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Maude Farrell on her 50k/100-mile double win in Stillwater.

Testing SRAM's new Flight Attendant on the BC40 The BC40 likes to party. SRAM’s Flight Attendant makes it party smarter. SUSPENSION GETS SMART We’re stoked to be co-launching the new SRAM Flight Attendant, the world’s smartest damping system. It uses a machine-learning algorithm to monitor every ride, adjusting its own...

INTRODUCTION Taylor Lideen, along with teammate Lachlan Morton, just dusted the course record for 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo, lopping 7:00 off the previous best time while winning the event by a handful of seconds. Lideen’s an old hand at Old Pueblo and, now that his name is atop...

Off-road cycling’s rising star joins the ALLIED factory team. We’re stoked to officially welcome the latest addition to our factory team: Anna Yamauchi. A burgeoning gravel and trail talent, Anna’s inaugural year as a knobby-tire privateer netted her a win at Rock Cobbler; podiums at BWR Arizona, Cactus Cup, and...

Looking back on ALLIED reviews from 2023. INTRODUCTION During the infancy of 2024 – before we settle down into ramping up for the coming race calendar – we’re taking a moment to catch our breath and stretch our legs by reviewing some of our reviews from the latter part of...

REFLECTING ON BENTONVILLE'S LIFE TIME GRAND PRIX RACES. OZ, off-road I love racing in Bentonville. The punchy climbs and rocky surfaces of both courses suit me, and starting and finishing in bike-crazed Bentonville is the best. For the gravel in Oz specifically, I really like how narrow and twisty it...

PAYSON MCELVEEN ON THE INAUGURAL GRAVEL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. A course worth the effort Gravel’s first-ever US national championship was unique in two ways. First, it was, well, the first. Second, it “provided some very unique challenges,” according to ALLIED factory team athlete Payson McElveen. “It was unlike any gravel race...

LEA DAVISON ON RETIREMENT, COACHING, AND FINALLY SAYING YES TO MARGARITAS. She’s top-10’d the Olympics. She’s podiumed at Worlds. She’s now a US national team coach. Hell, she’s even got a TED Talk. Mountain-bike maven Lea Davison’s career doesn’t leave many boxes unchecked, but it was still something of a...

LOOP // 13 MILES // 1,600 FT CLIMBING