2020 Bible of Bike Tests RSS

This summer’s Bible of Bike Tests is underway, and we’re staging it in our home state of California. The steep ups and twisty downs of Marin County are the perfect setting to put some brand new short-travel shredders through their paces, and what a crop we have… But it’s only day two and we’re already Read More

When testing long-travel bikes at the Bible of Bike Tests, we’re sometimes guilty of phoning it in on the uphills. Whether that means just picking the smoothest, shortest fire road climb or, god forbid, shuttling, it’s always been done for the greater good, not out of laziness. It’s a way to maximize our time on Read More

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From cutting in a patchwork of illegal trails to developing a network of nearly 400 miles of singletrack, Charlie Sturgis has been a driving factor in securing a two-wheeled future in Park City.

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Learn a little about the testers, and see which bikes they wanted to take home—because we all play favorites after all.

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At first glance, Orbea’s Occam looks like a derivative portmanteau of other bikes. The rear triangle could easily be confused for a Trek ABP, or a Weagle Split Pivot. The asymmetrical shock mount and frame strut invites comparison to Specialized’s Stumpjumper. But make no mistake; the Occam is very much its own bike, a mid-travel Read More

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