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Gear, News, RockShox, shock, sram - April 7, 2016

News: RockShox Launches New Deluxe and Super Deluxe Shocks

Hot on the heels of the announcement from six bike industry shock manufacturers that they had settled on new metric sizing for rear shocks, RockShox has released two brand-new metric-sized shocks: the Deluxe and the Super Deluxe. With both of these shocks, RockShox threw existing design constraints based on standard eye-to-eye lengths and other sizing issues out …

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News: The Whistler Bike Park May Double in Size During New Expansion

Whistler-Blackcomb recently announced a new “Renaissance” expansion, in which they plan to invest $345 million in expanding various parts of the resort. While this expansion will be rolled out in three phases and isn’t solely focused on mountain biking, Whistler claims that this project has the potential to double the size of the bike park! Pinkbike reports …

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Press Release: The Sustainable Trails Coalition Officially Opposes E-Bikes on Wilderness Trails

Sustainable Trails Coalition (STC) opposes legalizing electrically powered or assisted off-road bicycles (e-bikes) on any Wilderness trail anywhere in the United States. STC’s goal is narrow. It is to restore and/or improve access to federally designated Wilderness areas for human-powered visitors, and only those visitors. We are working toward this goal in two ways. First, …

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Marin County to Begin Enforcing 15mph Speed Limit on Mountain Bike Trails

According to a recent article published on SFGATE.com, Marin County will begin enforcing a 15mph speed limit on mountain bike trails in their open space areas. “Beginning this month, park rangers will be staking out open space areas where mountain bikers, hikers, dog walkers and horseback riders have been known to speak words to one …

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bikologi, News, online bike builder - March 28, 2016

Bikologi: The Online Bike Builder You’ve Been Waiting For

Pitch the paper and pencil, scrap the calculator, and shut down the spreadsheets, because there’s now a more efficient way to compare parts, calculate cost, cross check compatibility, and compile data for your next bike build with Bikologi–a new online custom bike builder resource. And by bike builder, Bikologi is referring to the manufacturer all the …

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