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Vittoria’s Fast-Rolling Mud Tire is a Rotating Oxymoron

At Sea Otter last week I got my first look at Vittoria’s Gato, cross-country (XC) tire. On paper, the Gato seems like a pretty standard XC tire: it’s (just) 2.2 inches wide, weighs 760g, and features a supple, 120tpi sidewall. And in person, the tire looks to be fast rolling, with regular and densely-packed, medium-length knobs arrayed along a round profile. …

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There’s a New Fat Bike Fork in Town: The Manitou Mastodon

I’m not a fat biker, but that hasn’t kept me from wondering why RockShox is the only major suspension manufacturer offering a fork for those jumbo tires. (Chill out Wren fans, I qualified it with “major.”) Manitou is changing the status quo with their new Mastodon fat fork. The first thing you notice about the …

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Douchebags – It’s Not What You Think

Douchebags, or Db Equipment if you like, is a Scandinavian company trying to make traveling suck less. Pro skier Jon Olsson and engineer Truls Brataas founded the company after a chance meeting in 2009. Both Jon and Truls spent a lot of their time traveling to ski or surf and thought there had to be a better …

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Canyon Bikes Coming to the US, Fall 2017

Canyon Bikes, a behemoth of the consumer-direct business model, is coming to the US late summer/early fall, 2017. We’ve seen other, smaller brands such as Commencal and YT Industries come to the US over the past couple years with success. Both those companies offer great bikes at impressive price points, but neither has a line …

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Pro-Quality Tools from Abbey Bike Tools

Abbey Bike Tools started simply enough. Mechanic Jeff Crombie, a friend of Abbey Tools owner, Jason Quade, asked if he could slap a handle on a cassette lockring tool to speed up the process of maintaining his team’s bikes. The tool, now known as the “Crombie,” was an instant hit with pro mechanics everywhere. Jason …

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Vittoria’s Fast-Rolling Mud Tire is a Rotating Oxymoron

There’s a New Fat Bike Fork in Town: The Manitou Mastodon

Douchebags – It’s Not What You Think

Canyon Bikes Coming to the US, Fall 2017

Pro-Quality Tools from Abbey Bike Tools

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