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If you don’t spend much time on XC bikes, it can be an odd sensation when you eventually do. Sometimes, it’s a frightening reminder of exactly why you don’t spend much time on XC bikes. But other times, it’s a refreshing taste of what you’ve been missing. The fog of 2.6-inch tires and 65-degree headtube Read More

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Liv is the last brand to hold on to the idea that women's bikes ought to have more than just unique touchpoints and pastel colors. The Liv Pique Advanced Pro 29 applies that philosophy to a 100-millimeter XC machine. We took a day to find out what that means at the Sedona Mountain Bike Festival.

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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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While other brands are absorbing their women’s-specific bikes into their main lineup, Liv continues to double-down not only with ladies spec and colors, but unique frame geometry as well. That once included an exclusive focus on 27.5-inch wheels, a not illogical way to accommodate smaller body sizes. But philosophies are changing, so Liv is introducing 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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