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29er, Bike Reviews, i:2:12527, review, reviews, sb4.5c, vail outlier, yeti, yeti sb4.5c -

Ever since I first heard of the new Yeti SB4.5c back in August, I was eager to swing a leg over this new rig and take it for a rip! I had long counted the SB95 as one of the best bikes I’d ever ridden, so I was interested to see how the 4.5c would …

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29er, Bike Reviews, cross country, niner, race, race bike, racy, review, reviews, rkt, xc -

Today Niner announced a bran- new mountain bike, the RKT 9 RDO, a short travel, full suspension race bike that’s sure to dominate 2016 race podiums around the world. I got a chance to ride the RKT back in June, and I’m really stoked to finally share what I learned about this bike. The Bike …

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27.5, Bike Reviews, dragon slayer, Hardtail Mountain Bikes, i:2:12643, interbike 2015, interbike2015, jamis, review, reviews -

When 27.5+ first hit the scene, I initially thought that the ideal use case would be long-travel trail/enduro bikes. “Why do we need 27.5+ tires on a hardtail?” I asked myself. “Wouldn’t that defeat the purpose of having a bike that’s as light and fast as possible?” But after riding the Jamis Dragonslayer 27.5+ hardtail, …

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27.5, Bike Reviews, ellsworth, ellsworth epiphany, i:2:12628, interbike 2015, interbike2015, plus size, review, reviews -

Ellsworth is yet another convert to the 27.5+ life, with two versions of the Epiphany available with the plus-size tires: carbon and alloy. The Bike I tested the carbon version, which is the XC-oriented rendition of the Epiphany+. The bike weighs in at 29 pounds complete, and is spec’ed with a Fox 34 fork, Stan’s …

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Bike Reviews, defcon 1, i:2:12621, interbike 2015, interbike2015, jamis, review, reviews -

I’ve ridden Jamis bikes off and on for years. In fact, my first full suspension bike was a Jamis Dakar XLT, and I reviewed a newer version of the Jamis Dakar back in 2012. Despite a substantial hiccup during my Dakar review, I’ve always been a proponent of Jamis as a quality MTB brand providing …

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