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How To Train Without Expensive Tech

Are you getting too obsessed with your cycling data? Fed up of constantly looking at your bike computer? You can still have fun and improve your cycling without using fitness data, smart watches, power meters and heart rate monitors. Conor explains how you can keep track of your training without data!

The Hottest New Tech At Eurobike 2023! | Part 1

A load of new bikes, new tech and kit, great food, and back in Germany? It can only mean one thing, it’s time for Eurobike 2023! Ollie geeks out to bring you all the hottest and weirdest tech from the expo, including some super lightweight bikes & all things aero!

The 6 BEST Cycling Upgrades!

What are the BEST bike upgrades you can make to your cycling? Finding some extra speed, but also keeping the comfort! Manon & Conor are here to help you with your next big upgrade…and they might not be what you think! 🤔

Sram has some wild new ideas, patents suggest

From CyclingNews.com

An aero gravel suspension fork, thru-axle batteries and solar-powered mudguards

When it comes to being a market leader in a segment, constant innovation is necessary in order to maintain that position. If you’re standing still, you’re moving backwards – the old adage goes.

Each innovation will begin as a simple idea, and as that concept goes through the various steps of becoming a reality, brands seek to protect their idea with a patent – or a series thereof.

Thanks to various free online patent-viewing resources, this provides the general public with a glimpse into the minds of our favourite brands; and a veritable treasure trove of concepts, ideas, and cool new future tech.

One brand in a market-leading position is American groupset manufacturer, Sram. While younger than its main rival, Shimano, and with a smaller share of the overall groupset market, Sram is just as entrenched in performance-level road and mountain bike groupsets, and has firmly cemented itself as one of the ‘Big Three’; the third position being occupied by Campagnolo.

 

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