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Interbike 2013: New Products from Mavic
Ever wonder what MAVIC really means? Well, it’s actually an acronym for Manufacture d’Articles Vélocipédiques Idoux et Chanel. That name came about in 1889, which is pretty far back, as you can imagine. Since I’m not one for going too far back in history, fast forward to today and we have a company that has …
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Joe Breeze Talks About the New Repack Mountain Bike, Wheel Sizes, and MTB History
At Interbike last week I got a chance to chat with mountain bike pioneer Joe Breeze about the launch of Breezer’s first full suspension mountain bike, the Repack. We covered a lot of ground, and this is part one of our conversation. Part two will focus on some of the technical details behind the Repack, …
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Interbike 2013: New Products from Yeti
Like almost every other company in the mountain bike industry, Yeti is jumping on the 27.5in bandwagon. This year, Yeti has discontinued the 26in wheels in the venerable 575 model and has bumped them up to 27.5in. (Disappearing 26in wheel, anyone?) The 575 features 5.75 inches of suspension (hence the name), and has a headtube …
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Interbike 2013: New Products from Dakine
Dakine always impresses me. This year, Dakine has embraced some cool new patterns and ideas. A new shirt expands what people want to wear: the Wrench Button Up is pretty far out. I can easily see this as an all day shirt, or something that can be worn in the shop. The Descent changes patterns …
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New Shimano XTR Tubular Carbon Wheels
As I was checking out the latest and greatest bikes from Niner, I spotted something entirely new on one of their bikes: Brand-new carbon XTR rims from Shimano! A little digging around reveals that these are a brand-new tubular mountain bike wheel setup. The wheels I spotted were running a Schwalbe Racing Ralph tubular tire. …
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