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Giro Xen Gloves Review

A couple of months ago I received a cache of Giro gear in the mail for my reviewing pleasure. Among the goods were a pair of Xen gloves. Photo by Sydnah Swails. Specs The Xen is a heavily ventilated glove that is designed to breathe well and ride comfortabl,y even in the hottest temperatures. Along …

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2011 MTB Highlights From the Singletracks Team

Road Tripping to Seven Springs element22 I have to say my highlight of the year was a road trip with some of my closest friends to Seven Springs. Seven Springs is a resort with runs that last about 3 minutes or so and are a good mix of man-made features with the natural terrain. The …

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2012 DH Bike Build: Installing the Drivetrain

After installing the fork and headset on my new Santa Cruz V-10 build, it was time to install the drivetrain. I started off by adding a bit of grease to the bottom bracket cups. Following the well-illustrated SRAM guide, I placed the correct spacers for the Truvativ bottom bracket width and used a proper bottom …

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Crank Brothers Multi-17 Tool Review

On more than one occasion, I have heard people respond to product reviews with, “You got it for free, of course you like it.” As a reviewer, I can say that it doesn’t really matter, good stuff is good and bad stuff is bad, regardless of the source. If anything, the fallacy of sunk costs …

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The 2,000 Mile Year

Goals. We all have them, whether we’ve written them down, spoken them aloud, made a pact with some friends, or just thought about them to ourselves… we all have goals for most everything we do in life. Over the past two years, I have been trying to reach a goal of riding 2,000 mountain bike …

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