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All-New 27.5+ MTB from Rocky Mountain: The Pipeline

Rocky Mountain has just announced their inaugural entry into the 27.5+ market: the Pipeline. This is an aggressive, carbon trail bike built for aggressive riding, with a 150mm fork up front, and 130mm of rear travel. According to Rocky, the Pipeline is 1x-specific and can fit up to 27×3.25″ tires. Of course, everything is Boost-spaced. …

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Watch: Fabio Wibmer Rides Trials and Trails on the 6Fattie

“Decided to make a little video of me riding my new 6Fattie. Turned out to be pretty cool mixing trail and trial riding ”

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Watch: True Life Midfat

Brian Chapel posted this MTV True Life parody about riding a midfat (plus-size) mountain bike. “Can you even jump that thing?”

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Marin Pine Mountain 2 Long Term Review

As I mentioned in my On Review article of the Marin Pine Mountain 2, I wasn’t immediately won over by the 27.5+ wheel size. Skeptical-but-intrigued is how I would characterize my attitude. Would getting some more miles in win me over? Recap Marin put together a badass build for the Pine Mountain 2 (PM2). Everything …

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WTB Bridger 27.5 Plus Tire Review

Many of the first crop of plus-sized bikes are being spec’d with WTB’s Trailblazer tire. That’s no surprise since the Trailblazer–in conjunction with WTB’s Scraper rim–is largely responsible for ushering in the midfat era. There’s just one problem: the design of the Trailblazer is too narrow for the rim, resulting in some undesirable handling characteristics. …

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