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All-new Juliana Joplin women’s trail mountain bike gains travel, slacker angles

The new, 2020 Juliana Joplin bumps rear travel to 120mm, pairs it with a 130mm fork, and gets longer and slacker than ever to create a monster modern trail bike. Like much of the Juliana (aka Santa Cruz Bicycles) full suspension lineup, it switches to their lower-link driven rear shock design. And like all of […]

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2020 Santa Cruz Tallboy mountain bike tested – First impressions & actual weights

With a complete overhaul, especially since the last time we reviewed a Tallboy, it was interesting to see what’s changed…and what’s remained the same. We’ve had the new Tallboy 4 for a couple weeks, getting two different riders on it for a couple rides each, with surprisingly similar first impressions. Here’s our thoughts, along with […]

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First Look! 2020 Santa Cruz Tallboy ups travel, drops its linkage & gets slack as hell

We shoulda seen all of this coming. What, with the Blur XC taking the mantle as a 100mm 29er race bike, and most of the rest of their full suspension lineup switching over to the lower linkage-driven shock layout introduced with the Nomad 4. The all-new, 2020 Santa Cruz Tallboy has officially become a “trail […]

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Kona’s 2020 Process 153 CR 29 – A one-ride review from the trails of Bellingham

Recently, Kona held a 2020 a 2020 launch event in Bellingham, WA. While riding the new Process 134 was our main focus, Kona set up a few other bikes for retailers and media to try on the last day of the launch. I decided to grab the bike that would be most suitable for my […]

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Commencal Meta Power 29 & Meta Power SX power up for enduro e-bike fun

Commencal rolled out their 2020 e-MTB models, the Meta Power 29 and Meta Power SX. With a new integrated downtube battery, the bikes have a new clean look, while keeping range as long as possible with 504 Wh of capacity. Fork travel ranges from 160 – 180mm, placing the new bikes in the All Mountain […]

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