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the most expensive bike and cycling fashion meets K-Pop
This weekās newsletter brings the most expensive bike that Iāve ever seen, as well as the best gravel accessories on the market. We have top tips to train like a pro and some bucket-list bike challenges. We introduce a super-cool bike-packing brand and go behind the scenes of the Tour de France Femmes too. Enjoy!
Hello,
Welcome to another newsletter from Girona. Weāre hanging onto the end of summer here in Catalonia with some beautiful weather. September and October are without a doubt my favourite months of the year here. The weather is good and much more relaxed than in summer.
Iām fresh back from the Flanders Tomorrow Tour which resulted in me finishing just inside the Top 20 overall, however, the mammoth travel after the race had me KOād for a few days after. We did two stages of bike racing in one day and then flew back to Barcelona, getting home at 4 am - not fun.
Anyways, enjoy this weekās newsletter and maybe youāll be able to afford PogaÄarās Tour de France bike, because I canāt.
Happy Pedalling,
Joe
Feel free to emailĀ meĀ at joe@nplus1.cc if you have any questions, or feel Iāve missed something that is worth putting in the Newsletter.
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La Vuelta a EspaƱa
Is it just me or does it seem like La Vuelta has been going on forever? Weāre finally in the last week of the third and final Grand Tour of the year, and itās shaping up to be a good one.
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Is cycling now high fashion?
MAAP cycling jerseys are the latest fashion in the Asian K-Pop world. While thatās not a sentence I expected to be writing, South Korean band NewJeans were pictured wearing MAAPās training jersey in their latest song.
This isnāt really cycling news, but I couldnāt not include it here.
ā± 2-minute read
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The most expensive bike ever?
A replica of Tadej PogaÄarās 2020 Tour de France winning bike is up for auction, with the current bid sitting at over half a million euros. The bike is a 54 cm frame Colnago V3Rs painted with an identical yellow finish to the one the Slovenian rode on the final stage in Paris.
ā± 2-minute read
European cycling challenges
With summer slowly coming to an end, itās time to start thinking about your next big cycling challenge. Choosing an epic challenge now will give you plenty of time to get fit over winter and smash it come 2023.
ā± 5-minute read
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The best gravel upgrades
The only thing that comes close to the fun of riding your gravel bike is buying new things for your gravel bike. In a newly forming discipline of the sport, there are always new bits of tech coming to the market, which makes shopping all the more exciting.
ā± 5-minute read (and maybe a few hundred euros)
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Train like a pro
While not everyone has, or wants to, commit 20 hrs+ per week to training on their bike, there are a few smaller things that you can do to bridge the gap to the pros.
ā± 6-minute read
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If only we all had a team car behind us on every bike ride.
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Dan Bigham did the impossible last month and broke the World Hour Record. The engineer-cyclistās background is as much in equipment development and aerodynamics as pedalling - although he does have one almighty engine too. In this podcast, Bigham talks to the CyclingTips team about the tech he used for his record attempt. Itās geekery of the highest order.
ā± 69-minute listen
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33 years after the last womenās Tour de France, this year it returned. This video follows the EF Education-TIBCO-SVB team behind the scenes throughout their journey to the Champs-Elysees and beyond, experiencing the ups and downs, tears and triumphs that surround the biggest race in the world.
ā± 42-minute watch
N+1 Introducing šš»
In this part of the Newsletter, each week we introduce one of the brands we work with at N+1.
This week we are introducingā¦ Cyclite
Made by two passionate cyclists and adventure lovers that had a goal to make the most lightweight bags for themselves. Cyclite has requirements for functionality, lightness, quality, and design, they take care of every little detail.
Be sure toĀ download our appĀ and browse their products!
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