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Issue #024, Review -

The Lab #024: Parts and Equipment Long-Term Reviews

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. This time, we tested the Muc-OFF Anti-Fog spray, the Shimano AM9 shoes, the SOURCE Hipster hydration system, the SRAM XX1 Black drivetrain, and the Topeak Mini 18+ tool.

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Issue #024, Racing -

Modern Warfare – Racing the Megavalanche with an E-MTB

I have a confession to make: “I raced the Megavalanche on an E-MTB.” Even as I say that, I can hear the keyboard warriors warming up their fingers for a vitriolic tirade of fierce abuse. But hold on for a second…this is no thinly veiled advertisement for E-MTBs, as I am a self-certified luddite, a steampunk…I don’t even play Pokemon Go! Hell, I didn’t get a smartphone until 2014. But are you not curious? Have you ever wondered just how far a modern E-MTB can be pushed? Where are their limits when thrown into a real battle? As I threw down the gauntlet and challenged an E-MTB to the ultimate test, there seemed one obvious race, the infamous and brutal Megavalanche in Alpe d’Huez.

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Feature, Issue #024 -

Will a longer and slacker bike make you a better rider?

Over the last few years there has been a geometry coup going on in enduro bike design, with marketing departments across the industry clamouring to shout their message the loudest – “To go fast, you need long and slack.” The voices were so strong that many riders went out to their bike sheds armed with tape measures, and after some quick calculations burst out shouting, “That’s why I cannot get STRAVA KOMs! It’s because my bike is 15 mm too short!”

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Feature, Issue #024, Trails & Travel -

Hunting trails: Flow trails, reindeer burgers, and airtime with Matt Hunter

The road ahead of us is hazy, the sun beating down mercilessly onto the dusty hood, streaming in through the cracked windscreen of Matt’s Toyota pickup. We turn into a residential area and make a sudden U-turn. Matt pulls up on the curb. To our left are newly built detached houses with shiny, polished SUVs on their driveways. To our right is the trailhead of one of the greatest trails that’s about to top my list of greatest-ever rides.

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Issue #024 -

Hype This! 8 Items of MTB Bling

Below you’ll find 8 of the finest MTB related products and bling to feast your eyes over! Continue on reading or head over to issue #024 to check out the original article.

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