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Review: FINDRA supersoft merino & Lee Craigie-inspired padded cycling leggings

If you’d asked me in May whether merino wool would be part of my MTB wardrobe this summer I would have said “OK, I know we don’t have sweltering summers in Scotland but the weather isn’t that bad”. That was until FINDRA came along and asked us to review some of their outdoor apparel collection. […]

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Bikerumor Podcast #20 – Philly Bike Expo’s Bina Bilenky talks about building a show for the people

Bina Bilenky is what you would call a real, deal bicycle industry lifer. She grew up sorting, organizing, and cleaning shop at Bilenky Cycle Works, her father’s (Stephen) bicycle company. As she grew up, she worked her way through the administrative side of the company, taking orders, keeping things organized and herding Bilenky’s famous shop […]

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Review: Marzocchi’s 2020 Bomber Z2 fork shines when you bomb ‘er

How good of a fork can you get for $500? I’d say Marzocchi has answered that question with the 2020 Bomber Z2. As the little brother to the beefier Bomber Z1, the Z2 is intended for aggressive trail riding. I found the fork rode pretty well overall, but its strong point seems to be smoothly […]

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AASQ #55: Ryder seals up your questions about plugging tubeless tires

Even with the best tires in the world, flats happen. Fortunately, in addition to improvements in tire construction there have also been improvements in repairing or plugging tools. Rather than a patch like you might be used to with a tube, pluggers use a sticky plug, or in this case a Slug, that you push […]

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Review: Vee Tire Co.’s Snap WCE grabs the slabs and busts through dust

When your home trails are littered with rock slabs and loose chutes, good grip becomes a very high priority. I spent a few weeks this summer riding a pair of Vee Tire Co.’s gravity-focused Snap WCE tires and they grabbed rock faces, tracked straight through root gardens and swam through inches of dust impressively well. […]

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