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Bike Types, Factory Tour, Mountain Bike - July 12, 2019

Workshop Tour: The story of steel MTB frame building with Starling Cycles’ Joe McEwan

Ex-aerospace engineer, Joe McEwan, is the man behind British mountain bike brand, Starling Cycles. While Starling do get some of their bikes, and parts of thereof manufactured in the far east, Joe himself and Clandestine founder, Pi Manson, still hand-build a full range of mountain bikes out of their workshop in Bristol. Joe was an […]

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Mountain Bike - July 11, 2019

Scott Gambler Tuned goes all-in on light, adjustable carbon DH race bike

An all-new Scott DH platform has been in development for several years. And now the full carbon Gambler Tuned bets it all on the World Cup Downhill circuit as one of the lightest, most adjustable race bikes available – tune setup quickly on race day with adjustable suspension progression, adaptable geometry & your pick of […]

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Review: The 2019 Norco Fluid FS1 29er packs a punch with high value build

In a world of ever-increasing prices, it’s nice to know brands still strive to present good value. With their updated Fluid FS line, Norco offers beginner and mid-level riders some highly capable complete builds at very reasonable prices. The 2019 Fluid frames feature impressive finishing touches, and they’re built with components that provide most of […]

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Recall roundup: Trek & Faraday e-bikes, limited RockShox Lyrik & Yari forks

A few recall notices have popped up in our inbox this week for a couple of city e-bikes that each have a quick & easy fix, and a run of recent 29er trail/enduro forks whose lowers could break. The Trek Super Commuter+ 8S model needs to get a simple fender attachment bolt replaced, the Faraday […]

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Mountain Bike - July 10, 2019

e*Thirteen mountain bike tires get rounder, faster and a super soft Mo’Po rubber

In their own words, e*Thirteen continues to evolve their tires as they learn more about tread design, rubber and construction. So, their tire models don’t change names so much as they just keep tweaking their tread patterns and durometer and more. The latest iteration completely reshapes the tread blocks, rounds off their profile and adds […]

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Workshop Tour: The story of steel MTB frame building with Starling Cycles’ Joe McEwan

Scott Gambler Tuned goes all-in on light, adjustable carbon DH race bike

Review: The 2019 Norco Fluid FS1 29er packs a punch with high value build

Recall roundup: Trek & Faraday e-bikes, limited RockShox Lyrik & Yari forks

e*Thirteen mountain bike tires get rounder, faster and a super soft Mo’Po rubber

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