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Issue #047, Review -

Trek Fuel EX 9.8 GX 2021 in review – Trail performance over bling components

The Trek Fuel EX has proven itself as an excellent all-rounder in the past. This year, the American brand enters the race with the € 5,999 Trek Fuel EX 9.8 GX, which combines a high-end frame with a mid-level spec but still features Trek’s own Thru Shaft shock technology. So does it always have to be top-spec? How big is the difference in performance and how does the Fuel EX 9.8 GX fare against its more expensive peers?

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Trek Top Fuel 9.9 X01 2021 in review – From XC-racer to our trail bike group test

“The Top Fuel 9.9 flies through singletrack and rips descents, but it really shines when pushed to its full potential during gruelling endurance races.” That’s what Trek say about the Top Fuel 9.9 X01, but how did it fare against its bigger brother, the Fuel EX?

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Yeti SB115 TURQ3 in review – A motorless rocket

The first time we saw the Yeti SB115 TURQ3 our jaws dropped hard. The elegant turquoise finish and Switch Infinity Link suspension make for a unique and unmistakable look. Be warned: the nimble Yeti is damn fast and disappears over the horizon in a flash – very few bikes in this test climb as willingly as the SB115. But can it also convince downhill and does the spec live up to the potential of the bike?

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YT IZZO BLAZE 29 in review – Experts only

YT have given the IZZO BLAZE a healthy injection of travel, bumping up the front end from 130 to 140 mm. The rest of the spec is also meant to improve its descending capabilities and make it more fun downhill. But do all these changes necessarily make the YT IZZO BLAZE a worse climber and more capable downhill?

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Feature, Issue #047 -

Original or copy? An essay about the decisions that we make day after day

“Born originals, how comes it to pass that we die copies?” Regardless of whether it was Edward Young or Arno Gruen who penned it, this statement couldn’t ring any truer. We spend too much of life living on autopilot, jumping from whim to whim in search of acceptance from our peers. But is there another way?

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