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</header> <!--CONTENT--> <main class="content"> <div class="content-container primary-wrapper"> <div class="content-legible" data-content-field="main-content"> <section class="blog-item clear-fix"> <div class="blog-content"> <article class="entry hentry category-bikepacking category-custom-bicycles tag-soma tag-brooks tag-custom tag-dynamo author-park-chambers post-type-text clear" id="article-551db11fe4b0adef96561562" data-item-id="551db11fe4b0adef96561562"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 data-content-field="title" class="entry-title"> <a href="../../news/242015soma-grand-randonneur-custom/">Soma Grand Randonneur Custom</a> </h1> <time class="entry-header-date" datetime="2015-04-02"><a class="entry-header-date-link" href="../../news/242015soma-grand-randonneur-custom/">April 2, 2015</a></time><span class="entry-header-cat"><a class="entry-header-cat-link" href="../../news/category-Bikepacking/">Bikepacking</a>, <a class="entry-header-cat-link" 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