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Most tubeless sealant is designed around mountain bike pressures. Road and gravel riders run their tyres much harder, and that changes what a sealant has to do. Stan's has released Rolled Gold, a formula made specifically for those pressures, and it's in stock now What's new Rolled Gold is designed to seal punctures in tyres running between 35 and 100 psi (2.4 to 6.9 bar), which covers everything from a plush gravel setup to a firm road tyre. I …

Quick answer: The LTWOO eRX (2x road, $999.99) and eGR (1x gravel, $719.99) work with most modern disc-brake road and gravel bikes. You need cassettes with an 11T smallest cog: 28–36T at the big end for eRX, and up to 50T for eGR. You also need flat mount brake mounts for 160mm rotors. For the eRX, your frame needs a braze-on front derailleur mount and internal routing for a seatpost battery. The eGR is fully wireless and only needs a rear …

Shimano SPD-SLR Cleats & Pedals Explained: SPD-SL vs SPD-SLR, and PD-R9300 vs PD-R9100 Quick answer: Shimano has replaced its road pedal and cleat platform at both the Dura-Ace (PD-R9300) and Ultegra (PD-R8200) level, and for the first time designed the pedal, cleat and S-PHYRE shoe together as a single system. The headline change is the new SPD-SLR cleat, which cuts stack height by 2.3 mm, engages faster (a 10.5° engagement angle ve …

Quick answer: Shimano's new Dura-Ace R9370 C50 is built around two changes: a fully serviceable cup-and-cone bearing system, and newly engineered carbon spokes with purpose-built lacing. Rather than chasing one metric, Shimano is targeting a balance of weight, aerodynamics and stiffness with a 50mm-depth carbon disc wheelset built for all-round race versatility and tubeless-ready. What’s new? The R9300 generation is a full rebuild of Shim …