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The All-New S-Works Road Shoe

You're probably wondering they would take the current shoe—considered by many to be the ultimate benchmark in road shoes—and walk away from it? The short answer is simple: its near-but-not-quite perfection was getting in the way of innovation.

The longer answer: They "burned down" that shoe, so they could let go of our own preconceived ideas and create something truly new. With a clean slate, and freedom to explore, they not only created an amazing and modern cycling shoe, the company changed the entire process of how Specialized designs and develops products.

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28 Tips For Better Workout On Your Home Trainer

Tip #1 Air It Out
Inflate your tires. Even when riding indoors on the trainer, check tire pressure and air weekly.

Tip #2 Go Bald
Slick tires provide more friction between the tire and roller providing you with a better-quality, quieter ride.

Tip #3 Data, Data, Data
Get a rear mount computer and log you workout difficulty, distance, time, power and speed.

Tip #4 Set Goals
Use the ride data collected to establish goals and track progress to complete these goals.

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SWAT: The Integrated Rider Solution

Until now, there wasn't an integrated and convenient solution to carrying necessities during a triathlon, road race, or trail ride where a hydration pack isn't required.
SWAT (Storage, Water, Air, Tools) technology incorporates bikes, riders, and equipment by putting all necessities in a clean, sleek, and aerodynamic location that’s easy to access. Everything you need, right where you want it.

Specialized SWAT

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Compressport® is new partner of skyrunning federation

5 Sky, 5 Ultra and 5 Vertical = the 2014 Skyrunner® World Series covers 462km and 36,000m vertical gain in 5 countries from May to October.

Compressport will support and be present with the International Skyrunning Federation in all the extreme mountain races all over the world! Italy, Switzerland, Spain, France and the United States are the five nations that will host the 2014 races at exceptionally beautiful, diverse, and of course, challenging race venues!

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Hotrock XTR - "S-Works" of kids bikes

Experienced riders appreciate premium XC performance, however youth mountain biking has exploded in recent years, and the Hotrock XTR was developed to give kids the S-Works-level performance their parents trust. This 24-inch-wheeled, race-ready machine features our fully butted Premium A1 aluminum frame, along with a treatment of Shimano XTR brakes and drivetrain, plus the smooth operating and easy to tune, air-sprung RockShox SID RL fork.

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Pinkbike.com: 2014 GT Fury is DH Bike of the Year

“…The ability of a good race bike to give that small but also massive advantage to a competitor is key, but what good is that to an expert level rider who would take an extra minute to ride the same distance? The Fury, with its incredibly intuitive geometry and well rounded suspension, truly will allow a weekend racer to go faster, which is why it is our top pick for 2013.”

This is part of the editorial comment on the selection of 2014 GT Fury for the downhill bike of the year on Pinkbike.com.

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Garmin-Sharp Unveils 2014 kit

The collaboration with WWF is a natural progression of an exciting story, in the 2013 Liège-Bastogne-Liège race, Garmin-Sharp’s lead rider, Dan Martin, was chased by a man in a panda suit just before he sprinted to the win. Since then, the panda has been the team’s spiritual mascot, regularly called upon via twitter to provide help in the critical moments of a race.

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New in our store: sports tape EasyTape

This innovation is the latest revolution in the field of functional taping. This concept builds on self-regulating and compensation principles. Supporting and relieving injured structures to integrate them again into movement, promotes primarily the healing process. EasyTaping® provides easy and functional tests so that the right application can be found quickly.

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LED Lenser – The Revolution of Light

LED Lenser is a German company, founded in a garage in 1994, with 1,000 DM start up capital, a sketch book, a toolbox and an old Atari computer. But with heads full of innovative ideas! Harald and Rainer Opolka, twin brothers that started the company were and still are obsessed with light and lamps, which lead to the company with more than 1,000 employees, three manufacturing bases and R&D center with great number of engineers.

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