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Aggressive XC, Bikes, CBF linkage, Gear, Revel Bikes, Revel Ranger, XC/Marathon -

The Revel Ranger is a 115-millimeter rear-travel, 120-millimeter front-travel marathon machine with a linkage built around a long-travel pedigree.

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Bikes, cannondale scalpel, Cross Country, Gear, Scalpel SE, XC/Marathon -

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

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Bikes, Cross Country Soft tail, Gear, Trek Supercaliber, XC/Marathon -

Racing in 2020 is cancelled. But that didn't stop us from getting Trek's World-Cup weapon in the hands of our XC expert, Lydia Tanner. No better quarantine than the pain cave.

The post Tested: Trek Supercaliber 9.9 appeared first on BIKE Magazine.

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Aggressive Trail, Aggressive XC, Bikes, Gear, Trail, XC/Marathon, yt bikes, YT Izzo -

My, how times have changed. Just a few years ago, it would have been unthinkable for YT to build a short-travel 29er. At the time, the category just didn’t fit with YT’s dark, edgy persona. But that was before bikes like the Evil Following, Transition Smuggler and Banshee Phantom had successfully redefined the genre. Now, Read More

The post YT Introduces the Izzo appeared first on BIKE Magazine.

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Bikes, Down Country, Gear, kona hei hei, Kona Hei Hei CR/DL, Long-Travel XC, XC/Marathon -

As XC racing evolves, brands are left with a choice. Keep things traditional or change with the times. Kona's new carbon Hei Hei does a little of both.

The post First Ride: 2020 Kona Hei Hei CR/DL appeared first on BIKE Magazine.

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