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SPANK Vibrocore Spike 35 bars in review

It’s easy to become a little sceptical of ‘new’ and innovative technologies, especially ones that claim to have properties that are difficult to quantify. Inside SPANK’s Spike 35 bar is where the real magic (or is it?) happens, with a Vibrocore foam filling that claims to absorb vibrations and minimise arm pump and hand numbness.

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Editors’ Choice – The Dream Builds of the ENDURO Editors

We’re all different. We drive different cars, we like different music and we fall for different people. Why then, do we all ride the same bikes? If you want your bike to be as unique as you, you need to go custom.

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Editors’ Choice: Specialized Stumpjumper EVO – The Sleeper

Taking a look at my Specialized Stumpjumper EVO, you might be unimpressed at first. It looks hot, for sure, but the graphics and branding are minimal. Look closer and you’ll start to notice the little clues that this is anything but a stock bike.

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Editors’ Choice: Nordest Britango Ti – The Traveller

Do you blast down trails but also go on self-supported bikepacking trips? How can you combine two types of riding that seemingly oppose each other and do both without one side outweighing the other? My Nordest Britango build is an attempt to do just that, plus of course a bit of gratuitous bling and some interesting details.

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Editors’ Choice: NICOLAI G1 29 – Just send it!

Long. Slack. Low. Three magic words that define modern trail bikes – and there’s hardly any bike on the market that epitomises this mantra better than the NICOLAI G1. But why do I need such radical geometry?

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