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The Bike Lane: Young guns and wise old men

Welcome to season 3, episode 3 of The Bike Lane. In this edition we have a chat with Orica-GreenEDGE’s Simon Gerrans as well as his future teammate, Caleb Ewan. We also sit down with NRS winner and future star Jack Haig along with a chat with Dr Andrew Garnham about what causes cramps and a […]

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The Bike Lane: Talkin’ ’bout a revolution

Welcome to episode two of The Bike Lane’s third season. Today we have Drapac Pro Cycling’s Will Walker filling in for CyclingTips’ Wade Wallace and with the World Tour cycling season drawing to a close we shift our focus to our favourite season; the Australian summer.

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Bikes of the Bunch: Crumpton Corsa

Bikes of the Bunch is as much about the stories behind the bikes we feature, as it is about the bikes themselves. And with Alfred Basa’s Crumpton Corsa there’s a great story to go along with the bright green frame. Enjoy.

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Swiss Side Franc wheelset review

Swiss Side uses bona fide Swiss engineering, a pragmatic customer-direct sales strategy, and the slogan “Engineered Freedom” to sell its wheelsets. In this review CTech Editor Matt Wikstrom assesses Swiss Side’s Franc wheelset, an aluminium alloy clincher that costs less than $600.

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How the Warrny was won

The Melbourne to Warrnambool is one of the most prestigious races in Australia and one of the oldest races in the world still in existence. On Saturday morning, 238 riders lined up in Werribee to take on the 98th edition of the race. Here’s how the race unfolded, as told by the riders.

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The Bike Lane: Heroes and Villains

The Bike Lane is back after a short hiatus and we’re excited to bring you our third season. While the curtain is beginning to fall on the rest of cycling around the World, Australia is just heating up and there’s a buzz in the air (as well as swooping magpies). In this episode we talk […]

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The long history of the Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic

The 98th edition of the famous Melbourne to Warrnambool one-day classic will be held this Saturday, October 12. It is Australia’s oldest road race still in existence, and the second oldest in the world behind Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The ‘Warrny’ is one of the enduring monuments of Australian cycling, with a long and rich history worthy of […]

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Visions of the future: wearable devices and cycling

One of the most exciting trends in the future technology space is that of “wearable computing” - tiny computerised devices that can be worn to enhance your everyday experience in some way. As development in this space has continued, it’s become clear that any number of these devices and their applications could enhance the sport […]

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Made in Italy: a tour of the Sarto bike factory

If you haven’t seen a bike bearing the Sarto logo before you would almost certainly have seen one that was made by Sarto on behalf of another brand. In this piece, Corey Sar Fox takes a tour of the Sarto factory and meets some of the people behind this quintessentially Italian family business.

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Garmin Vector Review

It’s been a long wait for Garmin to release their pedal-based Vector power measuring system and now that it’s finally been released, I jumped at the opportunity to take it for a spin throughout the last month. Let’s take a look and see how it performed.

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