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Hybrid Mountain Bikes Offer the Worst of Both Worlds

Editor’s Note: While Jeff has been mountain biking since the early 1990s, he still has a lot to learn about mountain bikes. Any opinions expressed in this article are Jeff’s personal opinions, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Singletracks.com. Occasionally when an acquaintance finds out I run a mountain biking website, their eyes get big and they tell …

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Watch: Death-Defying Road Bike Trials

Apparently Vittorio Brumotti decided to take a page out of Fabio Wibmer’s book, but of course he upped the ante by using a road bike!

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Watch: Riding an Elevated Ropes Course on a Road Bike

Wait, what? Riding a ropes course is crazy enough, but on a road bike?! Yes, this movie is exactly like what it sounds like.

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2016 Cannondale Slate Bike Review

You are probably asking the same thing I did initially. ‘What is this thing for’? Is it a road bike? Yes. Is it a gravel grinder? Yes. Can it ride single track? YES! When my buddy Tyler first wheeled this bike out I was very confused.  It has slick tires and drop bars for road biking? …

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Watch: Can You Wheelie on a Road Bike?

We all know that mountain bikers are really skilful, on their mountain bikes. But, does that mean that they’re good on road bikes too? We weren’t too sure, so we invited our friend Neil Donoghue from GMBN over to see if he could wheelie on one of our Canyon road bikes.

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