🇰🇷 Stage 81: Build your own bike brand
Zwift finally release their own hardware and an all new bikes review
Hello from Belgium,
I’m currently in a hotel on the Belgium-Netherlands border before my final race of the season. Tomorrow, I’ll be starting GP de Wallonie and wish me luck, because that’s what it’s going to take to beat Mathieu van der Poel.
It’s a strange one with it being the end of the season and all. On one hand, I have great form and would love to use it. On the other, it has been a long year mentally and I’m looking forward to some time off.
Once this race has finished, I’ll continue riding for a couple of weeks. Doing epic routes around Girona and exploring new roads. Once the calendar reaches October I’ll put the bike to one side and take some time completely away to refresh.
Happy Pedalling,
Joe
Feel free to email me at joe@nplus1.cc if you have any questions, or feel I’ve missed something that is worth putting in the Newsletter.
N+Read 🗞
La Vuelta a España
This past week, Remco Evenepoel did what no other Belgian has managed for decades: win a Grand Tour. The 22-year-old broke Belgium’s drought by rather comfortably bringing home the red jersey.
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Zwift’s new turbo
The price point makes it a serious competitor in the trainer market with most of its rivals comfortably a few hundred dollars more. Will the Zwift Hub be your next trainer choice?
⏱ 2-minute read
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Cycling through history
The Tour de DMZ is perhaps the most unique in all of cycling. Junior riders fly to South Korea each year to race along one of the most politically hostile borders on planet earth.
⏱ 4-minute read
The perfect ride?
Sarah Sturm is a 31-year-old pro-gravel racer, but for her, cycling is about much more than being the first to the finish line. In this article, she takes us back to Unbound Gravel, and how every rider has a hundred different stories from that one race.
⏱ 5-minute read
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How to start a bike brand
Have you ever thought about starting a bike brand? Imagine being the next BMC or Pinarello and having your creation painted in yellow as it leads the Tour de France. It’s the stuff of dreams, or is it?
In this article, Cyclist looks at three different brands and speaks to their founders. From world-leading Canyon Bikes to the up-and-coming Forwards. The bike industry is built on passion, and this story is an eye-opener into the sport we all love.
⏱ 4-minute read (and maybe a new business)
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Fitness hacks
There is no magic bullet to getting fitter, you’ve got to put the work in. That’s something we all know, but what if there were a few easy cost-free fitness hacks to help you out?
⏱ 5-minute read
N+Tweet 🎲
Wait, who won? On the final stage of the Vuelta, the UAE Team Emirates guys got a little confused about which one of them won. A good problem to have!
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N+Listen 🎧
I’m not sure if anyone missed the memo, but it seems every bike brand in the land released a new model last week. BMC, Trek and Canyon all released new bikes, some with few upgrades, some revolutionary. This pod gets you up to date with all the latest happenings and the pros and cons of each release.
⏱ 70-minute read
N+Watch 👀
Richie Porte is a legend of the cycling world. The Tasmanian is one of the best climbers to have ever graced the sport, with a podium at the Tour de France to his name. In the build-up to his final race, the Ineos Grenadiers took us behind the scenes of Richie’s daily life.
⏱ 8-minute watch
N+1 Introducing 👋🏻
In this part of the Newsletter, each week we introduce one of the brands we work with at N+1.
This week we are introducing… SHER
An innovative and stylish clothing brand for women who enjoy cycling and sport. SHER are Italian, and offers contemporary designs to “help women to look and feel great in sports gear”.
Be sure to download our app and browse their products!
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