Singletracks Mountain Bike News

27.5, Bike Reviews, giant, i:2:9182, outerbike, Outerbike 2014, review, reviews, trance advanced 27.5 - October 14, 2014

Test Ride Review: Giant Trance Advanced 27.5 0

The Trance has been a fixture in the Giant product line-up since it’s introduction in 2006. Originally it was a 4″ travel 26er, and subsequent years saw the travel grow to 5.5″ and a 29er version. Giant has kept the 5.5″ of Maestro travel, but they have settled on 27.5 as the wheel size of …

The post Test Ride Review: Giant Trance Advanced 27.5 0 appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

Read more

575, Bike Reviews, i:2:554, review, reviews, yeti - October 12, 2014

Final Review: Yeti 575

I have been putting off this final review of the Yeti 575 for one simple reason: I don’t want to give it back. I’m like a ten year old playing iPad games for the first time. I didn’t even know life could be this awesome. If you read my first impressions of the bike, you …

The post Final Review: Yeti 575 appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

Review: Durango Bike Company Moonshine 650b

Durango Bike Company is a small mountain bike brand that was recently founded in Durango, Colorado. While the company might be new the man behind it, Jeff Estes, has been working in the mountain bike industry for decades. The bikes from Durango Bike Company, all handmade in Colorado, are making a big impression regionally in …

The post Review: Durango Bike Company Moonshine 650b appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

Review: Ibis Mojo HDR 27.5 and the New Ibis 41mm Carbon Rims

Ibis is a relatively small company, but their beautifully-designed frames and obsessive attention to detail have made this brand a cult classic with a rabid following. It seems like every year at Outerbike, the Ibis bike racks stand empty because all of their rigs are constantly out on the trail. However, I was able to …

The post Review: Ibis Mojo HDR 27.5 and the New Ibis 41mm Carbon Rims appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

Test Ride Review: Santa Cruz Nomad Carbon 27.5

With enduro (the racing category) pushing recent bike development, Santa Cruz has re-imagined the venerable Nomad into a gravity-oriented 27.5-equipped park slayer. The carbon-frame-only Nomad comes spec’ed with SLX, XT, or XX1 groups, with prices ranging from $5,899 to $8,299. As with other Santa Cruz models, the Enve wheel upgrade is available at any component …

The post Test Ride Review: Santa Cruz Nomad Carbon 27.5 appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.