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A VENGE REASSEMBLES

t’s been almost a decade since Specialized launched the original Venge, where it won big at the 2011 Milan-Sanremo under Matt Goss. The aero road bike didn’t start with the Venge though – that accolade goes to Cervélo – but Specialized’s bike bought cutting-edge aerodynamics to the fore. Now road bikes of all types have some sort of aerodynamic consideration factored into their design and we are now even seeing it in gravel bikes, e-bikes and city-bound hybrids. The early Venge

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