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The article you’re about to read is the product of dozens of texts, a handful of phone calls and about ten minutes of internet searches. To the best of my knowledge, what you…

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When I lost my airline ticket I decided to ride back home from China. By Claudio Piani After living a year in China I decided to buy a 200 dollars bike and do my…

The Chris King Open House is an annual event that showcases King's new products and colors for the season via a factory event with handmade bikes from some of the leading…

I started sleeping in cars at a very young age. No, my parents weren’t nomads, or homeless, and, for all you Arm Chair Freuds out there, it wasn’t due to some deep seated…

I'll be brief. Our primary goal at The Cycling Independent is to make our community as large as we possibly can. Part of that is selfish. We can't continue without your…

We know. We get it. Another “gravel specific” product being touted as unique and special. But, like Shimano’s GRX parts group, the brand’s RX8 gravel shoe showcases a strong…

There were first glimpses of something new brewing from Canyon at this year’s oddly, yet necessarily timed Tour de France. Did that fit right in to its release schedule? We…

Legendary print magazine Bike has become the latest victim in the struggling print marketplace. According to multiple sources its editors were notified late Friday by owners…

1. Brain and bone, blood and bluff, we are at our core animals—we learn as we go. We learn more from our mistakes than our successes. Strike the inside pedal in a corner and…