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27.5, 700 tuned, Bike Reviews, colorado, crested butte, Gear, i:2:13730, plus size, review, reviews, scott, scott spark plus, scott sports, spark plus, test ride review - August 13, 2016

The All-New Scott Spark Plus Redefines the Limits of Trail Bikes – A Test Ride Review

When I first saw the press release from Scott about their new Spark and Scale lines, my eyes immediately went to the big, bold headlines proclaiming these the lightest FS and hardtail mountain bike frames in the world. As I skimmed through the 80+ pages of data, my eyes began to glaze over, and I …

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Salsa Unveils Two New Plus Bikes: The Woodsmoke and the Timberjack

Salsa Cycles’ annual product launch event, dubbed “Saddle Drive,” is currently taking place at Northstar near Lake Tahoe, California. In conjunction with the event, they’ve released details to the public on their updated product line. While many of the bikes only saw minor tweaks and modifications, Salsa did unveil two new plus-size mountain bikes: the …

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Guerrilla Gravity Unveils New Trail Pistol 29er/27.5+

Guerrilla Gravity (GG) has just announced a brand-new mountain bike in their line, dubbed the “Trail Pistol.” GG is known for high quality, made-in-the-USA (Denver) mountain bikes, and the Trail Pistol will continue that legacy. In keeping with the latest trends, the ‘Pistol will be available with your choice of wheelsizes: 29″ or 27.5+. According to …

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Pivot Mach 429 Trail – A Long Term Review

Specs While it shares part of its name with Pivot’s XC-oriented 429SL, the 429 Trail is a wholly different bike. It has more travel, a revised suspension linkage, a slacker head tube angle, and a longer wheelbase–just to name a few of the major differences. Pivot chose to go with Boost spacing on both the rear triangle and …

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26, 27.5, 29er, charts, Gear, suspension - July 12, 2016

Visualizing MTB Suspension Travel VS Wheel Size

At this point, most of us understand that 29ers work well for shorter travel applications while bikes with more suspension typically utilize smaller wheel diameters. Well, here’s a cool visual representation of this concept! The chart above was built using data from a survey we ran a few months ago asking mountain bikers about the bikes they own. …

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