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Interbike 2012: POC Helmets and Soft Goods
For 2013 POC is adding a few more items to their growing line of protective gear. Hailing from Sweden, POC spends a considerable amount of time developing and improving safety gear for both mountain biking and skiing. Both sports produce a similar accident pattern: heavy oblique forward collisions with immovable objects (trees, rocks… you get …
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Interbike 2012: New Wheels, Bars, Stems, and Seatposts from Easton
Easton is a brand name that everyone knows, even if they’re not into cycling. This year, Easton is releasing some really interesting products, as well as cleaning up the rest of their line with fresh graphics that match throughout the entire product range. As usual, the hoops are a big deal. This year Easton boasts …
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Ultra-Lightweight 29ers from Niner, Pivot, and Breezer
In the early days of 29ers one of the big tradeoffs with bigger wheels was increased weight, particularly the added rolling weight in tires and rims. With few component choices available, early adopters were forced into sometimes clunky builds that weighed much more than their 26-inch equivalents. But that was then; today manufacturers are producing …
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Electronic Gadgets for Mountain Bikers
These days we’re living in a digital world and like it or not, digital technology is creeping onto the mountain bike trail. Here are a few interesting electronic gadgets from Interbike: JVC Helmet Camera You may remember JVC from the old days of handheld camcorders and the company is building on that legacy with its …
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MTB Products on the Fringe: Shocking Interbike Finds
This has to be my favorite post from Interbike each year because I get to highlight some of the strangest, most interesting products seen at the show. To be honest we didn’t have much time to just look around this year but we still managed to find a few oddities to share. Louis Garneau Ice-Fil …
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