The BAT Radar

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The BICYCLIST Brief #BATradar is a curated feed of the stories that caught the eye, mind or heart of the BICYCLIST Adventure Team, or was shared on our community reddit, r/BICYCLIST. Only the best link sauce- extra sweet, tangy and satisfying.

The 2019 North American Handmade Bicycle Show Award Winners

This year marked the NAHBS’s 15 year anniversary and it was the third time in the show’s history that its was held in Sacramento. The three-day event featured close to 210 exhibitors – from framebuilders to wheels to components and accessories– including a large contingent of international exhibitors hailing from Australia, Canada, England, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Japan, Russia, and Taiwan.
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Continental Pro Cycling Team Wildlife Generation p/b Maxxis Announces Live Stream Broadcast of Redlands Classic Bike Race

Wildlife Generation, a Specialized sponsored team, and new Continental Pro Cycling team headed by Director Danny Van Haute, has announced there will be a live stream broadcast of the Redlands Classic bicycle race on Saturday, March 16th (2-6pm) and Sunday (10-6pm), March 17 from Redlands, California.
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() :: NEW VIDEO: AT THE 3 PEAKS :::

[VIDEO] Bombtrack At The “3 Peaks Cyclocross” | The Toughest Cyclocross Race in the World

The toughest cyclocross race in the world. Staged in the Yorkshire Dales National Park since 1961 the Three Peaks is a grandparent to every adventure race that’s come after. The first off-road event of its kind, it follows in the muddy footsteps and tyre tracks of a 14-year-old Yorkshire schoolboy who first completed the arduous route by bicycle in 1959. Since then the course and event have expanded to become the largest and most feared cyclocross in the UK.
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(Christoph Bayer) SRAM AXS – 13 good reasons why electronic components on bikes are the future

(Christoph Bayer) SRAM AXS – 13 Good Reasons Why Electronic Components on Bikes Are the Future | The Slow Death of ‘Buy It For Life’

We see the bike media et. al. falling over themselves to encourage a public dependence on component electronics. And both ebikes and component electronics have an intrinsic designed obsolescence, by virtue of these systems having a limited number of battery cycles. There won’t be ‘vintage’ drivetrains in 20 years as none of the batteries will be usable. I have a birthday coming up, maybe I’m being overly nostalgic to consider this.
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(Alison Van Houten) Women Are Not Treated Equally in the Outdoor Industry

(Alison Van Houten) Women Are Not Treated Equally in the Outdoor Industry

According to the report, 55 percent of women working in the bike field said they had been directly or indirectly affected by behavior or comments that are discriminatory or biased based on gender. That’s in comparison to 20 percent in the running industry, 35 percent in the snow industry, and 36 percent in other outdoor industries.
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(Richard Cunningham) Review: Niner RIP 9 RDO | One Model, Two Dedicated Frame Designs Supporting 29 and 27.5 Wheel Sizes

Niner is releasing one RIP 9 RDO model dedicated to 29-inch wheels, and a separate design for 27.5-inch wheels, but also under the same model moniker. This is a divergence from previous strategies seen in the industry, but may set the standard going forward. [email protected]
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