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Gee Atherton returns to racing at Red Bull Hardline in Endura Custom Kit

Gee Atherton’s crash on the Knife Edge last summer was beyond horrific. The tumble broke many of the British downhiller’s bones, punctured a lung, and landed him in the hospital for two weeks. Playing the nauseating footage back, it’s somewhat amazing he ever got up — especially back on the bike. But that’s exactly where

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2023 Juliana Furtado gets Mixed-Wheels with 130mm VPP-Linkage

Released in parallel with the 2023 Santa Cruz 5010 is the 2023 Juliana Furtado, the new 130mm trail bike from the two brands. Gone is the complete 27.5″ wheelset, replaced by a mullet setup, with new suspension kinematic and geometry figures said to give rise to the “best handling trail bike ever”. Bold, right? But,

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Santa Cruz 5010 Carbon gets Mullet mountain bike update, teases an alloy trail bike

Santa Cruz has been giving their 27.5″ mountain bikes mixed-wheel size Mullet upgrades in recent years, and the 5010 is the latest to join the “business up front, party in the back” mentality. The popular, playful carbon trail bike sports the same 130mm VPP/140mm fork travel as before, but with slightly tweaked geometry and suspension

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Handy MacAskill is back with another finger biking feature for Santa Cruz Bicycles!

It seems that Handy MacAskill is back at it. No, not Danny MacAskill, but his miniature stand-in known for big tricks on little bikes. Back in June of 2020, Handy’s debut was a way of launching the new 5010. Is another launch imminent? You’ll have to watch (and rewatch) the video to find out.

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First Ride: Specialized Hillbilly reinforces tread for the wet and loose

Specialized has updated the Hillbilly mountain bike tire, their answer to the steepest and softest, or loosest conditions offered up by mother nature. It maintains the widely spaced tread block pattern of the previous iteration, the most notable alteration coming in the form of block-in-block transition knobs at the edge, said to add reinforcement and

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