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Watch: Fat Bike VS Plus Bike – How do they compare?
There are lots of new types of bikes coming on to the market, but what are the pros and cons of each. In this video we take a fat bike and a plus bike for a rip around our local woods to look at the difference between each ride…
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Watch: Jesse Melamed Puts Maxxis 27.5 Plus Tires to the Test on the Shore
We first spotted the new 27.5×2.80″ Ikon+ and Rekon+ at Interbike last fall, and the sneak peek we got had us stoked! Now these tires are coming spec’d on plus-sized trail bikes like the Rocky Mountain Pipeline, and Santa Cruz’s Hightower. And, according to Maxxis, they will be available at your local shop in a matter …
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Santa Cruz Updates the Tallboy, Adds 27.5+ Compatibility
Santa Cruz has been pumping out updated and brand new bikes at a surprising pace over the past several months. When they invited us to their HQ for a new product launch ahead of Sea Otter, I was fairly certain it had to be a revamp of the ever-popular Tallboy. It didn’t take a crystal …
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Introducing Redpoint, Salsa’s New 26+ Compatible Trail Bike
Whilst booking it between appointments at Sea Otter, I saw someone wheeling around a shiny turquoise and yellow full suspension. It was the paint that first caught my eye–thinking it might be a Yeti–but then I saw the name on the down tube. Wait a second, did that say “Salsa”? This didn’t look like any …
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2017 Rocky Mountain Pipeline 27.5+ Trail Bike: Test Ride Review
Rocky Mountain recently launched a brand new 27.5+ bike called the Pipeline, and at Sea Otter last week I got a chance to take one out for a quick test ride. While the trails at Fort Ord offer up little in the way of technical terrain, I was stoked to get a feel for what this hotly-anticipated bike feels …
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