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Review: Box Components “X” 35mm Carbon Handlebar
The Box Components “X” 35mm carbon handlebars are designed to lightweight, stiff, and strong as hell. Here’s what I’ve found after testing these bars for hundreds of miles. Box offers the “X” 35mm handlebars in several configurations: from the 700mm no-rise XC version up to the 800mm, 30mm riser DH bar. I tested the Goldilocks …
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Review: The New Easton 35 Cockpit: Haven 35 Carbon Low Rise Bar, Haven 35 Stem, and Grips
First of all, why 35? To paraphrase a friend of mine who is a mechanic, the biking industry is unique in that innovation makes its own predecessors obsolete. Like me, the first question that many readers may ask is, “why bother changing the diameter of a handlebar that has worked so well for so many years? …
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Outerbike Test Ride Review: Pivot Phoenix DH Carbon
It’s no secret that Pivot is broadening their footprint this cycling season, particularly with the viral videos of Bernard Kerr doing stoppies aboard this bike on seemingly-impossible terrain. I was excited to see that Pivot had the elusive Phoenix DH carbon fleet, but the only problem was that the Bar M demo area is no …
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Review: Ritchey Trail WCS Carbon Bar and C220 Stem
Whenever the name Ritchey comes to my mind, I always think back to the 80s when I first started mountain biking. In fact, Tom Ritchey started out producing components and frames in the 70s . He’s one of the few people we can truly call a mountain biking pioneer. One of my first cherished mountain …
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Breaking News: Salsa Announces New Bucksaw Carbon
We’ll admit it: we’ve fallen in love with full suspension fat bikes here on Singletracks.com. Jeff rode the Salsa Bucksaw at Interbike this year, and he dubbed it the best bike he’s ridden all year. I’ve been waiting for this announcement all year, and now it’s finally here: the Bucksaw is coming in carbon! Yes, …
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