<p>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.</p><p><strong>RELATED LINKS:</strong></p><p><a href="https://blisterreview.com/industry-news/major-announcement-blister-spot-insurance-membership" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BLISTER+ Membership</a></p><p><a href="https://blisterreview.com/industry-news/blister-spot-real-world-testimonials" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BLISTER+ Real World Testimonials</a></p><p><a href="https://blisterreview.com/blister-labs/blister-labs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blister Labs</a></p><p><a href="https://blisterreview.com/blister-gear-giveaway" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">This Week’s Gear Giveaway</a></p><p><a href="https://blisterreview.com/blister-mountain-bike-buyers-guide" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blister Mountain Bike Buyer’s Guide</a></p><p><strong>TOPICS & TIMES:</strong></p><p>Simon’s recent trip to Italy (1:50)</p><p>Riding eGravel bikes in Tuscany (4:03)</p><p>Are gravel bikes just reincarnated 30-year-old mountain bikes? (4:48)</p><p>John Tomac’s drop-bar riding prowess (7:39)</p><p>How did we ride without dropper posts? (7:54)</p><p>Slow eBikes in Europe (10:38)</p><p>The Slopestyle strike (20:40)</p><p>First-ever women’s slopestyle event at Crankworx (27:32)</p><p>Scott drama (32:50)</p><p>The year of the lightweight E-bikes (38:04)</p><p>Norco Fluid VLT (39:58)</p><p>Mondraker Dune (50:11)</p><p>Short-travel high-pivot bikes (53:24)</p><p>Old brakes vs. new brakes (1:01:51)</p><p><strong>OUR OTHER PODCASTS</strong></p><p><a href="https://blisterreview.com/podcasts/blister-cinematic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blister Cinematic</a></p><p><a href="https://blisterreview.com/category/podcasts/crafted-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CRAFTED</a></p><p><a href="https://blisterreview.com/gear30-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GEAR:30</a></p><p><a href="https://blisterreview.com/blister-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blister Podcast</a></p><p><a href="https://blisterreview.com/off-the-couch" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Off The Couch</a></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
