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Hitting the Trail at Litespeed: The Sewanee Titanium 650b

I’ve always been a fan of Litespeed bikes: lightweight, simple, and in many ways, just plain elegant. This week I got a chance to throw a leg over the Sewanee full suspension mountain bike and here’s what I learned. For those who aren’t familiar with Litespeed, they’re a small company based near Chattanooga, TN, and …

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Review: Gettin’ Surly at Interbike with the Pug Ops

I totally don’t need a fat bike where I live but after riding the Surly Pug Ops today I need to find an excuse to get one. Not only are these bikes suitable for postapocalyptic transportation (seriously), they’re also fun and surprisingly rideable on the trail. I’ve test ridden a few fat bikes and I …

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Review: The Specialized Epic Expert is All Business

The Specialized Epic Expert World Cup is built with one purpose in mind: sending XC racers to the podium. This all-business attitude was clear from the moment I approached the Specialized demo tent where the bike check out process seems to come straight off some forgotten military checklist. Enter contact info into iPad app. Fill …

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Review: Niner Jet 9

The Jet 9 from Niner is a trail-ready 100mm full suspension 29er. Weighing in at one pound more than the carbon-framed Jet 9 RDO, the the aluminum-framed Jet 9 still tips the scales at a respectable ~26lbs with pedals. The four-star build kit (tested) includes a full X0 2×10 drivetrain, X0 brakes, Rock Shox SID …

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Review: Surly Instigator, 26+

The Surly Instigator is Surly’s first bike with a suspension fork. And no, as I already inquired, despite the fact that you see there’s a Fox fork on this bike, it does not mean that Fox is making a suspension fat bike fork. In actual fact, Surly purposely sought out the fork with the widest tire …

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