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First Ride Review: 2020 Rocky Mountain Slayer Carbon 29” manhandles gnarliest trails

Some bikes are definitely a product of their environment. The redesigned 2020 Rocky Mountain Slayer couldn’t feel any more at home than it does on Vancouver’s extremely technical, rowdy North Shore trails. With 170mm of travel and 29” wheels (or 180mm and 27.5”) this bike was built for taming challenging terrain with a new level […]

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First Ride Review: 2020 Kona Process 134 CR 29 is a playful, well-rounded trail machine

As the swiss army knife of MTB’s, a good all-around trail bike has to do several things well. With their redesigned 2020 Process 134s, Kona has crafted a finely balanced bike that can capably conquer a wide range of terrain. Bikerumor got the invite to join Kona USA in Bellingham, Washington for their 2020 launch […]

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First Ride: The Specialized Epic HT is a rad race hardtail

For a hardtail, there’s a lot going on with the new Specialized Epic HT. While weight will always be an important factor for the XC race set, it wasn’t the main priority for the new bike. Instead, Specialized wanted to make a bike that was more capable and more comfortable while still fully race capable. […]

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First Ride: Attempting to tame the Scottish Highlands on the new Hope HB.130

Hope Bikes have been a long time in the making, but now they’ve released their second HB, the HB.130. Built with shorter travel and bigger wheels than the original HB.160, Hope says that they learned a lot from building their first bike. To prove it, they invited us out to Ballater, Scotland to ride the Hb.130 […]

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Review: BMC Roadmachine combines clean lines, stiffness, & curve-carving handling

BMC brought out a new Roadmachine for the 2020 model year, with updates all around. Set as their all-around performance or “endurance” road bike, it is less aggressive than the Teammachine, and targeted at a more general audience – but with all the performance you could ask for. We took delivery of a size 58 […]

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