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Features, mountain bike, News, Pinkbike, Pinkbike Digest - October 8, 2020

24k gold fat bike, Pinkbike Academy launch, MTB tech and more: Pinkbike Digest

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What’s going on in the mountain bike world? The Pinkbike Digest showcases the top dirt articles from our mountain bike sister-site, Pinkbike.com. You’ll get coverage from racing, tech, and some fun storytelling along the way. The official teaser for Pinkbike Academy is LIVE! By: Pinkbike Originals We’re looking for the next mountain biking superstar! The …

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Trek’s revamped Procaliber carbon hardtail is now a mid-priced racer

It wasn’t all that long ago that Trek released its SuperCaliber cross country bike, effectively a modern-day softtail that claimed to offer the efficiency of a hardtail and the control of a dual suspension. With 60 mm of rear-wheel travel and respectably low weight, it appeared that Trek was moving on from offering a true …

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At 775 g, Mondraker’s new Podium is the world’s lightest production hardtail frame

Spanish bike company Mondraker has just lifted the curtain to reveal what’s arguably the lightest full-production 29er hardtail frame in the world. Claimed to weigh just 775 grams for a painted medium frame, the new Podium bests the previous record-holding Specialized Epic HT by a double-stuffed Oreo cookie (or 15 grams in the metric system). …

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Canyon, Features, mountain bike, Tech, Tech news - August 18, 2020

Canyon overhauls Exceed cross country hardtail, introduces flagship CFR range

If the growing viewership figures weren’t already enough evidence, then the recent wave of new bikes is proof that cross country (XC) racing is alive and well. Canyon is the latest company to announce a new race-focused XC machine with a revamped version of the already light Exceed carbon hardtail. Designed for the likes of …

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2021 Orbea Oiz short-travel MTB lightens up and brings flat-mount off-road

Need more evidence that the cross-country mountain bike market is heating up again? Cannondale showed off its new Scalpel not long ago, followed shortly thereafter by the new Specialized Epic, and now Orbea is the latest company to debut an update to its short-travel, full-suspension MTB, the Oiz. The Oiz was first introduced in 2019 …

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