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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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Long term review – Ohlins RXF 36 forks & TTX coil shock

Earlier this year we ran our enduro fork group test where the relative newcomer, the Öhlins RXF 34, came to the party and stole the show; unanimously awarded best in test by all our testers. We have been testing the bigger RXF 36 fork and TTX Coil shock to see if the durability can match the performance.

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Know-How, Review, Training -

Mountain Bike Indoor-Training with Wahoo KICKR SNAP & Zwift

My calves are burning and I’m blinking furiously to get the sweat out of my eyes, as it drops unceremoniously onto the floor around me. I cling on to the rear wheel of my training partner just ahead of me, making the most of the slipstream. The gradient suddenly rises and I click up two gears to keep the cadence. The road is perfectly tarmacked, winding its way through rich green, sun-drenched fields. Outside the wind is howling and heavy raindrops are hammering down aggressively on my window. But inside the road is perfectly tarmacked, winding its way through rich green, sun-drenched fields.

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UNNO 130 mm Trail 29er First Ride

Built entirely in-house in Barcelona, the new UNNO bike range represent the ultimate in obsessive attention to detail, design and fabrication. As exclusive as they are expensive, they are still yet to be formally named, but thought it was time to fly out and throw a prototype down the trails.

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Long Term Review – COMMENCAL META AM V4 RACE 650B

The market for enduro bikes is on a continual upward spiral, and while this is great news – it does make picking the right bike even tougher. On paper, the COMMENCAL META AM V4 RACE 650B looks promising; it boasts a great spec, a fair price and well-chosen geometry, but can it live up to the sum of its parts?

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