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First look at the GT Grade

 The Grade is a new adventure bike from GT and it is a very sharp looking ride, but please - do not call it a gravel racer. Enjoy these first images from rainy Utah.
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Crampy? Yeah, me too

 Muscle cramps are the bane, and the mystery, of the endurance sports world. Why do we cramp? Fitness, physiology, or diet? What can you do beyond training more and pacing well?
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John Polson’s Parlee TTi

 We ran into Aussie Pro John Polson at the AeroCamp 2.0 at the A2 Wind Tunnel and we snagged his Parlee TTi race bike and took a closer look.
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Polar V800 first impressions

 Polar's got a lot riding on its new intro, the V800. There are pluses and minuses versus Garmin's 910xt, but overall Polar establishes a mighty platform for now and the future.
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Rim Widths 2014

 We update our big rim width database for 2014. New for this year - not only are outside rim widths listed, but also internal widths for clincher rims. Read on for all of the details.
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Thule RoundTrip Transition

 We have spent time with the Thule RoundTrip Transition hard shell bike travel case and you can learn here how we felt about this impressive looking box.
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The Merida of Sam Douglas

 Young Aussie Sam Douglas is spending a few months in the USA and when he raced the 70.3 Raleigh we looked closer at his Merida Time Warp race bike.
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Gourmet Goggles

 Most of the time we're spending $20 or less on TYR, Speedo, Aqua Sphere and blueseventy goggles because they work. But here's 2 goggles you should know about, from Barracuda and Zoggs.
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Are your wheels ready to race?

 What length valve stem are you using? Removable cores? What kind of sealant? What kind of extender is on your wheels? And your spares? This and more in this installment of Things That Roll.
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Valve Stems and Extenders

 Extender: one of the few words rhyming with "ender" that is not in Jackson Browne's "The Pretender". This winds Kopecky's how-to into a race-prep chapter in "Things that Roll".
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Things that roll

 In a week-long series we'll talk about wheels, tubes, tires, how to choose them, prepare them, acclimate yourself to them, and get the most out of them during the race. We begin with a discussion of wheel depth.