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Issue #020, Review -

Our global test team has been pushing products to the very limit on the world’s toughest trails. In The Lab, durability is rewarded and weaknesses have nowhere to hide. Jim has probably put in a thousand kilometers wearing the Remap MTB Leopard Bib Shorts, who are based out in The Channel Islands.

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Issue #020, Review -

All around me, there’s that moment of silence as people’s brains try to comprehend what our test rider just did. As the whoops and shouts start, it sinks in: Pirmin just hit a huge road gap on nothing other than an ultra-light 10kg carbon hardtail!

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Issue #020, News -

We mountain bikers seriously have to love being outside, getting high on the thrill of adventure and relishing in the satisfaction of being active – otherwise we just wouldn’t do what we do. Yet with the onset of winter, most of our beloved trails are buried under a carpet of snow and the temperature is way below what we deem acceptable. So, seeing as we have to keep our spirits up during these chillier months, we’ve compiled a list of products that’ll be sure to add some thrills to your day, both on and off the bike.

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Issue #020, Review -

Our global test team has been pushing products to the very limit on the world’s toughest trails. In The Lab, durability is rewarded and weaknesses have nowhere to hide. For the 2015 race season, uplift days, or for any long weekends of multi-day riding, the Topeak PrepStation Pro tool chest has been carted out of Jim’s workshop and into the van, as it’s now seen as a total necessity for big weekends riding away.

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Feature, Issue #020, Trails & Travel -

It’s easy to create amazing bike parks in the Alps: simply hitch a ride to the top of a ski lift, and then cut a track back down to the bottom. In those surroundings, it cannot fail to be epic – but what do you do if your mountains are more like molehills?

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