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Zwift FTP Ramp Test Review and Results

February 4, 2022 Cory Kawa Cycling, My story, Product Review, Ride Report

Reading Time: 6 minutes Today’s post is about the cornerstone of any successful bike training plan, the FTP test. What is it, what purpose does it serve, the methods used to calculate it, and[…]

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Packing for a Two Night Bikepacking Trip

July 1, 2021 Cory Kawa Bikepacking, Cycling, Featured, Product Review

Reading Time: 5 minutes As I prepared for my first bikepacking trip, I had two key questions – When packing for bikepacking, what bags? And what goes where? I scoured the Internet far and[…]

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Full Review – Arkel – Handlebar Bag Large

June 19, 2021 Cory Kawa Bikepacking, Cycling, Product Review

Reading Time: 8 minutes When I first started riding gravel and writing last year, my iPhone was my camera of choice, and no matter how hard I tried, my pictures never turned out the[…]

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Initial Thoughts – Field and Forest Custom Frame Bag

May 24, 2021 Cory Kawa Bikepacking, Cycling, Product Review

Reading Time: 6 minutes This year I decided to dive headfirst into the world of bikepacking, purchasing my first gravel-specific bike, the Norco Search XR C2. With the bike out of the way, it[…]

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2021 Norco Search XR C2 vs 2014 Rocky Mountain Vertex 930 on the Durham Destroyer

May 21, 2021 Cory Kawa Cycling, Featured, Front Page, Product Review, Ride Report

Reading Time: 8 minutes Comparing the 2021 Norco Search vs the 2014 Rocky Mountain Vertex on the Durham Destroyer I’m Not Wothy Gravel Grinder.

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GoPro Hero 8 Initial Thoughts

July 17, 2020 Cory Kawa Product Review

Reading Time: 7 minutes Earlier today, I received my first GoPro, the GoPro Hero 8 Black, from Costco. I played with it quite a bit last nigher and here are my initial thoughts on[…]

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