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Watch: Ibis Launches 3rd Generation Ripley

Ibis has just launched the third generation of their Ripley 29er trail bike. The bike still sports 130mm of travel up front and 120mm in the rear. One of the biggest changes is added clearance for larger tires. The Ripley can now accept up to 29×2.6″ Schwalbe tires or 29×2.5″ Maxxis tires. While it’s not …

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Watch: Ripping Steep, Techy Descents on Transition’s New Hardtails

Transition is introducing two new carbon hardtails to their line: the Throttle with 27.5″ wheels and the Vanquish with 29″ wheels. Despite being carbon hardtails, Transition is still sticking to their ongoing goal of creating fun bikes that descend aggressively. As such, both of these bikes are true trail bikes and are more than capable …

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9point8 Releases “The Lightest Dropper Post You Can Buy”

9point8 has just announced their brand-new Fall Line R dropper post, which they are claiming is the “lightest dropper post you can buy.” You can even cut it down to size if the post is longer than you actually need, which makes this the first-ever cuttable dropper! Claimed weight for the post-only, uncut, is 386g. …

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Yurting and Mountain Biking on Utah’s Gooseberry Mesa

Several hundred feet below us, red dust obscured our view of the helicopter.  The whop-whop-whop of rotors whirling drowned out the sound of our conversation, and we all fell into a companionable silence.  We didn’t mind the halted discussion about our ride plans—our mouths were consumed with burritos and beer. At the far western edge …

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Over a Beer: The Moab Migration

Editor’s Note: “Over a Beer” is a regular column written by Greg Heil. While Greg is the Editor in Chief for Singletracks.com, any opinions expressed in this column are his alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Singletracks.com. Every spring there comes a time when my Instagram and Facebook feeds change dramatically. Some years …

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