Spencer Harding is up next and below, joins our team of contributors and editors in sharing a list of favorite products and albums of 2023. A few of his picks are things he’s had for a while and have withstood the test of time and extended use. Others include some new gadgets as well as one non-bike-related product for good measure. He also put together a list of album and podcast recommendations. Let’s get right into it below!
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Radar Roundup: Massacan Paula Gravel Bike, Rivendell MUSA Pants, SON Edelux USB-FL Sneak Peek, Rogue Panda Ultra 200X Bags, Quirk Titanium Seatpost, BTP Bar Tape, Good Company, and International SingleSpeed Day is Coming!
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Radar Roundup: Stinner Carrizo All-Road Bike, Lost and Found Registration is Open, Industry Nine Bronze, Sim Works Homage Green Pack, OMBRAZ Frost, Le Coursier, and Pedaling Across Wisconsin
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Radar Roundup: MOOTS Carbon eBike?, All-City Gorilla Monsoon Colors, MAAP Earth Tones, Ripton Black Bike Pants, Ocean and San Bibs, No Gods No Masterlinks
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The Dust-Up: Most New Mountain Bikers Should Start on Full-Suspension Bikes
In today’s installment of our ongoing opinion column, The Dust-Up, we bring you Travis Engel’s thesis on why full-suspension bikes offer the most inviting, user-friendly experience to people trying mountain bikes for the first time, and why the commonly held “hardtail-first” doctrine is flawed and outdated. Please read in full before commenting, but please comment.
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Rigid, Vintage, Ready: Lachlan Sillitoe’s Anonymous Beach Bruiser
You won’t find many fully rigid, bi-plane forked, singlespeed mtbs on the trails of Kamloops—or anywhere else for that matter. But Lachlan Sillitoe, an Aussie transplant in the Loops and owner of the Bicycle Cafe, breaks the mold of the typical British Columbia Interior ride, with style and flow to spare. After hanging on his wheel during a few rides earlier this year, Dylan Sherrard writes about his friend’s unconventional bike choices and eagerness to embrace the entire spectrum of the riding experience—comfort be damned. Read on for Lachy’s thoughts about why easier isn’t always better and for a closer look at his anonymous vintage rigid SS mtb “beach bruiser.”
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Do It For Dave: Dave Mercer Fundraiser Raffle
We recently received news that Dave Mercer of Mercer Bikes was diagnosed with cancer and to help him through this battle, the community has rallied to put together a fundraiser raffle. Check out the details of what and how you can win below!
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The Dust-Up: Will Unchained Bring About a Road Cycling Revival? Is That a Good Thing?
Like its predecessor, Drive to Survive, the new Netflix Unchained series seeks to humanize the World Tour’s automaton-seeming athletes that make up professional road cycling’s peloton. But as the exploding gravel scene in the U.S. faces “growing pains,” Nic Morales wonders if the effects of Unchained’s inevitable popularity will remain culturally abstract, or if they will serve to usher in an era of Road 2.0 on America’s gravel roads. Read on for Nic’s reaction to the series in this latest installment of The Dust-Up, our ongoing opinion column.
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Readers’ Rides: Sam’s 2006 GT Ruckus SS
Making a vintage hardtail into a rigid singlespeed can be a lot of fun, particularly when it fits big rubber. Sam’s GT Ruckus is his singlespeed and today in our Readers’ Rides segment, he shares this unique build with us…
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Radar Roundup: Superstore Wilderness, Wizard Works Fundraiser for NZ Cyclone, Fairlight Faran 2.5, Force AXS Updates, and Ripton Bike Pants
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Radar Roundup: Cassette Club Seattle, Sour Made in Germany Pre-Order, 100 Tacos Spicy Stem Decals, Wolf Tooth Echo Grips Colors, Road to Trieste, A Year on Film, and Undertaking
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2022 Cyclocross Nationals on Film: Patience Through the Chaos
With my camera bag loaded with several boxes of 120 film and a brick of Ilford HP5, I pulled out of the driveway bound for Hartford, CT; I paused, wondering how I arrived at this moment. All of the little moves and influences resulted in me lugging two cameras with a combined age of some 75 years to shoot the season’s most crucial cyclocross race. There is a “Butterfly Effect” moment in our lives that leads us to our current state, and somewhere amongst the mud, dust, and thousands of shutter actuation is mine.
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Radar Roundup: RAL Tonbo Jacket, Mash Limited Edition Phil Wood Hubs, Crust Evasion Crown, 2023 Kona Sutra, The Slymefoot Slide, Sea to Summit on Aeroe Racks, and Self Portrait
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Radar Roundup: ATB Challenge Goes International, Mongoose Motomag III, Hope 155mm Evo, REEB SST Pre-Order, Purple Micro Climate, Steady Co Tool Pod, and ABQ Bike Swap
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Radar Roundup: Manitou Mastodon, Tomii Stem Caps, CnGS Mugs Return, Pit Viper Flip Up, Cool Breeze Party Pace Cycling Cap, The Good Days, and ANOTHER Trophy Cup Flick?
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Radar Roundup: Globe Teaser, ZARA Cyling?, Aeffect R, and Explore Gets Colorful
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Radar Roundup: ATB Challenge 01, Tumbleweed Goods, ORNOT Jerseys, Paris Gao-Dakar VTT, and Is Riding Giving You Pain?
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Radar Roundup: MASH Steel Road Bike, Swift Hold Fast, Purple Cages, High Above, and the History of CRUST
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