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With a Guy-Ritchie-esque video featuring Bryn Atkinson, Norco announces the newer, bigger, shred-friendlier Optic. We had one at our 2020 Bible of Bike Tests, and here's a taste of what we thought.

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An aluminum frame, a coil shock option, a little more aggressive geometry and a lot more aggressive pricing. The Ripmo AF is indeed Ripmo AF.

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Now that most brands are all caught up on updating their long-travel 29ers, it seems the mid-travel models are having a bit of a renaissance. To list a few big-name releases, this year saw a new Ibis Ripley, a new Trek Fuel EX, and a new Santa Cruz Tallboy. The latest addition to that list Read More

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The new Santa Cruz Tallboy seems to suffer from almost none of the pedal feedback that has plagued VPPs of past. Yet, it still has impressive pedaling efficiency.

The post First Impressions: Santa Cruz Tallboy 4 appeared first on BIKE Magazine.

The Juliana Joplin is a short-travel bike that’s anything but short on soul. For 2020, in keeping with its burlier siblings, the Joplin gets a lower-link mounted shock. It also gains some travel, graduating from 110 millimeters of rear wheel travel and 120 up front, to 120 millimeters out back and a 130-millimeter-travel fork. Despite Read More

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