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The Syncline is Polygon’s hardcore hardtail (HT) race machine announced earlier this year at Sea Otter. Using a light, stiff carbon frame, Polygon designed the this bike with race geometry, red carpet components, and years of experience around 27.5-inch wheels, resulting in a fast, snappy, and aggressive XC weapon. Geometry Polygon didn’t throw anything too wild …

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Late last week WTB announced a new 27.5+ tire, the Trail Boss 3.0. The Trail Boss has always been a popular “all rounder” tire, and the 3.0 version promises to take things to the next level. Compared to the WTB Trailblazers I tested earlier this year, the Trail Boss 3.0 is wider, with a truly …

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Norco quietly added a new bike to their website called the Torrent 7, a 27.5+ trail bike that looks like a blast to ride! The Torrent 7 is a hardtail aluminum bike with a slack, 67-degree head tube angle designed around a 120mm+ suspension fork for aggressive singletrack riding. Both the 7.1 and 7.2 Torrent models …

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Ahead of Eurobike this week Bianchi has announced two new 27.5+ bikes: the Jab Plus and e-Jab Plus. The Jab Plus is an aluminum hardtail that will fit 2.8″ tires and is designed to work with a 120mm fork. The rear triangle utilizes Boost 148 spacing to accommodate the wider tires–this is further evidence that …

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The guys over at GMBN try to answer the question that everyone’s been asking: “Which are faster: standard tires or plus-size tires?”

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