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The trails at Bike World News World HQ have finally dried out and I’ve been riding as much as I can. There have been a lot of cool items come through the door, so I wanted to drop some spot reviews to highlight some of them.
The Rad Dirt Fest presented by Wahoo will feature three brand new courses this year, which all start and finish in downtown Trinidad and include a section in beautiful Trinidad Lake State Park.
Öhlins today announce the launch of their long awaited XC range with the debut of the RXC34 m.1 forks, TXC1Air and TXC2Air shocks.
Keegan Swenson and Carolin Schiff won the 2023 edition of Life Time’s Garmin UNBOUND Gravel presented by Craft Sportswear.
The Bluegrass Vanguard and Vanguard Core are a new family of lightweight, full-face helmets that aim to address how mountain bikers are riding today.
The League of American Bicyclists is recognizing 45 cities and towns for earning Bicycle Friendly Community awards, plus five communities that earned Honorable Mentions
Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) has won the 2023 Giro d’Italia, wearing the final Maglia Rosa of the General Classification leader and raising the Trofeo Senza Fine.
Primoz Roglic triumphed in Tarvisio in the ski jumping Worlds with the Slovenian junior team in 2007 and did it again as a cyclist in Stage 20 of the 2023 Giro d’Italia.
Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Bahrain – Victorious) has won Stage 19 of the 2023 Giro d’Italia, the 183km long Longarone-Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Rif. Auronzo) queen stage of the race.
Filipo Zana of the Jayco-Alula team survived the break to win atop Val di Zoldo ahead of Thibaut Pinot in Stage 18 of the 2023 Giro d’Italia.