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Watch: 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Carbon Fiber
Carbon Fiber manufacturing is a labour intensive process that can produce lightweight, complex frames with many different combinations of attributes desirable for bicycles. What is a carbon Fiber? A Carbon fiber is a long strand of material made from carbon atoms. Thousands of these are spun together to make a yarn, which are then …
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Singletracks Readers Choose Their Favorite Mountain Bike Stems
Here are the top 5 favorite mountain bike stems as determined by Singletracks members worldwide. Consider one of these bike stems from Race Face, Thomson, Renthal, or Enve if you're looking to upgrade this necessary but often overlooked mountain bike component.
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Watch: OneUp Components Launches New Flat Pedals
OneUp Components — makers of all sorts of clever bits for your bikes — is launching two new flat pedals. Both flat pedals use the same, large platform size (115mm x 105mm x 18mm), have 10 replaceable pins, and come in at the same weight (355g). The differences between the two models are the materials …
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Watch: Mountain Biking in the Middle of the Ocean
In the latest installment of Shimano’s Components of Adventure series, Bryn Atkinson and Bas van Steenbergen head to Reunion Island for some phenomenal riding. The tiny island off the coast of Madagascar is home to an active volcano, lush rainforests, beautiful beaches, and some incredible looking trails!
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6 Reasons to Downgrade Your Mountain Bike
For many riders, it’s not long after we get a new bike that we start looking for upgrades like a lighter wheelset, a dropper post, or some assorted carbon fiber goodies. Some of us don’t even wait until we buy the bike; we’re thinking about upgrades even before we plink down the paper or plastic for the original …
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