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Discover the latest from the Allied Cycle Works crew. Interesting people, must-see routes, and some tech thrown in from time to time.

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Expectation Is The Killer of Joy: Our Predictions for 2021

Expectation Is The Killer of Joy: Our Predictions for 2021

It’s less a crystal ball, and more the types of predictions you make after hour #4 on the bike (or...

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The Unbearable Heaviness of Being: A 2020 Year in Review

The Unbearable Heaviness of Being: A 2020 Year in Review

2020: The most unrelenting year of our lifetimes? Possibly the case. But there was more to it than Covid bar...

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A Video Tour of the Allied Factory by JOM of Gravel Cyclist

A Video Tour of the Allied Factory by JOM of Gravel Cyclist

JOM did an amazing tour of the gravel roads of the American South. He stopped to visit our factory in...

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The Bike World's Most Interesting Man? It might well be João Correia

The Bike World's Most Interesting Man? It might well be João Correia

The shape-shifting life and times of João warrant book-length treatment. For now, something more brief: 10 questions about his transformation...

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A Conversation with Rob DeMartini

A Conversation with Rob DeMartini

We visit with the CEO of USA Cycling about the brutal costs of COVID, the transformative impact it's having on...

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Catching up with Taylor Phinney

Catching up with Taylor Phinney

He was America's most memorable road racer for the last decade. He retired at the end of 2019 to turn...

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