March was an interesting month for bike news. There was a dispute at Crankworx Rotorua which resulted in the men not competing in the finals, Scott is having crazy management drama, there are a bunch of interesting new lightweight eMTBs, and Simon had a recent trip to ride in Tuscany. In our third installment of Reviewing The News, Ryan and Simon get into all of this and more.

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Simon’s recent trip to Italy (1:50)

Riding eGravel bikes in Tuscany (4:03)

Are gravel bikes just reincarnated 30-year-old mountain bikes? (4:48)

John Tomac’s drop-bar riding prowess (7:39)

How did we ride without dropper posts? (7:54)

Slow eBikes in Europe (10:38)

The Slopestyle strike (20:40)

First-ever women’s slopestyle event at Crankworx (27:32)

Scott drama (32:50)

The year of the lightweight E-bikes (38:04)

Norco Fluid VLT (39:58)

Mondraker Dune (50:11)

Short-travel high-pivot bikes (53:24)

Old brakes vs. new brakes (1:01:51)

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