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Most adults either love fat bikes or hate fat bikes, but kids don’t care what adults think. Kids also don’t seem to care if the bike is fast, slow, heavy, or light. There is something about the Specialized Fatboy 20 that makes children happy, even if it doesn’t make sense to adults.

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Issue #021, Review -

Fast, efficient, and not adverse to taking some hits: modern cross-country bikes are proving time after time that they are more than up to the demands of increasingly challenging World Cup races. But once the race is over, which ones are equally as fun to take home, and what’s worth considering? We’ve got the answers.

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Issue #021, Review -

Describing the Lux CF as ‘Record Breaking Luxury,’ Canyon’s claims appear to already have been validated by the score of successes notched up by ‘the Albanator,’ Alban Lakata. So that’s the elites covered…but can the Canyon Lux CF 9.9 Race deliver fun for regular riders too?

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For years, the Bocholt company have been known at the forefront of direct sales for their great value for money, offering bikes (especially enduro ones) that have the performance to match. But have ROSE’s XC bikes received the same care and attention too? We’ve put their cross-country model, the ROSE THRILL HILL 3 27,5″, through the wringer to see how it fares.

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Pivot have laid down the gauntlet with the latest generation of the Mach 4 Carbon, declaring ‘Performance Redefined.’ Back at the Design & Innovation Award 2015, the bike had no issues in winning over the jury, so we’re even more excited to see how the Pivot Mach 4 Carbon will fare in this tough head-to-head group test.

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