Welcome to the Volta a Catalunya Liveblog. After two stages with bunch sprints, the race route is starting to get tougher, and today will be another day to test and tire out the riders competing for the general classification. Join us and follow all the action from the race, live and up to the minut...

Photos by Matt Acker, Neil Beltchenko, and Garrett Hein M.O.R.E. stands for Michigan Off Road Expedition, a 1,050-mile bikepacking route across the two great peninsulas in the state. Despite lacking []The post Michigan Off-Road Expedition (M.O.R.E.) appeared first on BIKEPACKING.com.

Chasing down the weird and the wonderful at any bike show is always good fun, but the Taipei International Cycle Show is in a league of its own. Finding myself towards the end of an aisle, I spotted this classically styled electric bike, complete with lugs that would make Ernesto Colnago proud. The motor portion isn't lugged like the rest of the frame. Made by Allotec, the bike can be equipped with a choice of electric bike motors, including those from Shimano and Bosch, with the battery supposedly fitted externally to the frame. The seat collar leaves space for a pin. Nick Clark / Our Media You can select this retro-inspired electric road bike in an array of colours, and theres even external cable routing to keep things easy to work on. The head tube has Colnago Master vibes. Nick Clark / Our Media While certainly niche, the Allotec doesnt sit alone as being a lugged electric bike, with Athertons upcoming S.170E also using the technique, admittedly with some modernisation. Away from the novelty factor of the Allotec, the construction is very neat, and its nice to see a bike take inspiration from times gone by. More from the Taipei International Cycle Show X-Fusions new 32in Rezza XC fork has up to 130mm travel and theres a gravel version This new ebike conversion kit offers 51km range, weighs only 3.8kg and will fit in your backpack X-Fusion's E-Manic 2 electronic dropper post looks to be everything we wanted from the original

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Mathieu van der Poel is heading into the cobbled Classics still feeling the effects of his Milano-Sanremo crash, with Alpecin teammate Silvan Dillier admitting the injury has not gone away. Van der Poel was left with a hand issue after crashing on the run-in to the Cipressa, later revealing he strug...

After 14 years of trawling bike trade show floors, it takes something special to catch my eye and this Tripping Balls prototype from Blues Bikes was one such machine, spotted at the Taipei International Cycle Show today. It's a steel enduro bike, with a rarely seen suspension linkage, adjustable travel and a Pinion gearbox drivetrain. It looks totally wild. Fresh out of the blocks The Tripping Balls is a steel enduro bike I could happily sling a leg over. Tom Marvin / OurMedia The Tripping Balls has 142mm of travel at the back and features a 160mm fork at the front. However, with a longer-stroke shock (and a longer Gates belt), it can be adjusted to 160mm. While I saw it in 29er form, it can also be set up to run as a mullet 29in at the front and 27.5in at the back. The rarely seen linkage was designed by Chris Canfield (of Canfield Bikes fame) and is a multi-link VPP system. It's currently set up with a coil shock, so I'd assume there's ample progressivity through the suspension's stroke to cope with the more linear spring. Chris Canfield's linkage delivers the suspension goods. Tom Marvin / OurMedia Blues Bikes built this first frame from double-butted 4031 Chromoly steel, leaving it raw and ready to rust in order to give it a time-worn patina. Cables run externally to make maintenance easier, and there's a removable seatstay bridge, which needs removing if the bike is run in its longer-travel mode. At the heart of the bike is a Pinion C1.12 gearbox, shifted electronically from the bar. The rear-suspension linkage is a VPP design. Tom Marvin / OurMedia This 12-speed gearbox might weigh more than a traditional derailleur-based drivetrain, but with its internals in an oil bath, fully encased in metal, and with the weight low and central in the frame, it's a solution many harder-riding MTBers may be eyeing up. To drive the bike forward, there's a Gates Carbon Drive belt no chain here. These require a strongly sprung tensioner, which is nestled near the gearbox, to prevent the system slipping, but means that weight is not concentrated towards the rear of the bike. You need a heavy-duty spring to keep the belt tensioned. Tom Marvin / OurMedia Given a belt can't be joined as a chain can they come in one fixed loop the rear driveside triangle needs to be split. Rather than cut a structurally important tube in half and give it a coupler, Blues Bikes has created a modular dropout that bolts the seatstays and chainstays together. Remove the dropout and the belt can be threaded into the rear triangle. The split dropout enables the belt to be fitted. Tom Marvin / OurMedia While I don't have a full geo chart, I'm told the Medium-sized prototype has a 450mm reach, 445mm chainstays, 64-degree head angle and 77-degree seat angle. There's a plan to bring the bike to market, possibly by the end of the year, once the next set of prototypes have been built and put through more testing. Here's hoping they make it to a trail near me soon, because I for one will be asking for a go. More from the Taipei International Cycle Show X-Fusions new 32in Rezza XC fork has up to 130mm travel and theres a gravel version This new ebike conversion kit offers 51km range, weighs only 3.8kg and will fit in your backpack X-Fusion's E-Manic 2 electronic dropper post looks to be everything we wanted from the original Steel tubes, lugs... and an electric motor?! This could be the perfect retro e-bike DVO returns after post-COVID slump with more tuneable luxuriously smooth fork and shocks

Tadej Pogacars Milano-Sanremo victory is still being picked apart days later, not just for how he won, but for what the peloton failed to do when the race briefly tilted in their favour. The decisive moment came before the Cipressa had even begun. Pogacar crashed on the approach to the climb, teari...

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