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Eurobike, Feature Stories, Mountain Bike, News - July 29, 2022

Raicam to enter MTB foray with disc brakes for XC, Enduro and DH

Raicam are not yet a brand one might associate with mountain biking. The Italian company is located in Mondovì, Italy, where they have been manufacturing clutches, flywheels and torsional dampers as an OEM supplier to Aston Martin for many years. Now, they are set to apply their knowledge and experience of hydraulic systems to mountain

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Celebrating 30 years of the legendary Lotus Type 108 track bike

When Hope Technology and Lotus Engineering ripped the cover off the Olympic-ready HB.T in 2019, nobody had ever seen a bike like it. Sure, in side profile, it looked fairly conventional. However, if you leaned in for a close look at the 3D printed titanium elements or simply got in front of it, the bike

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Feature Stories, Mountain Bike, News - July 29, 2022

2022 Norco Fluid FS 130mm 29er looks a well-considered alloy MTB

Norco has overhauled the Fluid FS trail bike, modernizing the frame design, boosting travel numbers, and increase sizing options to fit a wider range of rider heights. It now boasts 130mm rear wheel travel paired with a 140mm fork, and all sizes from S-XXL roll on a complete 29″ wheelset. The brand tells us this

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Review: The new Growtac Equal Brakes combine little size and big power!

Polarizing opinions aside, cable-actuated disc brakes aren’t going anywhere. And frankly, in many circles, these types of disc brakes actually seem to be more popular than ever. As you may have guessed, I for one am a big fan of the mechanical disc brake. Mostly, just for the simplicity of ’em. There is no denying

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New Helmet Round Up: Lazer, Endura, MET & Mavic

Lazer has rolled out KinetiCore across more helmets, most notably the new Lazer Cage KinetiCore, their latest and greatest full face helmet offering. This one is interesting not only for its use of Lazer’s proprietary rotational impact protection system, but also because it is the first (to our knowledge) full face helmet to have a

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