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Spring still seems a long way off if you ask me. Yes, we’re at the backside of Christmas and New Year, but i’m still wet through and plastered in half a hill worth of mud everytime I finish a ride. I can’t help but long for the dry, sometimes even dusty. trails that summer will […]

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Earlier this summer, I got to join Rocky Mountain for the 2020 Slayer launch in North Vancouver. At the launch we got a taste of what the Slayer can do on highly technical descents, but didn’t do much climbing with the new bikes. With 29” wheels and 170mm of front and rear travel, it’s no […]

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Looking for some added facial protection on your next trail ride? While helmets with removable chin bars were all the rage just a few years ago, now we seem to be heading into an era of super light full face helmets that offer full face protection but with trail helmet breathability. Adding to that category […]

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Bike Park Wales is, without a shadow of a doubt, very high on my list of “Must Ride” locations in the UK. Dug into the Gethin Woodland hillside, on the outskirts of Merthyr Tydfil, the Park offers no fewer than 39 surfaced downhill mountain biking trails, ranging from the fast and flowy, to the steep […]

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Last summer Merida revamped their flagship e-mountain bike with an integrated carbon eOne-Sixty e-enduro bike, then adapted that to a shorter travel eOne-Forty for trail riders. Now both 160 & 140mm travel versions get a new LTD option with a more affordable aluminum frameset, and the same aggressive trail geometry optimized for the mixed 27.5/29″ […]

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