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Team Tested: Fox Float CTD Boost Valve with Trail Adjust Review

The Float CTD came out in late 2012, and was pretty forward thinking for that time. Change the damper setting on the fly with a simple flip of the switch? Even though the technology existed, Fox made it much easier to understand the idea of opening and closing down the damper and the effect on performance, by giving it simple, easy to understand names.

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Bike Review: The 2014 Giant Trance 1 – The One Bike for all?

Many bike manufacturers attempt to fulfill the demand of building one bike for everything. Giant, the world’s biggest are one of them. Their Trance trail bike should win us over, not with one-sided qualities rather with its all encompassing, balanced complete package performance. Bikes like this are always a rolling compromise as one quality always comes at the expense of another. We wanted to know where the industry leader’s priorities were and whether the claim to be one bike for everything really pans out. We sent our test riders off on our home trails, on epic alpine rides, to enduro races and to the bike parks.

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First Ride: The new Kona Precept DL 2015 Review

A few days ago we had the chance to test the whole Kona enduro range at the Kona Press Launch in Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis (you can find an overview of every bike presented here). One bike especially interested us: the entry-level Precept DL trail bike attractively priced at 1500 EUR. Can you really get a useable trail bike at this price point or do the inevitable compromises spoil the fun too much? Read for yourself.

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Long-Term Test: Solid Magix X01 Raw 2015 Review

By now the Solid Magix 650B has done several thousand metres climbing and descending since the presentation and our first ride report. After several day rides in the Lech valley we headed to the Serfaus Bike park for a weekend and a on a further trip to the Livigno bike park in Italy. There were also loads of local trail kilometres from the Allgäu and Stuttgart areas. Until now we haven’t been...

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First Ride: Initial impressions of the MRP Stage Fork

We have been meaning to test the MRP Stage fork for some time now, and in the Nevada desert we finally found time to put some miles on one. The MRP Stage, with 34mm stanchions is MRP’s new enduro/all mountain fork, and it is clear that they have done their homework, offering lots of adjustment and a confident, stiff chassis. We would need more time to draw full conclusions, but here are our first...

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