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Soooooo...thats a (small-ish) tubular 29er tire...with room to breathe, in a “CX” fork. 

This tire/wheel could not spin in my TRP fork...pop it in this 3T job and it has about 1cm of clearance on all sides. I think there is a new king of clearance in town folks, the 3T Luteus II, check it out...

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This is awesome.

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This is amazing news! 

Finally, a means to a clutch RD on a shimano dropbar drivetrain!

Chapeau Wolf Tooth and LIndarets!

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My favorite David Kirk ever, easily, no contest. Holy crap.

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Only 13 years ago...not a carbon frame in sight.

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Must read.

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So, I also build frames from time to time. Here’s one I made for myself!

Featured today on The Radavist and Cycle Exif

Give me a follow at imshicycles.com if youd like to stay up to date on upcoming projects!

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Frame Info: Columbus Life Double Oversize Tubeset Llewellyn Cadenzia Lugs/Dropouts Pacenti Artisan BB Shell Enve 1.0 Fork Clearance for 27mm Challenge Paris Roubaix (measures 30mm on a wide rim)

Full parts list: DA9070 Groupset w/ Stages PM Reynolds Assault Wheels w/ 25c Vittoria Open Corsa Evo CX Tires Campagnolo Record Cassette KMC X11SL chain eeCycleworks Brakes Chris King headset/bottom bracket Deda Superleggero RS post Deda 35 Carbon bars Deda 35 Stem Aican Bungarus Housing Concor Carbon FX Saddle

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Sneak peek...

Photo - Eric Baumann / Ride Metal 2015

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Bryan Hollingsworth - King of the Townie

Love the color combo on this one, also the complete silver component treatment, also the campy/paul-ness...also this shoot location, need to get back there soon...  

Photos - Eric Baumann / Ride Metal 2014

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Only Nao could make a tiny 700c bike look this good. 

Check out more pics over on the Radavist if you haven’t already...

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sunday morning can't come soon enough...

THE ROAD TO HELL AWAITS…

Paris-Roubaix earned it’s name, “the hell of the north” for a very good reason – it’s absolute hell. The roads are hell to walk on, to drive on, and worst of all, to race on. Yet, this mystic pain-stricken route carves a legendary status that can’t be matched by any other race in the sport. To win is to become great!! Photographer Kåre Dehlie Thorstad just sent in the latest on the course, it seems to survive the road to hell, you must be willing to move through the mud. Via http://pelotonmagazine.com/shutter/the-road-to-hell-awaits-paris-roubaix-2015-preview/ #ParisRoubaix   #HelloftheNorth  

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If anyone has the power to change my opinion about an entire segment of bicycles, it's the guys over at firefly. What a rig!

More HERE.

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Well this one certainly came out nice!

Stunningly beautiful final build for annalisala​’s Tomii cycles road, whose paint and entire build was inspired by a crocus—and built masterfully by at-speed. My input on the build was in designing the fade paint scheme (executed by the wildly talented Jordan Low of Seven and Geekhouse, and others) to bring the crocus idea to life. And, I got to take a few photos ;)

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Here are a couple bikes that resonated with me lately.

The Cycles J Bryant NFD and Elephant NFE, two similar-yet-different takes on adventure by bicycle.

I love them both.