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We Surveyed 2,100 Mountain Bikers to Find the Best MTB Pedals of 2017
We surveyed 2,100 mountain bikers, and here are their 9 favorite mountain bike pedals of 2017.
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Where Mountain Bike Drivetrains Are Going, in 2 Charts
Mountain bikers overwhelmingly prefer single chainring drivetrains. New 12-speed cassettes are quickly gaining traction, while 11-speed cassettes are still the most popular.
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Watch: Nicholi Rogatkin Throws World’s First-Ever Front Cork 1440 on a Mountain Bike!
That’s how you win Red Bull District Ride 2017! After three years away, the ultimate urban freeride MTB contest returns to the plazas of Nuremberg, Germany. Thousands of fans pack the streets as the world’s best riders throw down gravity-defying runs through the city’s different “districts.” Nicholi Rogatkin finished with a 1440, putting him into …
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Singletracks Readers Think Shimano’s XT Brakes Are Better than All Other Brands’ Brakes Combined
Every single rider has a set of brakes on their mountain bike. Whether you ride full suspension or hardtail, with 30 gears or 1, a new bike or an old one, we all need a set of stoppers to keep us from flying down the mountainside, completely and utterly out of control. So, we surveyed over 2,000 …
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Shimano Di2: The Electronic MTB Drivetrain for the 1.4%
Each year we survey thousands of Singletracks readers to uncover various trends in mountain bike purchase decisions. Back in 2015, Singletracks readers selected Shimano’s electric drivetrain, known as Di2, as the most innovative product of the year. So we were curious: how many riders have actually adopted Di2 over the past two years? It turns out, very few. Out of 2,056 …
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