Gear Break: La Passione Wind, Lezyne Torque, Detroit Sale, Fizik Decos Footwear, New Colnago C68 & Michael Blann Roubaix

Gear Break: Wind Assortment by La Passione – Insulated due to the brand new lively safety expertise, Lezyne: Pocket Torque Drive, $50 financial savings for subscribers – Detroit Bikes spring sale continues, fi’zi:okay releases its nexus of consolation and efficiency – Introducing the Decos, Colnago presents its new C68, an icon of perfection and Michael Blann – Postcards from a overseas subject.

Wind Assortment by La Passione, Insulated Due to the New Lively Safety Know-how
Two efficient and important merchandise to face even probably the most unpredictable conditions.

Whether it is true that each bike owner is aware of that this sport is stuffed with unpredictable conditions, La Passione is for certain to have the appropriate merchandise to assist them as they face probably the most stimulating challenges, regardless of the climate might throw at them.

So mild and breathable, the Wind Gilet is an efficient windbreaker that takes up little or no house. It’s perfect for carrying round, and essential for lengthy descents in any season. It's manufactured from ripstop mono cloth, a fabric characterised by a flat floor that blocks the passage of air with out creating quantity, thus drastically lowering bulk. The profiles are flat and elastic to maximise ergonomics, logos and reflective inserts accompany the wearer throughout low mild hours, and a useful reverse spiral zip makes it much more sensible to put on.
In brief, essential product to maintain in your pocket in significantly changeable climate situations or to slide on earlier than tackling a protracted mountain descent.

Created from the identical cloth because the waistcoat, the Wind Jacket is an ideal protecting protect for the chest and arms. The usage of super-light materials reduces bulk to a minimal, making it a sensible ally to have with you always. This garment has glorious breathability thanks additionally to a particular opening underneath the armpit which promotes air flow. Match and ergonomics are assured by the flat profiles and double elastic cuffs in Lycra that make it much more sensible and fast to placed on.

Snug to put on over a jersey, due to the significantly ergonomic match, these two new arrivals within the Wind line, accessible for each women and men, are subsequently perfect for tackling any scenario – from sudden wind to lengthy descents on mountain bends – with most safety and minimal bulk.

Lezyne: Pocket Torque Drive

The Pocket Torque Drive is an revolutionary, fantastically crafted torque wrench with traditional Lezyne styling and superior performance. It’s a pre-calibrated torsion ratchet device constructed from sturdy, light-weight machined aluminum.

With the deal with eliminated the wrench packs up neatly right into a compact, molded EVA case and comes outfitted with six hardened metal bits, together with 2.5, 3, 4, 5 MM hex bits and T20, T25 Torx bits. A customized Composite Matrix secret's included to assist simply alter the wrench’s torque setting. It’s adjustable between 2 – 6 Nm in 0.5 Nm increments and includes a magnetic bit holder.

That is the last word transportable bicycle torque wrench for skilled degree store use or on-the-fly changes.

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fizik Releases its Nexus of Consolation and Efficiency – Introducing the Decos
An Immediate Traditional – The Nexus of Efficiency & Consolation.

Whether or not following epic, big-mountain roads to driving gran fondos and past, at this time, fi’zi:okay declares Tempo Decos, a high-performance highway shoe designed to go the space. With its minimalist higher, mixed with a stiff carbon sole, the Decos convey top-tier efficiency for a pure highway driving expertise.

At its zenith, the Decos epitomize fi’zi:okay’s famed minimalist design. The tremendous supple higher, constituted of laminated materials, mixed with a cushty mesh ends in a lightweight, supportive and vented shoe. The asymmetrical closure supplies a clear, hotspot-free and uncompromising ergonomic match, requiring solely a single Li2 BOA dial. The most recent Li2 BOA has a smaller diameter, a decreased stack top and is bi-directional, providing incremental micro-adjustability and offering the rider with a quick, easy and exact match.

Using the fi’zi:okay R2 carbon sole that delivers low weight and a stiffness index ranking of 10, the outsole is probably the most responsive within the vary. The Decos characteristic a large vented inlet and deep inner channelling to offer a cooling airflow, aiding in temperature regulation. The only additionally includes a trendy and extra aggressive rearward-positioned cleat monitor in comparison with conventional settings, offering optimized pedaling effectivity.

Colnago Presents its New C68, An Icon of Perfection

It's the iconic mannequin that finest represents the model’s DNA and the idea of ‘handmade in Italy’. Together with the bike, a brand new enterprise mannequin additionally involves life: from conventional B2B to Omnichannel. The C68 Highway might be bought straight from the Colnago web site and app and, due to the blockchain expertise, it’s attainable to take care of and assure its worth over time.

Colnago is happy to announce the brand new C68. Due to its unmistakable type, this bike reinterprets the Colnago spirit in a up to date key. The brand new mannequin C (prime quality of Colnago merchandise) is fully handmade in Italy. The launch of the C68 additionally introduces a brand new enterprise mannequin, from conventional B2B to Omnichannel, with the potential of buying it from the B2C platform, in an preliminary part, in some European international locations and the United Arab Emirates straight from the Colnago web site and app.

