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Issue #012, Review -

The Number of the Beast Sometimes it’s cool to do things differently, to be unique and to find your own style. When it comes to buying a new bike, we devour the magazines, digesting all the latest tech and innovation. Manufacturers dominate our biking culture, telling us what we need, what is cool and what will work for us. New models scream for our attention in a market saturated with amazing technology and positive reviews, and no matter what bike we chose, in a year we will be lusting after something else. But there is another choice: we could rebel against mass-market conformity, take a risk, and build something really unique, a real one-off.

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Issue #012, Review -

“You have to finish first to finish first,“ said Jared Graves once when he was asked about his tactics for an Enduro World Series race. Crashes and defective equipment are anathema to those competing for podium places. If a rider crosses the finishing line with head bowed, the first thing people look at is the wheels and tires. If they have no air in them then the stage, and often the entire race, is ruined. Tires have to cope with a lot of abuse, and not only in races. Grip, and above all puncture resistance, can make the difference between victory and defeat.

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Issue #012, Trails & Travel -

Do we even live in the present anymore? When life’s greatest moments are happening all around us, we watch them through displays, capturing them and posting instantly on Facebook. We measure coolness and importance in likes and comments, our lives rolled out to the world in single sentence updates. In our age of social networking, have we lost the ability to just enjoy the moment?

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Issue #012 -

Many things get neglected in the stress of everyday life . One of these things is family members. We normally only manage to exchange superficial pleasantries or philosophize about what’s happening in the world when we meet during birthdays and public holidays. But what’s really behind the person who is actually so close to us? We set out to attend a very special family gathering.

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Issue #012, Trails & Travel -

We gobble up the best trails and the finest cuisine at the foot of the Rosengarten massif. Enjoying something…who doesn’t want that? Whether it is culinary highlights, a good wine, or as most bikers want, a flowing trail. A real ‘local destination’ for many German, Austrian, and Swiss gourmets is the South Tyrol region in Italy.

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