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Watch: FSA SL-K Carbon Cockpit Review
I recently reviewed the SL-K Carbon Wheelset from Full Speed Ahead, or FSA, and loved it. FSA was kind enough to send me the matching SL-K cockpit set up (handlebar, stem, and seatpost) to match the set, and I’ve put these suckers to the test as well. The SL-K handlebar measures out at 740mm with 18mm of …
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Watch: FSA SL-K Carbon Wheel Review
Full Speed Ahead, better known as FSA, has been extremely successful making carbon components such as cranks, bars, stems, and carbon road wheels, and they have used their knowledge to produce a line of mountain bike wheels. This line up consists of their XC Race wheel, the K-Force; the XC model, the SL-K; and the trail-oriented …
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Review: Reynolds 27.5+ Carbon Wheelset Features Hookless Rims
Over the past few years, 27.5+ wheels have come a long way from a DIY conversion project to a full-fledged, standalone wheel standard embraced by nearly every wheel manufacturer on the planet. In the intervening years, companies like Reynolds have tweaked and dialed specs to maximize performance benefits while minimizing the weight penalty. After testing Reynolds’ carbon BLACKLABEL …
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Vittoria First to Use Graphene in Carbon MTB Rims
Graphene is a modern technology wonder, said to be 200 times stronger than steel and yet extremely flexible and lightweight. Vittoria began experimenting with Graphene as a resin additive and found, “Graphene-enhanced composites have 10~30% improved material properties.” Among those improved material properties, the company found the additive made wheels more laterally stiff and that spoke hole strength …
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Bontrager Offers $700 Carbon MTB Wheel Set, Adds New Line and Kovee Wheels
Bontrager has just announced updates to their wheel offerings with the new Line and Kovee wheels. “Bontrager is unveiling new additions to the Line and Kovee lineup of mountain bike wheels that challenge Keith’s famous adage of ‘Strong, Light, Cheap—Pick Two,'” according to their recent press release. “The new Bontrager Line and Kovee wheels give …
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