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These are the most innovative mountain bikes of 2017, according to Singletracks readers. Learn about the newest, hottest mountain bikes of 2017.

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Let’s be honest: it’s pretty hard to screw up a hardtail mountain bike. But producing a quality full suspension mountain bike on a budget is much more difficult to do. While we could include a bunch of dirt-cheap FS bikes on this list, we’re not going to. Instead, we’re only including tried-and-true suspension designs that, while …

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Ah, Marin. “The birthplace of mountain biking,” they say. And they speak the truth. The legends of the sport hail from here and can still be spotted on the slopes of Mt. Tam. This place is a cornucopia of landscapes and ecotones.  Dry, stubby chaparral clutches rare serpentine rock, gnarled mahogany fingers around sage-green earth. …

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At Sea Otter 2017, Marin was showing a new bike – the Wolf Ridge. It’s a 160mm travel 29er, which is entirely new to Marin’s line. That would be news in and of itself, but it’s the bike’s unique suspension platform that’s the real story. R3ACT – 2 Play Suspension Platform The Wolf Ridge utilizes the R3ACT …

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In an unprecedented move, Marin County, California, has banned all bicycles county-wide. Marin has long been known as the most hostile municipality with regard to mountain biking, having effectively wiped mountain biking off its birthplace on Mount Tamalpais, and now that anti-bike sentiment has spread throughout the county to include fire roads, paved roads, and …

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