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Tested: REEB SQWEEB V3

A machine with multiple travel configurations, the REEB SQWEEB retains its personality even as it changes its figure.

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“This Is Home” Jackson Goldstone

Many mountain bike athletes start their careers early, honing skills well before the first signs of adolescence. Then there’s Jackson Goldstone. The Squamish, British Columbia, youth shot to stardom in 2010 when a homemade video of him riding, jumping, dropping, and spinning his balance bike on the way to kindergarten went viral. Since then, Jackson Read More

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Easy Steezy Bike Giveaway

The California Mountain Biking Coalition is giving away a rare Founder’s Edition of the Specialized Levo SL to help fund the new nonprofit, which aims to increase trail advocacy in California. Specialized is only making 250 of the limited-edition eMTBs, and one costs a whopping $16,525 so if you lust after this premium machine, throwing Read More

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Shimano Boasts Expanded List of Microspline Licensees

Freehub bodies were boring news until 2012 when SRAM released XD. To some, maybe they’re still boring, but not to you, apparently. You clicked on this article, so let’s talk. XD, of course, made it possible to drop from an 11- to a 10-tooth smallest cog, where one tooth makes a huge difference in the Read More

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Palmer’s Peeves, Vol. 4

Palmer’s Peeves are too great to be bound by any one theme. Today, he revisits a classic complaint about lock-on grips, laments the arrival of 35-millimeter bars, whines about our industry’s poorly designed websites, and assures us that wheelbuilding is not an art. If you just don’t have enough squeaky wheels in your life, check Read More

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