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Fat bikes were everywhere at the Sea Otter Classic this year! Sure, fat bikes make for a cushy cruise around the dusty venue at Laguna Seca, but there were many fat bikes built for more than just cruising. The newly-released Salsa Bucksaw made its debut at Sea Otter. This first-ever production full suspension fat bike …

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With spring officially here, and with polar vortices and record snowfall hopefully behind us, it’s time to spruce up the riding wardrobe with some new mountain bike-specific shorts. While you can easily spend north of $100 (and even more than $200, believe it or not) on high-end shorts, these 5 pairs offer great performance at …

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Way back in early February I received notice of some very interesting (but not totally shocking) news… and now I can share it with you! Shimano has revamped their XTR group for 2015. Yes, there were rumors of new-and-improved brakes, but there is so much more to this new group than brakes. Shimano looked at …

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Fat bikes might just be the biggest advancement in the mountain bike industry in the last decade. Perhaps that’s a bold thing to say, but I can’t think of a single change over the last 10 years that has had a bigger impact on the way we look at mountain biking. No longer does snow …

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ZOIC also sent over their Coalition Schacket for review. The Schacket is an enigma of sorts: it’s somewhat like a shirt, kinda like a jacket, but really it’s neither. If you live in a place like my hometown and the temps aren’t always short sleeve weather, this just might be the thing for you. Specs …

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