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Components, Mountain Bike, Reviews - July 14, 2020

Long-Term Review: Vee Tire Snap Trail Enduro Core sticks like manure to a blanket

We picked up a set of Vee Tire Co’s new enduro mountain bike tire, the Snap Trail, at the Winter Bike Connection event in Italy. The guys at Vee had gone above and beyond, printing each media outlet’s logo onto the tire’s sidewall. A nice thought. But how does the tire actually perform? We published […]

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Long Term Review: Fasst Flexx Enduro Bar takes the edge off hits, tuneable to your ride

Chances are, you’ve clicked on this review article exclaiming “Bendy bars! You couldn’t pay me to ride those!”. OK, I get it. My initial reaction to the Fasst Flexx Enduro Bar was mild horror, too. The thought of your handlebar being anything but completely stiff will be massively off-putting for a lot of riders. Especially […]

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Mountain Bike - July 9, 2020

Evil Wreckoning returns with a vengeance, super boosted with more 29er enduro travel

The Evil Wreckoning is back and bigger than ever with a major technical enduro reboot almost four years since it first debuted. In those years since enduro mountain bikers keep going bigger & faster. And the new Wreckoning is up to the task with longer/slacker/more aggressive geometry that’s even more DH capable than before, a […]

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Gulo Composites launches with braided carbon spokes on NC-built carbon wheels

Hailing from east coast mountain bike destination Brevard, NC, upstart Gulo Composites is weaving its way down the road & trail with unique, US-made carbon spokes. They’re paired to their carbon rim design and custom hubs, rounding out a complete wheel system. Offered in road, gravel and mountain bike variants, they combine aerospace materials in […]

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Review: Niner RIP e9 e-mountain bike is a playfully big rig for all day adventures

My first concern was that Niner had simply slapped their look and logo onto a four-bar suspension frame with a Bosch motor and jumped into the fray. After all, e-bikes are blowing up in general, and e-mountain bikes are a good chunk of that market’s growth. My first rides almost confirmed that notion, suggesting that […]

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