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Decker picks singlespeed for some non-singlespeed races

By Sue George and Steve Medcroft

published 6 October 2006

The short track course at the mid-July 2006 NORBA USA National Championship in Sonoma, California -...

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Removing the hanger(Image credit: Steve Medcroft)

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Pro bikes, October 5, 2006

Carl Decker's Giant XTC Composite 1 Carbon Singlespeed

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