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On Review: Diamondback Sortie 3 29er

Believe it or not, many of the mountain bikes we get in for review for Singletracks aren’t the exact style of mountain bike we’d personally prefer. Sure, many of them are excellent bikes for the intended application, and some of the bikes (such as the Trek Superfly 100) come close to what I’d personally look for …

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Review: Shimano Zee Group

Some time has passed since I introduced Zee, Shimano’s new budget-friendly downhill component group, after Interbike 2012. The results are in, and I believe Shimano hit this one out of the ball park! Since I last installed the Zee on the V10C over the winter, I have put considerable time on it, and am quite …

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Review: Webscorer App, Part 2

For information on the features and some of the uses of the Webscorer app, be sure to read Part 1. Using the Webscorer App, Out on the Trail When recording times for a race, Webscorer is very easy to use.  For our time trial, we used the “individual” start type.  If you know the starting …

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Review: Webscorer App – Race Timing At Your Fingertips, Part 1

I’ve been involved in helping plan, organize, and run various types of mountain bike races for five years now.  I’ve assisted a local bike shop with a small time trial series and helped my local advocacy club host a 13 hour endurance race and a metric century race. We’ve taken several approaches to timing the events.  For …

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On Test: Ragley Blue Pig Hardtail Trail Bike

Ragley is a small company out of the UK specializing in aggressive hardtails–something we need more of on this side of the pond. The company make bikes for applications ranging from trail riding to all-mountain hucking, in both 4130 steel and 7005 aluminum. Their bikes are available in 26in- and 29in-wheeled versions, and all at …

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