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The Alps are easily one of the most legendary mountain ranges on the entire planet. Even if you’ve never been there, simply uttering the name brings to mind jagged, rocky peaks, glaciated couloirs, scree-filled slopes, and innumerable miles of rugged singletrack. Ever since I was a child I’ve dreamt of visiting the Alps, and this summer I …

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What we’re going to do today is only going to take a couple of minutes. What I have here is a wheel off my brand new Orange P7 RS. The vast majority of people with this bike will be running it tubeless, but of course it ships with tubes. During storage and shipping, sealant has …

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Johannes Fischbach’s winning run from the finals of the Taxco Urban City Downhill, 2016

The post Watch: Crazy Urban DH – Johannes Fischbach’s Winning Run at Taxco 2016 appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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Update: Fox has updated their recall of the Float X2 rear shocks to now include all 2016 and some 2017 Float X2 rear shocks. About 7,300 rear shocks are affected. According to CPSC.gov, “…the bicycle rear shock absorbers [were] sold both individually and installed on YT, Giant, Pivot, Intense, Ibis, Scott, Trek, GT, Knolly, Norco, …

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Dropper posts rank among the top innovations in the history of mountain biking alongside suspension, tubeless tires, and disc brakes. Why? Well, as Greg wrote in his “Over a Beer” column, they just make riding more fun. Are they absolutely necessary? No. Are they expensive? Yes. Do they sometimes have less than stellar reliability? For …

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