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Endura Singletrack 10L Hydration Pack Review
My friends joke that I am a collector of backpacks because I have so many–each with a very specific use that I’ve collected specifically to pack for different types of travels and adventures ranging from days to months. Similarly, I’ve started accidentally amassing a pile of hydration packs, some for longer rides, some for shorter rides, and some …
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WTB Adds 29mm Width Option to Frequency and KOM Rims
The new adage when it comes to MTB rims, “wider is better,” just got another endorsement from WTB. The company announced their popular Frequency and KOM rims are now available in 29mm inner width configurations, for both 29er and 27.5 hoops. In keeping with WTB’s naming scheme, these rim options will be called i29. The Frequency rims are available in …
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Rider-Owned Startup, Terrene Tires, Aims to Break Into Competitive Tire Industry
The tire industry is known to be cost-prohibitive, due to the significant costs for tire molds, tooling, long lead times, and the number of models that a competitive brand must provide. Despite those barriers, Joe Yang and Tim Krueger decided to attempt to break into the industry with a small startup. “We are taking a different …
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An Intro to Bikepacking: Blackburn’s “Roll With It” Film and Book
Bikepacking, or “amatuer homeless personing” as my friend Dicky likes to call it, can seem intimidating. You need all this special gear, right? You’ve got to pack it all just so. Oh, and don’t forget the “right” kind of bike, too. Well, that’s not really the case, as our own writer Alec Cervenka posited in …
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Salsa Mukluk Gets Carbon Makeover for 2017
The Salsa Mukluk was one of the first production fat bikes ever, helping to turn the wide-tired contraptions into a more mainstream trend. In the years since, Salsa has continued to be one of the leaders of charge when it comes to fat bikes, pushing the limits and transforming peoples’ mindsets, making big tires fun. …
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