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Review: Oakley Radarlock Pitch Sunglasses

If there’s any one brand name that’s synonymous with “quality sunglasses,” it’s Oakley. Despite their top-tier prices, the number of people that you’ll see at the mountain bike trailhead–or simply walking around downtown–wearing Oakleys on their face is impressive. The Oakley brand has penetrated deep into the heart of not only the mountain bike subculture, …

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Review: High and Dry with the Endura Xtract Jacket

Prologue: July 28, 2010 I was out for a quick 9-mile spin, roughly 4.5 miles each way running from a little over 9,000ft in elevation to about 10,400ft. The ride up was sunny and bright, sitting perfectly at about 70 degrees. Upon hitting the Wilderness boundary, my mandatory turnaround point, the sky suddenly grew dark… …

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On Review: The Yeti 575

I want to start by saying that I owe the Yeti 575 a bit of an apology. When I first looked at it, I thought, “that’s too all mountainey for me.” I mean, a 67° head tube angle? That’s scandalously close to a downhill bike for my east coast XC riding tastes. And look at …

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Review: Race Face’s New Turbine Cinch Crankset

The new Turbine Cinch cranks from Race Face are an affordable, lightweight alternative to their Next carbon cranks. These little beauties embody some seriously creative ideas for keeping things lightweight, durable, and compatible to your bike. Specs The new Cinch system essentially allows you to choose whatever bottom bracket you fancy and whatever driveline you want. …

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Review: Brandon Semenuk’s “Rad Company”

As I pushed the DVD into my laptop, I tried to remember the last time I had seen a feature-length mountain biking movie. Heck, it’s almost hard enough to remember the last time I watched a DVD… with online movie and TV streaming via Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu, I personally think that DVDs, along with …

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