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Components, Gadgets & Hacks, Mountain Bike - March 25, 2020

Review: Archer D1x – The electronic shifting you didn’t know you needed but honestly might

My question to Devin, co-founder of Archer Components, as we reclined in our camp chairs with beers and scanned the night sky for satellites and shooting stars, was… why? Why to everything, of course. Why to the twinkle of million year old light from long dead suns. To the tiny dead bodies of packrats on […]

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Components, Mountain Bike, Reviews - March 18, 2020

First Ride: SR Suntour Axon Werx 34 XC fork on the Trail Brothers’ Tuscan singletrack

At the Winter Bike Connection event in Massa Marittima, Italy, we caught up with the guys from SR Suntour. They had two new forks available for testing; the 170mm travel Suntour Durolux R2C2 and the Suntour Axon Werx RL RC cross country fork, both of which received an air negative spring update for 2020. We […]

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Zipp Tangente Course G40 tubeless gravel tire aims for new off-road adventures

Looks like Zipp just introduced the perfect set of tires to wrap around your Zipp gravel wheels – if you’re into 700c x 40mm that is. Jumping into the gravel tire market, Zipp is now offering the Tangente Course G40. Currently offered in only one option, the Tangente Course G40 is tubeless ready, but also […]

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First Ride Review: New Crankbrothers’ Synthesis Alloy Enduro Wheelset

The Crankbrothers’ Synthesis tuned wheelset is now available in aluminium, for XC/Trail, Enduro and E-Bike disciplines. The Synthesis concept, originally materialized in carbon, is devised around a stiff rear wheel and a more compliant front wheel. Designers Mello Bouwmeester and Jason Schiers reckon this platform respects the differing roles of, and loads carried by, a […]

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Components, Feature Stories, Gravel Bikes - February 26, 2020

Review: Princeton CarbonWorks GRIT 4540 gravel wheels make riding offroad a lot groovier

Launched in 2018 with a unique sinusoidal wave pattern to their rims, Princeton CarbonWorks claimed better aerodynamics than standard aero rim profiles. Now, they’ve stretched the width and shrunk the depth to create a very quick set of wheels for gravel riders and racers. Aero for gravel, you say? Yep, but there’s other reasons you’ll […]

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Review: Archer D1x – The electronic shifting you didn’t know you needed but honestly might

First Ride: SR Suntour Axon Werx 34 XC fork on the Trail Brothers’ Tuscan singletrack

Zipp Tangente Course G40 tubeless gravel tire aims for new off-road adventures

First Ride Review: New Crankbrothers’ Synthesis Alloy Enduro Wheelset

Review: Princeton CarbonWorks GRIT 4540 gravel wheels make riding offroad a lot groovier

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