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Salsa has just launched the first-ever full suspension 29+ mountain bike: the Deadwood Sus. We have postulated before that creating a mountain bike with both rear suspension and 29+ wheels would be extremely difficult, but Salsa has decided to break barriers yet again! (Recall their innovation with fat bikes, including the first production full suspension fat bike.) …

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With a clean chain and drivetrain, your shifting will be smoother and your bike will work better. Here’s how to do it.

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Editor’s Note: While Jeff has been mountain biking since the early 1990s, he still has a lot to learn about mountain bikes. Any opinions expressed in this article are Jeff’s personal opinions, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Singletracks.com. Occasionally when an acquaintance finds out I run a mountain biking website, their eyes get big and they tell …

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Riding in wet and muddy environments can quickly decimate your chain lube, clogging up your drivetrain with mud and dirt, creating chain suck, causing slow or missed shifts, and creating a whole host of issues. Flaér is a new Scottish company that has engineered a product to eliminate this issue: their Revo Terra chain performance system. Simply …

The post Constantly Lube Your Chain While You Ride with Flaer’s Revo Terra System – A Review appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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Compared to fat bike tires, plus-size tires, also known as mid-fat tires, are relatively new to mountain biking. But with more and more bike companies offering mountain bikes capable of running plus tires, plus bikes are threatening to go mainstream as riders experience the benefits of wider, burlier mountain bike tires. Unlike fat bike tires, …

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