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The Checkmate is Trek’s new dedicated gravel race bike
Words Laurence Kilpatrick
Hot on the heels of Cervélo’s S5 aero race bike – reviewed last issue – comes the American company’s new gravel racer, the Áspero-5. It’s appropriate: the gravel bike is the result of Cervélo applying
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