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Let me start by mentioning that these wheels retail for $2,600. Two thousand, six hundred  American dollars. For wheels. With that out of the way, Enve makes their wheels out of carbon fiber using a highly specialized, propriety process at their facility in Ogden, UT. This process allows them to create a wheel as light as 1,352 grams for a …

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I got in a quick ride on a Yeti SB95 at Outerbike last month and had a great time. In case you missed it, mtbgreg1 rode this bike at Interbike and jeff demo’ed an earlier version last year. There has been a lot of buzz about the new ‘switch‘ suspension technology from Yeti, and it …

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With daylight savings dropping recently, it’s time to start thinking about a quality bike light for night riding. Just a couple of years ago a decent mountain biking light would have run you $300 to $500 or more. Thankfully those days are gone and you can now get the Lumentrek Trailblazer with a scorching 1600 lumens of …

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Michael demo’ed the Felt Edict Nine 1 before I did and he wouldn’t quit bugging me about it until I rode it too. Oh man, what an awesome bike! For both of us the Felt was the hands down favorite of everything we rode. The Edict Nine is Felt’s signature 29er full suspension racing bike. As such, it …

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I really wanted to ride one of the Jamis full suspension 650b bikes, but the one they brought in my size was always out. So instead I threw a leg over the Dragon 650, which is a steel hardtail with a fairly slack 68° head tube angle. So of course I take the steel hardtail …

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