World Briefs: Giant, VanMoof, Zipp, MINI, Greyp, Trek & POC.

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Giant has released fifth-generation ranges for both its Defy endurance road bikes and Avail Advance line-up, featuring totally reengineered frames and purposed built components for each line. The Avail range, released under the company’s Liv brand of female-specific bikes, trims more than 100 grams off its framesets compared to their predecessors – 128 grams for…

SRAM Ends Longstanding Partnership with Echelon Sports

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Brisbane, Queensland SRAM has ended its partnership with its Australian distributor, Echelon Sports. SRAM’s APAC director of sales, David Evans, issued a statement last month declaring: “After consideration of the current market conditions in Australia and the changing needs of the customer, SRAM has made the difficult decision to end our long-standing partnership with Echelon…

Zipp 303 S – The Future is Now

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– Sponsored Content – The new 303 S may be the most affordable carbon wheelset that Zipp makes, but the lower pricing doesn’t mean they’re in any way lacking when it comes to design and innovation. Zipp adopts a new-school approach with the 303 S that not only makes them exceptionally fast, they’re also said…

New Zipp 303 Firecrest Wheelset Shaves 300 Grams

Zipp’s 303 Firecrest Tubeless Disc-brake wheelset is designed for the real world… a world of imperfect conditions, road surfaces, and elements where the bottom line is simple. Efficiency = speed. It’s faster, 300 grams lighter than the previous model, and more capable over varied terrain—whether the surface is pavement in all its conditions or no…