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Review: Santa Cruz Bronson Carbon
Somehow (and I’m not quite sure how), until a week ago I had never done a legitimate test ride on a Santa Cruz before. This year at Outerbike I decided to change that, so I took a spin on Deadman’s Ridge aboard the Santa Cruz Bronson Carbon. Specs The Bronson is a 27.5in/650b all mountain …
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Final Review: Fatback Aluminum Deluxe Fat Bike
At a time when the only fat bikes in the world were some one-off custom models and the fairly-heavy, steel-framed Surly Pugsley, Greg Matyas at Speedway Cycles in Anchorage, Alaska was inspired to create a fat bike with the terrain-conquering characteristics of the Pugsley, but in a package that rides and handles like a regular …
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Breezer Repack: MLink Suspension Gives This 650b Trail Bike Legs
This is part two of my interview with Joe Breeze and JT Burke (Breezer Brand Manager) about the new Repack full suspension trail bike with MLink. I got a chance to take the Repack on a brief test ride at Bootleg Canyon, and my impressions follow our conversation below. Joe Breeze: The Sotto design group …
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“It’s Electric!” — Kreidler Vitality Dice 29er E-Assist Mountain Bike Review
One of the big, over-arching stories from Interbike this year is e-mountain bikes. So, I decided that before I could write an article hating on mountain bikes with electric motors, I had to at least ride one first. Enter the Vitality Dice 29er by Kreidler, a company out of Germany. Specs The Vitality Dice comes …
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The Haibike XDuroRX29 Electric Mountain Bike
At Outdoor Demo this week I got a chance to ride the Haibike XDuroRX29 electric (assist) mountain bike on the trails at Bootleg Canyon. This was my first ride off road on an electric mountain bike so I won’t be able to draw comparisons with other electric bikes but in many ways, this was one …
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