The important thing to the mission is freedom of selection: the patron is given the likelihood to really create their very own distinctive and unique C68. There are a bunch of technical improvements, beginning with the introduction of the platform idea, the identical philosophy on highway bikes – introduced at this time – allroad and gravel bikes, deliberate for autumn and winter 2022. Amongst many others, using blockchain expertise on a manufacturing bike – a world first – and a model new 3D configurator with built-in augmented actuality to offer a semi-real expertise to the patron.

Nicola Rosin, Colnago CEO, mentioned: “The model C has always been the icon of Colnago. C68, combining craftsmanship, tradition and technological innovation offers to the market an exclusive bicycle and it’s a great source of pride for me and for the company: C like Colnago, carbon, Cambiago, class.”

Colnago C68 Highway: Exclusivity within the particulars
The mannequin C is the “classic” Colnago, handmade in Italy based on custom and meant for individuals who love bicycles with a singular and unique design. Nonetheless, the C68 represents a technological and constructive revolution in comparison with the earlier C fashions, sustaining the DNA and the idea of the body assembled in components. The C68 is made with a modular construction that's on the centre of the mission and ensures its excellence. The variety of components that make up the body is similar because the earlier C collection even when, from an aesthetic viewpoint, the road might be extra much like that of a monocoque body. The selection was dictated by the seek for a contemporary look being on the similar time at all times fascinating for the normal Colnago clients, thus increasing the vary of buying prospects. The C68 Highway will even be accessible in a restricted quantity model with titanium components 3D printed in Italy, meant for an much more unique and technologically oriented public, with the potential of “tailor-made” building along with the seven customary sizes accessible.

New built-in handlebar CC.01 and different technical improvements A brand new built-in handlebar, known as Colnago CC.01, will even be accessible with the C68 Highway. Built-in handlebars are normally constructed utilizing a number of items of carbon glued collectively, each on the drop and stem. As a substitute, the Colnago CC.01 is made in a single piece utterly monocoque, an advantageous selection each for weight saving and for rising rigidity. This technical selection was developed within the building part by a selected mixture of molds that permits for 4 completely different handlebar width choices (370, 390, 410 and 430 mm higher centre-to-centre) together with seven completely different stem lengths (80, 90 , 100, 110, 120, 130 and 140 mm). 16 completely different mixtures can be accessible to the market. Different improvements embrace the brand new Pressfit T47 backside bracket customary and the brand new CeramicSpeed SLT (Strong Lubrication Know-how) headset, assured for all times.

The Colnago blockchain system: why and the way
An NFC tag is put in on the C68 Highway, inextricably linked to the body, which permits entry to the data current within the digital passport of the bicycle, whose information is saved within the MyLime® blockchain by way of the Colnago app for iOS / Android smartphones. The idea of this mission is the thought of sustaining and guaranteeing the worth of the C68 over time, safeguarding the data regarding the bicycle to which the blockchain information is related in an unequivocal and unalterable method. The expertise makes it attainable to dispense with the paper certificates of authenticity and make it digital, by using the one expertise able to making the information inviolable (neither modifiable nor rewritable) and guaranteeing the passage of data on the bicycle between subsequent house owners by a particular anti-counterfeiting course of. The additional goal is to at all times provide Colnago clients new providers with excessive added worth, which can be developed and introduced progressively.

The knowledge contained within the blockchain:
● Authenticity of the bicycle.
● Proof of possession of the bicycle.
● Certification of the technical specs of the bicycle as per unique buy.
● Distinctive multimedia contents of the manufacturing phases of the bought bicycle (ranging from the second half of 2022).
● 3D NFT (Non Fungible Token) file of the bought bicycle, related to the blockchain pockets, with the identical basic traits of the bicycle (mannequin, coloration, description and parts). There'll subsequently be a 1: 1 affiliation between the bodily asset and its NFT, accessible solely and solely for bikes designed on the Colnago app / web site. NFT won't be accessible for inventory colours bought with out going by the design course of (Colnago Studio).
● Certificates of participation in chosen and unique official occasions through which the bicycle will participate (ranging from the second half of 2022).

The digital companions
Digital improvement has been key to the general C68 mission. To attain these outcomes, Colnago has partnered with MyLime for the blockchain improvement, London Dynamics for the 3D configurator and Spine for the web site and app improvement.

Costs (B2C – Euro)
Full bike – Highway Carbon:
● C68 Campagnolo Tremendous Report EPS 12v – Bora Extremely WTO 45 – € 15.772,00
● C68 Shimano Dura Ace 12v – Shimano Dura Ace C50 – €14.065,00
● C68 Sram Crimson AXS Etap 12v – Zipp 303 Firecrest – € 12.700,00 Full bike – Highway Carbon/Titanium
● C68Ti Campagnolo Tremendous Report EPS 12v – Bora Extremely WTO 45 – € 16.780,00
● C68Ti Shimano Dura Ace Di2 12v – Shimano Dura Ace C50 – € 15.590,00
● C68Ti Sram Crimson AXS Etap 12v – Zipp 303 Firecrest – € 13.670,00 Body Equipment
● C68 Body Equipment full carbon € 5.650,00
● C68Ti Body Equipment € 6.600,00
● Color configuration upcharge € 1.200,00

USA Pricing is as follows:
● C68 disc full carbon body package – $7,099
● C68 Ti disc body package – $7.999
● C68 disc Dura Ace Di2 – Dura Ace C50 WHR9270 – $15.999

●Extra information at: www.colnago.com/bike-product/element/c68-bike

Michael Blann – Postcards From A International Area

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