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  • T-Rex Arms and Stumpy Thighs: How Remco Evenepoel Became ‘The Aero Bullet’

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-2287062328-scaled.jpg”] Updated September 17, 2026 05:12AM Remco Evenepoel is proof that size doesn’t always matter. Evenepoel’s closest entourage revealed this week how T-Rex arms, stumpy thighs, and a compact core made the Belgian superstar an “aero bullet” who’s poised to win an historic fourth time trial title Sunday at the Montréal world championships.…

  • Shimano’s New SPD-SLR Pedal System Breaks Backward Compatibility After 23 Years

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Shimano-DURA-ACE-PD-R9300-SPR-SLR-Pedal-Studio-Shots-0-0-05cfe5.jpg”] Published September 17, 2026 01:00AM Today, Shimano is launching a whole new pedal system. After 23 years without a fundamental update to the current SPD-SL platform, the brand has a new standard. As of now, the new ecosystem is SPD-SLR, and it is not backward compatible. SPD-SLR cleat and pedal system If…

  • Debating the Fundamental Truths of 32-Inch Wheels

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/32_-inch-size-difference-e1789587632334.jpg”] Published September 16, 2026 02:19PM Welcome to Dropped, a new weekly road and gravel cycling newsletter from Velo that brings you the latest ideas we’re debating endlessly on group rides, and a look behind the scenes of our coverage.   Sign up for Dropped For the tech team here at Velo, our podcast…

  • All Natural, Low Cost, High Carb: Is Maple Syrup the Perfect Alternative to Gels?

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-184916898-scaled-e1789538295912.jpg”] Updated September 15, 2026 11:59PM Is maple syrup the solution to your high-carbohydrate fueling needs? That’s exactly what Canadian (yes, Canadian) researchers are on a mission to discover in a study that so perfectly reinforces the national stereotype it’s hilarious. The ongoing project by scientists at the University of Montréal is exploring…

  • Underbiking Lives! A Road Bike Just Swept Gravel Nationals.

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Domane-gravel-Cover.jpg”] Published September 15, 2026 05:30PM Trek swept the elite titles at the US Gravel Nationals, but not with the bikes that you—or seemingly Trek—expected. The men’s and women’s races were won on the Trek Domane, the brand’s new endurance road bike. Both Cobe Freeburn and Paige Onweller won their respective races on…

  • Tadej Pogačar Back on Trainer 2 Weeks After Season-Ending Vuelta Crash

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Tadej-Pogacar-trainer.jpg”] Published September 15, 2026 05:03PM A little over two weeks after a horrific crash in the Vuelta a España shut down Tadej Pogačar’s season, he’s back on the trainer, surely putting out far more watts in zone 2 than any of us could fathom. “First time back,” he said in a video…

  • The New US Gravel National Champs Are 2 Sides of the Gravel Racing Coin

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026_Sea-Otter_LTGP-Gravel_Dan-Hughes-188-e1789496529620.png”] Published September 15, 2026 12:43PM The 2026 US Gravel Nationals was a tale of two deserving, albeit very different winners. On the men’s side, it was Cobe Freeburn punctuating a breakthrough season with his first national title. For the women, Paige Onweller took the win after a long season of near misses…

  • Sepp Kuss Soars up Vuelta GC with Inspired Ride on Final Mountain Stage

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-2294888448.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated September 12, 2026 02:32PM 2023 Vuelta a España winner Sepp Kuss pulled out one of his best performances since that victory when he surged up the GC on Saturday. The Coloradan started the day 11th overall, 11:04 behind the race leader Enric Mas. He was aggressive for much of…

  • Vuelta a España Stage 20: Landa Rescues Terrible Season, Mas Set for Overall Win

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-2294886167.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated September 12, 2026 02:01PM Just as Eddie Dunbar did on Friday, Mikel Landa resurrected himself at the Vuelta a España in bouncing back from a injury-blighted season. The Basque Soudal Quick-Step rider fractured his pelvis in a crash at the Itzulia Basque Country race in April and admitted at…

  • Dogged Determination: Dunbar Overcoming More than a Decade of Brutal Bad Luck

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-2294211246.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated September 11, 2026 06:05PM Eddie Dunbar is small and slight, but he’s one of the toughest characters in the peloton. The Irishman has been through knockbacks and setbacks that would have ended the careers of many riders but, time and time again, he’s dusted himself off, got back on…