Too Extreme? What's The Limit For Bike Racing? | The GCN Show Ep. 298

Welcome to the GCN Show! This week, Super Magnesium could be the new carbon, despite having been taking the piss out of AG2R’s team kit for years - brown cycling shorts might actually be acceptable, and we ask the question - is bike racing becoming just too extreme?!

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This week in the world of cycling we learned that Super Magnesium could be the new carbon. Allite debuted a frame at the Interbike trade show which promises to be a third lighter than aluminium and also the world’s most eco-friendly metal.

We also learned that despite having been taking the piss out of AG2R’s team kit for years, brown cycling shorts might actually be acceptable, or so say super hip clothing brand Team Dream.

On a serious note, also in the news this week is the inquest into the tragic death of ultra-endurance cyclist Mike Hall last year after he was hit by a car while in the closing stages of the Indian Pacific Wheel race. He and 190 other competitors were riding 5500km across Australia. For many of them, it was a personal challenge to complete the distance, like an extreme cycling holiday. But at the front, it was a race between two of ultra cycling’s strongest competitors, Hall, and Kristof Allegaert.

We’ve got some bad news to start cycling shorts…….unfortunately, your next bike could be 25% more expensive. This, due to the fact that Donald Trump has approved tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports, included in which is bikes and parts. Initially, that tariff will be 10%, rising to 25% on January 1st.

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