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Test Ride Review: Scott Spark 710
Cross-country bikes are typically known for their speed. This is accomplished by designing a bike with shorter suspension, long top tube, steep head tube angle, and efficient pedaling. Unfortunately, not all cross-country trails know that they are supposed to be free of technical terrain. Attacking large drops and rock gardens on a traditional XC bike …
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Test Ride Review: Fezzari Timp Peak
Fezzari is a direct to consumer bike company. By selling solely through the interwebs, they are able to decrease costs by cutting out the middle man. This puts a better spec’d bike under you while keeping extra cash in your pocket. The Details from Fezzari RockShox Pike RCT3 Solo Air, Custom Tuned RockShox Monarch Plus …
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Test Ride Review: Marin Mount Vision C-XM9
The Marin Mount Vision C-XM9 is a beautifully-designed bike that blurs the lines between the 27.5″ trail and all-mountain categories with 140mm of travel linked to Marin’s IsoTrac suspension platform. The bike was clearly designed to climb as well as it descends, targeting arguably what most riders need who are looking to shred any type of terrain. …
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Test Ride Review: Durango Bike Company Blackjack 29er
The Blackjack is a brand spankin’ new design offered by Durango Bike Company, making its first debut at Outerbike this spring. With the build on this bike literally completed a day prior to Outerbike, I was able to demo the Blackjack on only it’s second ride ever–only the owner had turned the cranks in Moab …
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Test Ride Review: Framed Minnesota 2.0
The Framed Minnesota 2.0 is a 4-inch 5-inch, alloy fat bike spec’d with a super affordable build kit and available for under $900. I took one for a quick spin during a recent trip to Framed’s home state, and here’s what I can tell you about this bike. The parts spec on this bike is pretty …
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