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Carbon integrated road handlebar seen from the front

How to choose a road handlebar: width, reach, drop, and integrated ...

Four decisions settle a road handlebar: how wide, how far forward, how deep, and whether the stem is part of it. Here is how to make each one, with the...

How to choose a road handlebar: width, reach, drop, and integrated ...

Four decisions settle a road handlebar: how wide, how far forward, how deep, and whether the stem is part of it. Here is how to make each one, with the...

A pair of carbon road wheels on black, the spokes crossing the frame

Carbon spokes or steel spokes?

Carbon saves about 100 g at the same rim depth. Steel is easier to live with. Neither is the stronger one — both families here carry no rider weight limit.

Carbon spokes or steel spokes?

Carbon saves about 100 g at the same rim depth. Steel is easier to live with. Neither is the stronger one — both families here carry no rider weight limit.

Close-up of a carbon rim on a black background, the tyre bed and rim wall in view

Tubeless or tubes, and do you need rim tape?

These rims are hooked and tubeless-ready, so both work. What changes is punctures, pressure and how much setting up you do — and on the S series, whether you need...

Tubeless or tubes, and do you need rim tape?

These rims are hooked and tubeless-ready, so both work. What changes is punctures, pressure and how much setting up you do — and on the S series, whether you need...

Close-up of a rear hub and freehub body with the spokes running away from it

HG or XDR: which freehub does your bike need?

Shimano takes HG, SRAM 12-speed road takes XDR. Here is how to tell which one your bike already has, without guessing and without taking anything apart.

HG or XDR: which freehub does your bike need?

Shimano takes HG, SRAM 12-speed road takes XDR. Here is how to tell which one your bike already has, without guessing and without taking anything apart.

A pair of carbon road wheels on a black background, front and rear

What a rider weight limit on carbon wheels actually means

Most carbon wheels carry one. Two of the four families we sell do not. What the number is for, what happens if you are over it, and why it is...

What a rider weight limit on carbon wheels actually means

Most carbon wheels carry one. Two of the four families we sell do not. What the number is for, what happens if you are over it, and why it is...

A carbon road wheel photographed on black, spokes and hub in view

Do you pay duty on carbon wheels shipped to Canada?

Usually yes — and usually not at the time you think. Here is what a courier bills you on an imported wheelset, and why the price you see abroad is...

Do you pay duty on carbon wheels shipped to Canada?

Usually yes — and usually not at the time you think. Here is what a courier bills you on an imported wheelset, and why the price you see abroad is...