I’m the only one not totally locked in on figure skating right now. This is because I am finding breaks in the middle of an atmospheric river of pouring rain to fiddle with the SRAM shifters on Salsa’s brand-new electric gravel bike, the Wanderosa. It has full suspension, so you can go up to 28 mph on whatever road surface you like. It fills me with both delight and terror.
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The Wanderosa C Apex Eagle. |
Much like do-it-all gravel running shoes, gravel electric bikes are the most popular new all-around option if you want an electric bike that can commute to work and go bikepacking on the weekends. At $7,999, the entry-level version isn’t outrageously expensive (to a bike person, at least). You are going to need a massive ebike lock if you’re going to ride it to the bar, though.
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We’ll have a full review up shortly, but I do want to say that in these turbulent times, it’s such an underrated pleasure to be outside and using your legs to cover miles and miles of ground. Let me know what you’re doing at adrienne_so@wired.com. |
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Like reviewer Ryan Waniata, I too am an open earbuds convert, and for the same reason—if you spend most of your time outside, you really don’t want an earbud standing between you and potential cars or loose dogs that might come your way. |
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If I bumped into you at a Soup or Bowl party and we were both only there to see Bad Bunny, I might mention some of these things. |
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If you’re ready to move on from DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, my kid and I have been loving the ’90s pop-punk vibes of Hunny’s latest album.
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Kristen Radtke’s comic book on American loneliness gets here today, and I am pretty excited about that.
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Asian people rule snowboarding; I do not make the rules, I just follow them. If you’re not watching Hiroto Ogiwara, you should be! Here’s our explainer on how Olympic snowboarders get so much air.
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