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Bike Types, Clothes-Gear, Clothing-Gear-Tools, Feature Stories, Mountain Bike, Reviews - November 8, 2019

Review: 100% Altec helmet has cavernous ventilation & you’ll forget you’re wearing it

Back in July, Ride 100% dropped their all-new open face all-mountain trail mountain bike helmet, the 100% Altec. Curious about the helmet’s Smart Shock suspended rotation system, a technology designed to protect the rider against oblique impact concussion injuries, we got the Altec in for review. At first glance, it looks as though the blue […]

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Advocacy & Industry News, Mountain Bike - November 8, 2019

Canfield Brothers part ways to form separate Canfield Bikes & CBF Suspension entities

For the past 20 years, Chris and Lance Canfield have been building impressive bikes that were all well ahead of their time. Recently, we haven’t heard much out of Canfield Brothers in terms of their own bikes, but we have seen a lot of the Canfield Balance Formula suspension system that has been integrated into […]

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Exclusive: Spengle Carbon rolls out lighter, more durable next gen 3-spoke enduro wheels

Two years ago we caught wind of the rebirth of the tri-spoke Spengle brand with all-new made-in-Europe carbon wheels. Now after 15 months of producing those unmistakable monocoque wheelsets, Spengle is rolling out lighter & stronger versions these days. They’ve teased even lighter wheels in the works, as well as more sizes coming soon. And […]

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Canyon issues official approval to ride lightweight carbon bikes on indoor trainers

Can you ride a carbon bike on an indoor trainer? You can now with your Canyon road, gravel, cross & mountain bikes. While it might sound like a trivial concept that you should be able to ride your regular bike on a trainer, most premium light carbon bike makers (including Canyon until this week) have […]

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First Ride Review: Kona Remote 160 enduro e-MTB makes a hero of everyone

Earlier this year, Kona released what is essentially an e-MTB version of their successful Process 153 enduro bike, the Kona Remote 160. Rolling on a burly 35mm 27.5″+ wheel set with 160mm of both front and rear wheel travel with super boost 12×157 rear hub spacing, this e-MTB means business – for all the tech […]

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