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Issue #019, Review -

The Lab: LifeProof FRE Smartphone Case Long Term Review

If you can tolerate minor inconveniences in operating comfort, the sleek Lifeproof FRE case offers the best protection for your iPhone.

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Feature, Issue #019 -

Home Sweet Home: Rethink Your Local Trails

As the video stream ends, my heart rate is sky high. I’ve just watched riders do the seemingly impossible, smashing up perfectly sculpted berms and getting wild on huge mountainsides. Adrenalin is pumping and I think to myself, “Hell yeah! I want to go and shred some crazy trails!” I snap back to reality as the realisation hits me – my local trails are shit.

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Events, Issue #019, Racing -

Trail Trophy: How to make a Race appeal to any Rider

Enduro races have two stories: one which sees riders and race organisers battling to conquer the national and international scene and the other which is led by weekend warriors and amateur riders who are after more than just risking their lives on bone-shakingly tough race circuits. For those guys and girls, there’s one series that captures the essence of a great racing weekend, and it goes by the name of Trail Trophy. We set about finding out its secret.

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Issue #019, Review -

The Lab: Dakine Apex Backpack Long Term Review

For over six years, the Dakine Apex backpack has been my die-hard companion on foot and on two wheels; in fact, I very rarely leave the house without this 26-litre backpack on my shoulders.

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Issue #019, Review -

The Lab: Ergon GE1 Grips Long-term Review

The GE1 are Ergon’s attempt to design enduro-specific grips. These not only feature a more ergonomic design, but the flattening of the grip ends (and sacrificing of end clamps) works to broaden the surface area available without having to widen the bars. Could this be a decisive advantage in narrow sections of trail?

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