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The Lab: ORTLIEB Kuriertasche 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. This time, we tested the ORTLIEB Kuriertasche.

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Fidlock Bottle Twist Review – The Magnetic Water Bottle

If you don’t like hydro-packs or aren’t a big fan of the latest Hip Bags revival, the good old frame-mounted water bottle is the only other viable option. The Fidlock Bottle-Twist magnetic bottle-holder offers a clever and good looking alternative to the classic bottle cage.

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The Lab: RockShox Reverb Stealth 170 mm Dropper Post 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. This time, we tested the RockShox Reverb Stealth 170 mm dropper post.

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First Ride Review: TRP G-Spec Quadiem – Is this the new king of DH brakes?

When Aaron Gwin signed with TRP brakes, we must confess to being more than a little surprised. When it comes to high-end brakes TRP would not be a name that jumps quickly to mind – but never discount the underdog, as sometimes it can be a muscled up pitbull with anger-management issues. We test the first batch of TRP’s latest G-Spec Quadiem brakes.

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First Ride Review: Pivot Mach 5.5 – Is this bike really necessary?

There’s a major issue with the Pivot Mach 5.5 Carbon: it just can’t be categorized. With 160 mm front travel, it excludes itself willingly from the trail bike moniker, but its 140 mm belligerently shuts off the enduro tag. Then its 2.6″-wide tires are neither plus-size, nor the regular fare for a 27.5″ bike. If anything, this bike is the epitome of a two-finger salute to bike categories. But in eschewing conventional labels, it also throws up the question of who might actually want to ride this?

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