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27.5, 650b, 6fattie, Bike Reviews, i:2:12494, review, reviews, s works, specialized, stumpjumper -

My mission at Interbike this year was to demo and photograph as many 27.5+ bikes as possible. It turned out that there were so many new plus-sized that I couldn’t possibly ride all of them, but the 6fattie from Specialized was at the top of my to-do list! Specs I tested the top-tier S-Works StumpJumper …

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attack trail 9, Bike Reviews, carbon, i:2:8615, interbike 2015, interbike2015, marin, review, reviews -

Marin has been making bikes since the early days of our sport, but kind of lost their way in the earlier 2000s. Their bikes, were, uh, “unique looking,” to put it mildly. Thankfully, Marin has really cleaned up their line and re-focused on mountain bikes over the past couple years. Gone is the elevated chain …

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Bike Reviews, giant, giant bicycles, giant reign advanced, i:2:11408, interbike 2015, interbike2015, review, reviews -

Giant has always made some great riding bikes, but like a Toyota Camry, there was a certain “wow factor” that was missing. That all seems to have changed over the last few seasons, as Giant has updated their line with clean-looking frames and some bold paint jobs. One bike that had been catching my eye …

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altitude, Bike Reviews, i:2:9149, interbike 2015, interbike2015, rally edition, review, reviews, rocky mountain, rocky mountain altitude -

Continuing my mission of riding aggressive trail bikes, I visited the Rocky Mountain tent at Outdoor Demo to try out their 2016 Altitude. They did me one better and set me up with the new Altitude Rally Edition, which gets a burlier spec over the standard Altitude. After talking with Andreas Hestler–Rocky marketing guy and …

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27.5, 650b, Bike Reviews, i:2:119, review, reviews, s works, specialized, stumpjumper -

The plan was to ride Specialized’s highly-acclaimed Enduro 29er, a bike that changed many minds about what a 29er could do. Well, when we showed up for our appointment with Specialized, the bike was still out on a test ride. Four hours after someone checked it out. Uh oh. Luckily, the crew at Specialized is …

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