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CAMPAGNOLO EKAR 13 SPEED

Released just weeks after the updated Exploro, Campagnolo posted news of their first gravel-specific groupset in September 2020.

Known as Ekar (pronounced ‘Eckar’) and named after a mountain near Campag’s Italian HQ, the new groupo came with a number of headline features, the most notable being the 13-speed factor. Thir ... teen ... gears!? Yes, you read that right.

Purely 1x only and purely mechanical (at least for now), Ekar shares

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