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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.
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Speed Concept brake tips

 We give you a step-by-step guide on how to properly service rear brakes on the Trek Speed Concept triathlon bike, including a few pro tips and tricks.
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The DB of Alex Candelario

 The name Diamondback reminds many of us about BMX and mountain bikes, but they do make some nice road bikes too and we looked closer at one of them.
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Alison Tetrick’s Felt F1

 TWENTY16 rider Alison Tetrick won the KOM and Sprint titles at the 2014 Winston-Salem Cycling Classic, and here is your chance to see her Felt F1 race bike.
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The Wilier of Travis McCabe

 Travis McCabe who races for the SmartStop / Mountain Khakis team earned the win at the 171km UCI WS Cycling Classic. We looked closer at his Wilier Cento1Air setup.
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Barry Roubaix Recap

 We follow up on our intro to gravel racing with a short video, recap, and race report from the 2014 Barry Roubaix Killer Gravel Road Race. We talk tires, gearing, and more.
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Run shoes in 5 years

 In the series wrap I'll predict what run shoes will be like in 5 years, features that will advance and recede, and possible changes in the trajectory of several leading companies.
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Run shoe levers and footbeds

 Running has never seen this kind of divergence in technologies and theories, from barefoot all the way to hyper-structure and custom footbeds. And everything in between.