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In addition to its sheer sexiness factor, carbon offers the very tangible bonuses of light weight and vibration damping. While some people want to dispute the effectiveness of using carbon for certain bike components, there’s really no dispute about how effective carbon is for handlebars. In addition to lightening the front end considerably, carbon bars …

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29, 29er, carbon, Composite, Gear, handbuilt wheels, i:2:7486, nox, rims, wheels -

I introduced you to the NOX Composites XCR-29 rims about 3 months ago.  Since that time, I’ve been thrashing these on a regular basis, so click through to see how they stacked up against the marketing claims. Vanity Lets be honest: no matter what we say, we all want our bikes to look good.  Aesthetics should …

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This is a story that started a long time ago in a land far away–in Europe, actually. In 1927 Tullio Campagnolo lost a bicycle race in the Dolomite mountains because he couldn’t remove his wheel.  He had flatted, but could not get the wheel off to repair the flat.  At that time, wheels on racing …

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Bike Reviews, borealis, carbon, Fat Bike, fat bikes, i:2:7650, now bike, review, reviews, yampa -

Hot on the heels of my long-term Fatback review, I had a chance to demo the new Borealis Yampa carbon fiber fat bike at Outerbike. Borealis is fairly new to the fat bike scene and is the brainchild of Adam Miller and Steve Kaczmarek, with design input from seven-time Iditarod Trail Invitational race winner Pete …

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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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