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Bike Types, Clothing-Gear-Tools, Mountain Bike - November 13, 2019

New D3O Ghost padding is so thin & flexible, you may question if it’s even there

For me, one of the absolute worst things about mountain biking, at least enduro and downhill mountain biking, is the fact that you pretty much have to wear some form of armour, at the very least, knee pads. It is all too often bulky and sweaty, nigh on impossible to find the perfect fit, hinders […]

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Sawyer bug spray & Micro Squeeze water filters keep you safe in the backcountry

Is it just me, or are we hearing about mosquito & tick borne illnesses more than ever recently? Whatever the reason behind it, when it comes to dangerous diseases like Dengue Fever, the World Health Organization is reporting a 30-fold increase in cases globally. Then there’s Malaria, Zika, Lyme, etc. Are you going to contract […]

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Friday Roundup: Backcountry Bull$#*t & Apology, Bicyclist fatalities, 8bar closing sale & more!

Backcountry legal BS leads to backlash, rebranding support & apology – If you haven’t ignored social media for the last week, you probably heard one of the latest corporate overreach controversies – or rather social media s#*tstorms. Who owns the term “backcountry”? Technically, it’s Backcountry.com. After trademarking the work backcountry a little over a year ago, […]

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Review: 100% Altec helmet has cavernous ventilation & you’ll forget you’re wearing it

Back in July, Ride 100% dropped their all-new open face all-mountain trail mountain bike helmet, the 100% Altec. Curious about the helmet’s Smart Shock suspended rotation system, a technology designed to protect the rider against oblique impact concussion injuries, we got the Altec in for review. At first glance, it looks as though the blue […]

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Clothing-Gear-Tools, Road Bike - November 8, 2019

Fizik Powerstrap R5 Reflective road shoe catches eyes, opens up Concepts prototypes

Fizik is running with their simple, lightweight Powerstrap velcro shoe concept, now adding a new fully reflective version of the Tempo Powerstrap R5 road shoe. But velcro & eye-catching isn’t the only project they are working on. A new Concepts project is opening up a faster way to get their latest, most innovative product concepts […]

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