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Rad Power Bikes is in a tenuous position, and could shut down by early next year if it doesn't find new funding.

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Rad Power Bikes faces possible shutdown after failed funding deal
Once the insurgent face of U.S. e-bikes, the Seattle brand may soon go dark.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Who are the riders to watch at this week's UCI Esports World Championships?

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Preview: Can the favorites repeat at the 2025 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships?
Supreme dominance, storybook comebacks, second chances, and rising stars take the stage in another make-or-break moment for cycling esports.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Spin Cycle: Caught slipping in Saitama escapecollective.com/spin-cycle-c...
Spin Cycle: Caught slipping in Saitama
Wout van Aert is still trying to make it to the league.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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CX Euro Champs gallery: An incomplete but intriguing picture of a fledging season.
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CX Euro Champs gallery: An incomplete but intriguing picture of a fledging season
A guide to who's on form – and what to look forward to – as the cyclocross season begins to simmer.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Searching for the 'Spirit of Gravel' at the inaugural Gravel Burn in South Africa.
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What is the Spirit of Gravel?
Freedom. Challenge. Connection. Maybe that's all the definition it needs?
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November 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Five tips that could change your life this Black Friday

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Five tips that could change your life this Black Friday
Buy buy buy. But why?
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November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Welcome to the cycling industry's most cursed office park

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The cycling industry's most cursed office park
How one industrial park in Colorado became a microcosm of the boom and bust of the bike world.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Big wheels and big ideas: Rob English catches up with a few fellow builders to talk through what they learned building and riding early 32" bike iterations.
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Big wheels and big ideas: 32" fit and geometry puzzles
Rob English catches up with a few fellow builders to talk through what they learned building and riding early 32" bike iterations.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Updated with internal team communication response: Premier Tech drops sponsorship of IPT

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Premier Tech drops sponsorship of Israel-Premier Tech team
The team's co-title sponsor described continuation as 'untenable.'
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November 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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"It has become untenable for us to continue as a sponsor."

Premier Tech drops sponsorship of Israel-Premier Tech team

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Premier Tech drops sponsorship of Israel-Premier Tech team
The team's co-title sponsor described continuation as 'untenable.'
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November 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Spin Cycle: Zoom into a small fortune escapecollective.com/spin-cycle-z...
Spin Cycle: Zoom into a small fortune
It's November but we're still learning things about this summer's Tour de France.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Is a bike from AliExpress a bargain hunter's delight, or a disaster waiting to happen? We ordered a frameset to find out.

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I bought a frame from AliExpress. It didn’t go very well.
A haven for the bargain-hunter or a disaster waiting to happen? Time to investigate.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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How to wash your fancy rain jacket

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How to wash your fancy rain jacket
PFAS-free water-repellent finishes might not be as magical as their forever-chemical predecessors, but they are very good when cared for correctly.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Went back to Guangxi for a second bite of the Punishment Tour and had a whale of a time 📰👇 escapecollective.com/revelations-...
Revelations in Guangxi: A return to the edge of the cycling world
Two years on from my first outing to the so-called Punishment Tour, would I once again find what I was looking for?
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November 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Are the pros doing strength training right? And should we follow in their footsteps?

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What 600 pro cyclists can teach us about strength training
Are the pros doing it right? And should we follow in their footsteps?
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November 6, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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All five of EF Education-EasyPost's 2026 signings are under 23. That's intentional, GM Jonathan Vaughters told us: by nature and necessity, the team is focused on finding and developing young riders rather than buying stars. escapecollective.com/what-we-want...
'What we want is more Ben Healys': A youth movement is underway at EF
With at least five signees under 21, including Ineos' Michael Leonard and 19-year-old Slovakian TT champ Matthias Schwarzbacher, EF Education-EasyPost is focusing on scouting and developing young ride...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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If you like Kraftwerk and cycling ... well, let's just say there's an estate auction for you.

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Kraftwerk’s cycling obsession lives on in Florian Schneider’s auctioned bikes
Years after the death of founding Kraftwerk member Florian Schneider, his vast collection of weird instruments, sound equipment, memorabilia and bicycles is for auction.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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How can successive generations of performance bikes get faster when they look so similar to their predecessors? escapecollective.com/incremental-...
Incremental gains: How performance bikes keep getting faster without looking different
A mix of technical, regulatory and market constraints means new bikes often resemble the previous generation, but that similarity hides notable R&D advances.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Where are they now: Ben King has been transformed

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Where are they now: Ben King has been transformed
A decade ago, the American pro was at the peak of his career at a home World Championships. He never dreamed of the challenges he would face since, or that they'd make the ones from his time in the sp...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Sensah groupsets, reviewed: The good, the bad, and the ugly

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Sensah groupsets, reviewed: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Is this budget-friendly Chinese brand a viable alternative to the Big Three of the groupset world?
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November 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Things mechanics wish all cyclists knew about their bikes

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Things mechanics wish all cyclists knew about their bikes
Don’t like tech? This is for you.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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A month ago, CSS Composites and its in-house Forge+Bond wheel brand abruptly closed, leaving owners, staff and OEM brand partners scrambling. Now, the F+B name is back. The strange tale of its journey from bikes to pickleball: escapecollective.com/how-forge-an...
How a high-end wheel brand crashed ... then came back as a pickleball company
The collapse of CSS Composites left multiple brands and hundreds of consumers high and dry. Less than a month later, the company's Forge+Bond branding and other IP has returned in a new field.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Spin Cycle: Kiss the ring escapecollective.com/spin-cycle-k...
Spin Cycle: Kiss the ring
Things are happening in Singapore that make us doubt the integrity of the Tour de France crits.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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When CSS Composites collapsed, it left its customers high and dry. Less than a month later, its Forge+Bond brand is back - but not how you'd expect.

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How a high-end wheel brand crashed ... then came back as a pickleball company
The collapse of CSS Composites left multiple brands and hundreds of consumers high and dry. Less than a month later, the company's Forge+Bond branding and other IP has returned in a new field.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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"I am a clean athlete and a person of integrity," asserts Oier Lazkano, provisionally suspended by the UCI.
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Suspended Lazkano asserts ‘I am a clean athlete and a person of integrity’
Oier Lazkano has spoken up following his provisional suspension due to anomalies in his ABP, and the termination of his contract with Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe.
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November 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM