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Bike Types, Clothes-Gear, Clothing-Gear-Tools, Feature Stories, Mountain Bike, Reviews - August 7, 2019

Reviewed: Women’s GORE Wear Summer MTB Apparel + R7 Shakedry Trail Hooded Jacket

This summer my go to riding kit has been the new GORE Wear C5 Women’s All Mountain MTB apparel. GORE sent us this kit, in a blinding citrus green, along with the GORE-TEX Shakedry Trail Hooded Jacket, and the GORE-TEX Infinium Stretch Gloves for review. Though I can’t bring myself to wear both the Jersey […]

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Kona creates a new Process 134 with slimmer lines, full carbon frame option

Kona’s all-new 2020 Process 134 is a highly versatile trail slayer that was designed to combine the best attributes of the Process 111’s and their longer-legged siblings, the 153’s. 134mm of rear travel, 140mm forks, 29” (or 27.5”) wheels, modern frame geometry and a finely tuned linkage makes for a bike that will provide a […]

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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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Feature Stories, Mountain Bike - August 7, 2019

New Specialized Epic HT is more comfortable, capable, AND lighter weight

What makes the ultimate XC hardtail? For years it seemed to be the combination of super light weight and razor sharp handling. But now that XC courses and mountain biking overall have evolved, those older hardtails are starting to feel a bit dated. Specialized knew the new Epic HT had to be light, but more […]

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Bicycles, Feature Stories, Mountain Bike - August 3, 2019

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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Reviewed: Women’s GORE Wear Summer MTB Apparel + R7 Shakedry Trail Hooded Jacket

Kona creates a new Process 134 with slimmer lines, full carbon frame option

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

New Specialized Epic HT is more comfortable, capable, AND lighter weight

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

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