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Campagnolo Ekar

Over the last couple of decades Campagnolo has made a point of being the first of the three main groupset manufacturers to add an extra sprocket to its cassettes. It was the first to 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12-speed, and with the release of Ekar in 2020, it was the first to 13-speed.

Ekar is something of a double-whammy of firsts because it is also the Italian brand’s first gravel-specific groupset. Apart from a

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