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Today Canyon introduced the K.I.S., which stands for Keep It Stable and is a new steering stabilization system invented by the hotbed of ideas that is Jo Klieber – the founder of Syntace. It is a spring mechanism integrated into the frame that connects a cam ring placed on the fork steerer to an anchor point located in the top tube. Sound complicated? To be clear, this is not a steering limiter, but a stabilizer which is intended to make the steering easier to control. As you can see from the graph below, the force required to move the steering

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With nasty weather moving in at a threatening pace from West of the venue, Red Bull Rampage moved the go time up by half an hour at the last minute in hopes of avoiding the high winds coming along with  the approaching storm. Most riders got their lines buttoned up at the very last minute and this year saw substantially less practice time than usual. With that in mind, the final went surprisingly smoothly. Here’s a recap of the day… Morning starting off quite nicely… The morning of finals is always a bit rough. Riders need to get into the

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With riders and diggers still burning the midnight oil and running a bit behind on builds, practice has been somewhat limited even as of yesterday with just one more day of digging and a short practice session just before finals left. Here are a handful of shots from Wednesday… Morning commute. Sun rises behind the site, so with everything backlit for the first few hours diggers and riders alike can stay cool. Brandon Semenuk eyes up the landing on his canyon gap transfer. It is wild to realize that this feature is 11 years old and the bulk of it

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Riding started to kick off during these last couple days after close to a week of heavy building in the Utah desert at Red Bull Rampage. Being back in the 2008 / 2012 / 2013 zone was a nice, if not daunting, reminder of its massive size. This area might not have the highest vertical feet out of all of the zones of Rampages past…The 2017 / 2018 location might edge it out. Regardless, it is unquestionably the widest arena to date and after 10 years of rain and erosion there is room for everyone – newcomers included – to

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If you’ve seen him ride, it’s very clear where his inspiration comes from. Jaxson grew up riding moto, which has translated to his style on and off the bike. Nothing gets him fired up more than bringing the speed and big air of the moto world to mountain bikes.  

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