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27.5, Gear, gt, gt bicycles, helion, mtb, News, xc - June 27, 2014

News: GT Announces New Helion 27.5 XC MTB

New to GT’s lineup is the Helion 27.5 cross country rig. While this tweener-sized bike is aimed at the average XC market, it’s designed with aggressive cross country in mind, with a slightly slacker head angle, a long top tube, and wider bars than a lot of XC riders run. Key Specs The Helion features …

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Final Review: GT Force Carbon Pro 27.5

Buzzwords and catch phrases come and go with time, but there are three catch phrases that are on fire right now in the mountain bike industry: “27.5,” “enduro,” and “one-quiver bike.” (…not to mention anything with the words “fat” or “plus.”) Over the course of this review, I’ll explain how the design of the GT Force …

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News: GT Announces New Sanction Enduro Rig

GT has recently announced the all-new Sanction 27.5 enduro rig for 2015. This new bike is based off of their race-proven Fury DH rig, but adapted and tailored specifically for enduro racing. This new bike was designed in partnership with the Athertons, and a prototype has already been raced to an Enduro World Series podium …

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On Review: GT Force Carbon Pro 27.5/650b

Back in the 1990s, GT and their triple triangle designs were the name in performance mountain bikes, but then the company seemed to go quiet for several years. That’s been changing dramatically recently, especially in 2012 and 2013 with GT signing the Athertons to their Factory Racing team and the release of a number of all-new, …

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flow trail, gt bicycles, super flow, video, Videos - November 26, 2013

Video: Shredding the Super Flow Trail Aboard the GT Force

Rychlebske stezky is one of the fastest growing trail centres in Central Europe, on the borders between the Czech Republic and Poland, in the village of ?erná Voda. Their trail network now makes more than 60 kilometers (37 miles) of all-weather, sustainable trails that follow streams, pass by an old castle, wind through meadows and eventually climb …

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