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Strong, Light, Cheap – Pick Two. Should the old mountain bike adage prove true, the ACROS ENDURO RACE carbon wheels would have to fall apart on the first ride, because their price/weight ratio is incredible. Whether they hold up in practice, we’re about to find out.

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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 Roval Traverse SL wheels.

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Issue #029, Review -

It’s easy to make a dream bike. Gifted with unlimited funds, brands can hang only the best components on their frames, carbon this, kashima that, with every part chosen without concern of increasing cost. But what about the more affordable end of the spectrum, where money talks, and bullshit walks?

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You may ask why the MERIDA ONE-FORTY is not in this test. The answer? At the time of testing, the new ONE-FORTY had not yet been released, so the shorter-travel MERIDA ONE-TWENTY 7.800 had some big shoes to fill with its limited travel.

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Looking like a pumped-up muscle car, the burly tubes and loud paint job herald the arrival of the Vitus ESCARPE 29 VRX. But can the long-legged stallion from the mighty Chain Reaction stable match the might of its established rivals?

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