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A few years ago at Sea Otter, Syncros introduced the Silverton SL carbon wheelset—a mind boggling full-carbon feat of engineering. Each carbon spoke, melded directly to the rim, bent slightly on its way around the “hub flange” before meeting with the rim on the other side. The hub itself tensioned the wheel upon installation by Read More

The very first Cannondale Scalpel was scary. Not in a Ford Pinto kind of way. More like an Apollo 11 kind of way. It’s not that it was poorly made. It was just daring and unprecedented. Pushing a full-suspension bike to go that light required some leaps of faith back before carbon and aluminum technology Read More

The remake of “Clash of the Titans” came out ten years ago this month. It pulled in nearly half a billion dollars globally on a $125-million budget. So, it was successful, but its only real memorable cultural contribution is Liam Neeson’s reading of the line “Unleash the Kraken.” Today, the name “Kraken” has been given Read More

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Early in the short history of full-suspension mountain bikes, there was a short-lived trend of bolting a shock between the seatstays and the top tube. The concept became known as the soft tail, usually meant flex-stays, short travel and marginal benefits. But in the cross-country race world, it made a certain kind of sense. The Read More

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Trek's new Top Fuel XC race bike comes stock with 2.4-inch tires and a dropper post. A proper dropper. And while these are just a couple of the parts choices made by Trek's mountain bike development team, they're strong indicators of what this new bike is all about: more.

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