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Test Ride Review: Marin Attack Trail 9 Carbon

Marin has been making bikes since the early days of our sport, but kind of lost their way in the earlier 2000s. Their bikes, were, uh, “unique looking,” to put it mildly. Thankfully, Marin has really cleaned up their line and re-focused on mountain bikes over the past couple years. Gone is the elevated chain …

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Test Ride Review: Giant Reign Advanced 27.5 1

Giant has always made some great riding bikes, but like a Toyota Camry, there was a certain “wow factor” that was missing. That all seems to have changed over the last few seasons, as Giant has updated their line with clean-looking frames and some bold paint jobs. One bike that had been catching my eye …

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Test Ride Review: 2016 Rocky Mountain Altitude Rally Edition

Continuing my mission of riding aggressive trail bikes, I visited the Rocky Mountain tent at Outdoor Demo to try out their 2016 Altitude. They did me one better and set me up with the new Altitude Rally Edition, which gets a burlier spec over the standard Altitude. After talking with Andreas Hestler–Rocky marketing guy and …

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Test Ride Review: Specialized S-Works Stumpjumper 650B

The plan was to ride Specialized’s highly-acclaimed Enduro 29er, a bike that changed many minds about what a 29er could do. Well, when we showed up for our appointment with Specialized, the bike was still out on a test ride. Four hours after someone checked it out. Uh oh. Luckily, the crew at Specialized is …

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Test Ride Review: Ritchey Commando

Last year Ritchey announced the Commando fat bike, and frames started shipping early this year (or late in the fat bike season, depending on how you look at it). Tom Ritchey is a living legend, and anything he lends his name to (especially a bike frame) is going to be a solid build that’s classically …

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