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27.5+ Tires: These Are for Your 29er
At Frostbike I mentioned to Chris from Loose Nuts Cycles that I didn’t get why companies were producing 27.5+ mountain bike tires given the dearth of production 27.5+ bike frames. His response: 27.5+ tires are for your 29er. At that moment scales fell from my eyes and I saw the future. Ok, so maybe I …
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New Front and Rear-Specific Fat Bike Tires from 45NRTH
45NRTH showed off their latest fat bike tires at Frostbike this past weekend, the Flowbeist and Dunderbeist, and what’s interesting about these two is that they’re front- and rear-specific fat bike tires that are optimized for riding groomed fat bike trails. And unlike many fat bike tires on the market today, 45NRTH designed both tires …
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Test Ride Review: Lauf Fat Bike Fork
I wrote about the Lauf Trail Racer fork back in September saying, “I really want to test one of these on the trail to see how it compares to a real suspension fork.” Well, at Frostbike I got my chance, though not on the Trail Racer but on an entirely new fork–the Carbonara–designed for fat bikes. First, a …
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Getting Surly at Frostbike + Moonlander Special Ops
Even if you aren’t into the whole fatbike thing, you have to admit: Surly is one of the most irreverent brands in the bike industry today. Never ones to take themselves too seriously, these folks always throw the best parties and they aren’t afraid to do weird stuff with mountain bikes. Case in point: the …
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Race Report: Frozen Fat 2015
When the alarm woke me Saturday morning at o-dark-thirty, I felt like I got hit by a train. My head was pounding, my stomach was queasy, and my muscles hurt. Coffee helped, as did the small amount of food I choked down because I knew I’d need to fuel up for the 30 miles of …
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