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Progress continues in the R&D department of Thomson, as the internally-routed dropper seat post, new stems, and more are closer to market. The Covert dropper we saw at Interbike should be here next Spring — assuming version two of the actuator, that is to be tested next week, isn’t followed up by a version three. A dropper for …

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Every fall IMBA announces its new model trail selections. In years past, their announcements just encompassed the new IMBA “Epic” trails, but in recent years they have expanded the number of model trail categories they offer to include ride centers, flow trails, and gateway trails, as well as epics. Read on to check out IMBA’s …

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While NICA has been focused primarily on high school mountain biking up to this point, with Georgia recently added as the newest league, the So Cal league is now going to test out a middle school pilot program. This comes hot on the heels of Minnesota’s test middle school program this past fall. “After many …

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Niner is known worldwide for their gorgeous, perfectly-sculpted, reliable mountain bikes–all of them sporting 29-inch wheels. WFO 9 The only thing that the brand-new WFO 9 has in common with the previous WFO is the name: this all-mountain gnar-shredding machine is all-new and ready to throw down! The WFO 9 features a shorter top tube …

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Lapierre has been producing mountain bikes since the 1980s, but they haven’t been available in the US–until now. You might remember Lapierre from their unique electronic suspension partnership with Rock Shox. Their computer-controlled shock is known as “e:i” for Electronic Intelligence. According to Lapierre: A pod attached to the damper contains a servo motor which …

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