravel Bikes Reviews

Alchemy Bikes Golden D.A.R.E. Experience: At The Finish

I rode it the way I ride all my gravel bikes and that is over a mix of good roads, bad roads, dirt roads that are nearly no-roads, and long climbs followed by fast descents.

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Posted in Quick Review Reviews

Lilly Lube: Quick Review

A few years back, I hit up my shop mechanic, Jeremy Hutsell, for his thoughts on which lube to try. Jeremy handed me a bottle of Lilly Lube.

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Posted in Apparel Reviews Shoes

Shimano Flint Hills Edition RX6 “Moonlight” Shoes: At The Finish

The RX6 has what I would call a slightly relaxed feel overall in comparison to the RX801. The uppers feel a bit more forgiving.

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Posted in Accessories Computer/GPS Devices Reviews

Wahoo Elemnt ROAM GPS Computer: Getting Rolling

The climb data page, (shown above) is also great because it shows you how much you have to go to reach a summit visually, which aided me in gauging my efforts better, especially when I could not see the summit ahead.

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Posted in Apparel Eye Wear Reviews

Tifosi Rail Sunglasses: Getting Rolling

I like the triple lens options and the Red AC is that all-around tint I think I like best.

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Posted in Gravel Bikes Reviews

Alchemy Bikes DARE Experience: Getting Rolling: Part 2

So what we did was Vulcan Mid-Meld the geo of the Lycos and the titanium of the Ronin into one frame….

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Posted in Apparel Jackets Quick Review Reviews

Showers Pass Ultralight Wind Jacket: Quick Review

In the end the Showers Pass Ultralight Wind Jacket is a “good” item and mostly because it is so easy to pack away, deploy, wear, and repack, that I would choose it for any longer adventure where I was expecting cooler, windy conditions.

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Posted in Components Pedals Reviews

Redshift Sports Arclight PRO Pedals: At The Finish

The Redshift Sports Arclight PRO Pedals are a high-quality, very versatile, smooth pedal with a safety feature that is really impressive.

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Posted in Components Quick Review Reviews saddles

WTB Gravelier Saddle: A SoCal Perspective

When I first saw it upon delivery to the vast and sprawling Grannygear Rancho, I thought, “Meh…looks a bit short and such…”

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