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Schwalbe Big Betty and Muddy Mary MTB Tire Review
Nearly all of my MTB wheelsets are UST so I’ve been searching for good downhill tires I can run tubeless. Recently the good folks at Schwalbe sent over Big Betty and Muddy Mary tires to put to the test. In the past I’ve had great results with the Fat Alberts and Wicked Wills, so I …
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Custom Mountain Bike For A Cause: Zukas Cycles Tisdale Hardtail
I met Johnathan Tisdale (known to most as JT) the summer of 2009 at the Canal Crown Time Trials, a local grassroots race series I help organize. I didnt know anything about him except that he seemed like a nice guy and he was a beast on the bike he dominated all four races and …
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Spy Optic Quanta Sunglasses Review
The Quanta sunglasses from Spy Optic are constructed from solid materials and sport a number of features that any mountain biker can appreciate. Plus, unlike a lot of other mountain bike gear, you can actually wear your sunglasses when you’re not on the trail. Although the Quanta sunglasses aren’t designed specifically for mountain biking (it’s …
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Putting on the Brakes @ Interbike: Avid, Shimano, Formula, and Ashima
At Interbike this year we saw a number of mountain bike brake refinements along with a few interesting new developments from companies like Avid and Formula. Here’s what we found. SRAM / Avid One of the biggest deals at the show was Avid. The company is revamping their rotors this year and changing them to …
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Report from the Fringe: Electric Assist Mountain Bikes at Eurobike
If you haven’t heard, Eurobike just exploded with the best bikes ever in the history of bikes existing earlier this month. This post will differ from most of the others you may have read in its distinct lack of breathless excitement over the sheer incredible awesomeness of this year’s crop of uber-machines. Yes, each new …
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