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Pro Bike Check: Leigh Johnson’s Pole Machine

The Pole Machine is certainly the most unique bike on the EWS circuit, It seems that for Leigh Johnson, jumping onto the Machine has poured petrol onto the fire!

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Pro Bike Check: Mark Scott’s Santa Cruz Hightower LT

Those who diligently follow the EWS will know two things; one, that Santa Cruz racer Mark Scott is currently on fire, sitting in fifth place overall! And two, that this Hightower LT is not his EWS race bike. That’s because Santa Cruz keep his race bike under lock and key, only rolling it out for races, this is his practice bike, identical except for the custom colour.

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More Than The Angels’ Share: A pilgrimage to Islay hunting for Scotland’s most iconic whiskies

I scrunched up my eyes, trying to find any point in the room that was not spinning. Smiling calmly at the Lagavulin distillery tour guide, inside I was locked in a fierce battle with sobriety. Already six drams into my Islay whisky pilgrimage this was proving to be a proper bike packing adventure.

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Pro Bike Check: Lewis Buchanan’s Ibis Mojo HD4

With the Ibis Cycles EWS team, currently sitting in 2nd place in the overall with 2790 points, it looks like another great year for the Californian brand. Scottish racer Lewis Buchanan is currently sitting in 10th place overall, and with two race ready bikes to choose from, we thought it was time to find out why he chose the Ibis Mojo HD4 and find out more about his setup.

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Does the weight of your MTB really matter?

“How much does your bike weigh?” Surely we’ve all heard this question at the trailhead. But what good is that information? Is a heavy bike a bad bike? Can the riding performance be defined by a number in weight? Or should we perhaps stop weighing our bicycles altogether?

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