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Transition is introducing two new carbon hardtails to their line: the Throttle with 27.5″ wheels and the Vanquish with 29″ wheels. Despite being carbon hardtails, Transition is still sticking to their ongoing goal of creating fun bikes that descend aggressively. As such, both of these bikes are true trail bikes and are more than capable …

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Salsa has just launched the first-ever full suspension 29+ mountain bike: the Deadwood Sus. We have postulated before that creating a mountain bike with both rear suspension and 29+ wheels would be extremely difficult, but Salsa has decided to break barriers yet again! (Recall their innovation with fat bikes, including the first production full suspension fat bike.) …

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Fuji really knocked it out of the park with the 2017 Rakan.  Most importantly they have changed the frame to handle both 27.5+ and 29er wheelsets which, in my opinion, is going to be the hottest trend of 2017 (and I love it!). Fuji specced the Rakan 3.1 with excellent components.  This rig is sporting a …

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Over the past year and a half, Niner has been busy… really busy! They have launched entirely new models and redesigned basically every bike in their line. One of the bikes to get a refresh is their long-standing race hardtail, the Air 9 RDO. Design and Geometry The updated Air 9 is a looker. Niner flattened the …

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Plus bikes have been all the rage at Sea Otter and Interbike over the past two cycles, and at this point, pretty much every bike brand has at least one 27.5 plus bike in their lineup. Still, we managed to spot several new plus rigs on display at Interbike this year. The Orbea Loki is a trail-oriented, hardtail …

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