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Mountain Bike - June 17, 2019

All-new Orbea Occam reshaped into long, slack all-mountain-ready trail bike

The Orbea Occam gets a complete design and personality overhaul, combining the best of both its TR trail & AM all-mountain predecessors, into one unified trail bike ready for whatever mountain biking your get into. While the previous generation of the Occam made you chose between efficient climbing or long travel, this new bike hits […]

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Bikerumor Podcast #015 –

During the new XT/SLX launch, we sat down with Shimano’s North American Mountain Bike Product Manager, Nick Murdick, to discuss all the things. We opened it up to reader questions and got a TON of great ones, and Nick answers them all. Plus, he gives us a complete masterclass on chain lube…you’ll finish knowing more […]

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Pro Bike Check: Thomas Vanderham’s Rocky Mountain Instinct

Amongst the world of pro bikes, there live some that are just meant for play. By which we mean Thomas Vanderham doesn’t really race, but he’s about as “pro” of a rider as you’ll find. Making a living by just being rad, Vanderham shreds this Rocky Mountain Instinct 29er in front of the camera, but […]

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Friday Roundup: Ride the Oregon Trail, Win a Spanish gravel trip, an Ibis & more!

Ride the Oregon Trail gravel grinder next week – “When you ride the Oregon Trail you’ll know how tough you are. You’ll know who’s on your team, who’s got your back, who plays as hard as you do, and who knows how to throw down the next challenge just before you conk out after a […]

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Mountain Bike - June 14, 2019

PRO Tharsis Trail 3Five clamps up 35mm cockpit for enduro mountain bikes

Shimano’s component brand PRO is joining the stronger, stiffer 35mm clamp enduro & all-mountain crowd with a couple of new Tharsis Trail 3Five mountain bike bars & a new stem. As more aggressive style trail riding grows, gravity-focused riders look to the increased stiffness & control afforded by the larger diameter bar:stem interface. PRO Tharsis […]

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