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Leadville is banning drop bars in 2026—but the real debate is what kind of race it wants to be
Leadville’s drop-bar ban is less about innovation—and more about fairness, safety, and identity.
This happens when you combine an XC race bike with a suspension-corrected gravel bike? You get the Sage Droptimator, a drop bar mountain bike that’s equal parts fast and fun. According to Sage ...
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Drop Bar Mountain Bikes Shocked Leadville in 2024. Here’s Why the Pros Are All In for 2025.
The Leadville 100 is one of the most well-known, some might say notorious, bike races in the USA. It’s traditionally considered a mountain bike race, but in 2024, Keegan Swenson arrived to race with ...
For some, the Ignite GTX from Ridley might be taking things a bit too far, but for others, this could be the perfect do-it-all mountain bike. Blending drop bars with hardtail mountain bike geometry, ...
In a world where eMTBs are the biggest slice of the news pie, and brands are working hard to shave grams or kill the mechanical derailleur, Kona offers up a refreshing change from the narrative with ...
Closely following the launch of the Upon e-road bike, Megamo is bringing Avinox power to gravel with the all-new Along ...
Pro Bikes 'A mishap leading to a broken frame 100% will put them out of contention’ - Modern Adventure to ride Paris-Roubaix on Factor's amateur-focused race bike Pro Cycling Sean Kelly's Classics ...
We're currently riding a category-busting high-end carbon drop bar bike with fat tires and a 40mm travel suspension fork and are having a blast. Yet we're fully aware that this bike is certainly not ...
On Saturday, August 9, the 31st edition of the Leadville Trail 100 will put riders to the test across—yes, you guessed it—100 miles of high-altitude Rocky Mountain terrain. Each summer, the humble ...
Both Pivot Cycles and Pinarello have dropped new hardtail mountain bikes with heavy gravel influence as the lines between gravel and mountain biking continue to blur. But these brands aren't the first ...
Looking for a modern drop bar offroad bike that can handle today’s high-volume gravel tires and even mountain bike tires, could go bikepacking and yet isn’t out of place at a cyclocross race? Rocky ...
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