Category: Gear
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Trek Checkpoint SL 5 Review
After a few hundred miles, we’re ready to offer up a review of the Trek Checkpoint SL 5, one of Trek’s best bang-for-your-buck offerings in their gravel line-up. It’s a bike that promises to do it all, but can it do it all perfectly? We’ll take a look at the ride, the build and what…
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Magnesium Makes a Comeback with VAAST Bikes
If there was anything good to come out of the supply chain crunch caused by the pandemic, it was the emergence of smaller bike and component brands. Simply put, bike shops needed bikes. If you could get a bike to a shop floor, even as a newer brand, the shop owners were going to give…
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Apple Watch Ultra Review: Is It a Garmin Killer?
After a few weeks of testing, I’m finally willing to weigh in on the Apple Watch Ultra. The latest addition to the Apple Watch range is squarely aimed at chiseling away market share from Garmin’s user base of elite athletes. While Apple sells exponentially more watches (Apple owns 56% of the smartwatch market globally) each…