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You almost feel sorry for the Giant Anthem SX. With its undeniably recognizable cross-country roots, it’s the puny kid on the playground that no one wants to play with. And definitely not on a technical trail! For starters, its 100 mm travel = way too little, and XC? Isn’t that just a synonym for skintight lycra? Uncool.

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For the coming season, Commencal have completely re-worked their proven, but somewhat aging META AM — and the result is the brand-new META AM V4 bike.

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Along with the neon yellow colour, the first thing you notice on the META AM V4 is the top tube shock mount. The rear shock sits in a kind of recess within the...

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Issue #015 of ENDURO Mountainbike Magazine is now available here! Along with our big brakes group test and exciting travel stories we will also be presenting our XC bikes group test. We made a special trip to the USA in order to test the bikes under sunny California skies. Here’s a look at one of the bikes in the group test – the Yeti ASR Carbon.

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Joystick is based in North Vancouver, the heart of the iconic north shore, Joystick have an extensive team of test riders including Enduro riders such as Anne Caroline-Chausson all the way through to free riders such as Geoff “Gully” Gullevich and James Doerfling. The company has been in existence for just over three years and is rapidly carving out a name for itself in the components market....

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The Bavarian mountains might still be under a layer of deep snow and bitterly cold but long term tester Vinzenz has still been eagerly awaiting this years ‘work bike’: the Ibis Mojo HD3. Not a big surprise really, the Mojo HD series is as good as legendary. We took a close look at this classy machine and pinned Vincent down on his plans for the season.

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