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  • Race with Pro Crit Racers for a Good Cause with the Twilight Global Challenge p/b Wahoo and TrainingPeaks

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/koble.speedweek.greenville-6597-1-1-scaled.jpg”] The VELO Team Published April 16, 2026 10:25AM Here’s your chance to ride bikes with pros and raise money for good causes while doing it. The Twilight Global Challenge is a new in-person event taking place before the Athens Orthopedic Clinic Twilight Criterium — streaming live this weekend on Velo — that…

  • Salsa Is An Early Bird Again With Its New 32-inch Drop Bar MTB

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Salsa-Fargo-Cover.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated April 16, 2026 10:03AM Welcome to Velo’s Sea Otter Classic coverage, where we share our favorite things we’ve found at the 2026 show. Bikes, components, accessories, and more: if we think it’s cool, you’ll see it. See the rest of our Sea Otter coverage. Salsa has released a new…

  • Why Paris-Roubaix Was Riddled with Punctures

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/horiztonalmvpd.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated April 16, 2026 10:09AM Days after one of the most chaotic and compelling editions of Paris-Roubaix in recent memory, the same question keeps popping up: What was causing so many punctures? It’s tempting to say Sunday’s outbreak of punctures at the Hell of the North was anecdotal. Roubaix is,…

  • Allied Made One Key Choice I Didn’t Expect with the New Echo

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Allied-Echo-Cover-Final.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated April 16, 2026 08:56AM Pros Incredibly light Overly capable on off-road terrain Balanced geometry that works for many types of riders and riding Cons No compatibility with Shimano 2x Di2 groupsets Build specs are too gravel-oriented to meet the performance road targets Specs Size tested: 58cm Weight: 17.2 pounds…

  • How to Watch Amstel Gold Race 2026 in the USA, Canada, and Worldwide

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/how-watch-paris-roubaix-8.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated April 16, 2026 02:37AM Amstel Gold Race, it’s the race of a thousand hills that’s called an “Ardennes classic” even though it’s not hosted in the Ardennes. Playing out over a relentlessly spikey course in the Dutch Limburg, the Amstel Gold Race is one of the most overlooked classics…

  • Seixas Fever Reaches Boiling Point Ahead of Epic Clash with Pogačar at Liège

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/horiztonalbl.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated April 15, 2026 07:13AM The biggest question in cycling right now isn’t if Tadej Pogačar wins Liège-Bastogne-Liège for a fourth time, but whether 19-year-old Paul Seixas can actually beat him. Seixas Fever is hitting next-level overdrive with more than a week to go before their generational clash on April…

  • Pogačar Labels Shimano Neutral Service Bikes ‘Wheelbarrows’ after Roubaix Drama

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2270504018-1.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated April 15, 2026 08:44AM Tadej Pogačar got “spaghetti legs” and was outsprinted by Wout van Aert at Paris-Roubaix after he pedaled a “wheelbarrow” across the heinous pavé. At least, that’s how the UAE Emirates superstar described his wild ride through the Hell of the North on Sunday in quotes…

  • Call It a Comeback: Phinney Targets Track Selection for USA Cycling at LA Olympics

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2-1.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated April 15, 2026 01:17AM Taylor Phinney is back. No, not back on the gravel. Not on the road, either. The beloved U.S. racer revealed he’s back training on the velodrome in an audacious quest to race Team Pursuit at the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 2028. “NEVER IN A…

  • Paris-Roubaix Power Analysis: Wout van Aert’s Dream Day on the Cobbles

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/POWER-ANALYSIS-paris-roubaix.png”] Zach Nehr Published April 14, 2026 10:51AM With 200 meters to go in Paris-Roubaix, Wout van Aert knew exactly what to do. He had practiced the sprint over and over again in his dreams. On the banking of the Roubaix Velodrome, Van Aert launched his sprint with all the years of pain…

  • Buying a Gravel Bike? These Are Our Expert Picks

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Velo-Buyers-Guide-Gravel-BIkes.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated April 14, 2026 11:19AM Table of Contents •Best Overall Gravel Bike•Best Budget Gravel Bike•Best Value Gravel Bike•Best Gravel Race Bike•Best aero gravel bike•Best Adventure Gravel Bike•Best Gravel Bikepacking Bike•Best All-road Gravel Bike•How to choose the right gravel bike If you already have an idea of bikes and just want…