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2. Racing bicycle - Wikipedia

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   A carbon fiber frame racing bicycle by the French company LOOK A road bicycle made by Scott Lance Armstrong riding in a posture often used on a road bicycle. A racing bicycle, also known as a road bike, is a bicycle designed for competitive road cycling, a sport governed by and according to the rules of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).

3. Kestrel USA - Wikipedia

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   1988: The company unveils the "Nitro" full-suspension mountain bike after collaboration with Keith Bontrager; 1989: World's first carbon fork, the EMS; 1989: Kestrel is the first company to use higher stiffness, "intermediate modulus" carbon fiber in the 200 EMS. 1989: World's first all-carbon triathlon bike, the KM40

4. Gravel cycling - Wikipedia

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   The relaxed geometry of mountain bikes is the foundation of gravel bike frames but gravel bikes are lighter, faster and more responsive than a mountain bike. Gravel bikes also use characteristics of both cyclocross and road bikes for better comfort on long rides and the wheel clearance to accommodate rides done in torrential conditions (heavy ...

5. Rim (wheel) - Wikipedia

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   On a bicycle wheel, the rim is clearly just one component of the assembly, and it can be purchased separately and replaced if damaged or if the sidewalls have been eroded by rim brakes. [17] In discussions of automobiles, however, the terms wheel and rim are often incorrectly used synonymously, as in decorative wheels being called rims. One ...

6. Tubular tyre - Wikipedia

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   While the clincher tyres and rims technology has caught up in recent years, the total weight of a tubular rim and tyre is still always lighter than its clincher equivalent. Outside racing, the total lightness advantage is somewhat offset by the need to carry at least one entire spare tubular tyre (only a patch kit or inner tube are needed for ...

7. Mavic (bicycle parts company) - Wikipedia

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   Mavic is a France-based bicycle parts manufacturer, its name is an acronym for Manufacture d'Articles Vélocipédiques Idoux et Chanel. It was founded by Charles Idoux and Lucien Chanel in Lyon, France in the late 1800s. [1] Mavic produced the first aluminium rim in 1934, and the first disc wheel in 1973.