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Tested: Bontrager OMW Glove System
Bike Magazine - Jonathon Weber
Yes, they call it a system. And it kinda is. The work of propelling a fat bike through the snow is usually enough for me to work up a sweat and be …
Mountain Biking
Bible Review: Zerode Taniwha Trail | $5,000 (frame, shock, drivetrain, cranks)
Bike Magazine - Travis Engel
The perfect platform for Pinion, even if Pinion isn’t perfect The Up Side Cadence is key here. Pushing a tough gear will lead to some noticeable, even …
Mountain Biking
Matt Walker Joins Pivot Factory Racing
Bike Magazine - Bike
Walker joins Kerr, Siegenthaler and Masters Kiwi Matt Walker is joining the Pivot Factory Racing Team for 2019, alongside Bernard Kerr, Emilie …
Mountain Biking
Osprey Lumbar Packs Now Availible
Bike Magazine - Bike
Better bum bags We first saw the Seral and Savu at Interbike this fall, the two new hip/bum/fanny packs from Osprey. While most of the industry jumped …
Mountain Biking
Brayden Barrett-Hay: Journey
Bike Magazine - Bike
Journey and destination There’s an old saying, “no plan survives contact with the enemy.” Be it injuries, newfound opportunities or simply fresh …
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Introducing Scott DH Factory Team
Bike Magazine - Bike
Lucas, Fairclough, Cabirou and Payet Velosolutions Racing might be a thing of the past, but Scott will still be coming into this season strong with a …
Mountain Biking
Commencal Welcomes DJ Brandt
Bike Magazine - Bike
DJ joins the Commencal family Hailing from Colorado, but spending much of his time in the Utah desert, DJ Brandt has started to make quite a name for …
Mountain Biking
First Ride: 2019 Canyon Strive
Bike Magazine - Travis Engel
The shape-shifting Strive goes 29 When Canyon expanded into the U.S. in August of 2017, each model it brought with came ashore ready to be assimilated …
Mountain Biking
Review: Lezyne Mega C GPS
Bike Magazine - Travis Engel
Apps, Laps and Maps I'm not a GPS kind of guy. For years, my Strava account was nothing but a way to turn other peoples' red squigly lines into my own …
Mountain Biking
Fox Introduces 175-millimeter Transfer Post
Bike Magazine - Bike
Same reliability, more travel We’ve come to hate the Fox Transfer post. Not because of low quality or questionable value. To the contrary. Despite a …
Mountain Biking
Kona Welcomes Miranda Miller
Bike Magazine - Bike
It's Miller time Rumors have been floating around all fall about Miranda Miller’s departure from Specialized, and as to where she was going to end up. …
Mountain Biking
Crankworx 2019 Adds Dual Slalom and Announces Dates
Bike Magazine - Bike
Rotorua, Innsbruck and Whistler One of the best shows of our sport is just around the corner, with Crankworx Rotorua kicking things off March 19-24. …
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Matt Roe Raw in Wales
Bike Magazine - Bike
Fast is smooth, smooth is ... wait a minute Like many of us, Matt Roe started his two-wheeled addiction with cycling’s gateway drug that is BMX. When …
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Higher Speeds with Hugo Frixtalon
Bike Magazine - Bike
Frixtalon rides the Meta TR 29 British Edition At an undisclosed location there lies an unsuspecting trail with corners ripe for roosting and loamy …
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Bible Review: BMC Fourstroke 01 One | $11,000
Bike Magazine - Travis Engel
Racers only The Up Side Despite all its focus on rugged terrain, climbing that rugged terrain is relatively harsh on the Fourstroke 01. Its travel is …
Mountain Biking
Passion – Official Trailer
Bike Magazine - Bike
A film about the freeride lifestyle The idea for “Passion” began in the summer of 2017 with the then 17-year-old Peter Jamison living in a tent at …
Mountain Biking
The New YT Jeffsy MK2
Bike Magazine - Bike
For real this time At the beginning of this week, we saw YT announce minor updates to its lineup for 2019, including new paint jobs and some tweaks in …
Mountain Biking
The Best Mountain Bikes Under $5,000
Bike Magazine - Sam McMain
High-dollar value We’ll be honest here, this isn’t a list of budget bikes, at least not in the usual sense. Rather, it’s more of a list of budget …
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BC Bike Ride Expands Tour Packages
Bike Magazine - Bike
More trails, more good times The BC Bike Ride is powered by the world-renowned BC Bike Race, and as such follows a similar underlying philosophy—find …
Mountain Biking
Christopher Walken and the 2019 YT Jeffsy
Bike Magazine - Bike
Surely Walken's weapon of choice It’s barely been forty-eight hours since YT announced their 2019 lineup, which showed some great new paint jobs, a …
Mountain Biking
First Ride: Unparallel West Ridge – $140
Bike Magazine - Sam McMain
Sticky as Five Tens When it comes to flat-pedal shoes, the first question that’s usually asked is, “Are they as sticky as Five Tens?” Five Ten has …
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Trek Launches All-New Downhill Team
Bike Magazine - Bike
The new Trek Factory Racing Downhill Team Today Trek announced the formation of its new Factory Racing Downhill team, consisting of three elite racers …
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Bible Review: Juliana Roubion X01 CC | $8,200
Bike Magazine - Lydia Tanner
A brawler finds joy in the chaos, and that's where the Roubion thrives. The Upside Some testers felt climbing efficiency has declined with this …
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Josh Bryceland and Friends on Cannondale
Bike Magazine - Bike
Ratboy and company One of the more shocking changes this offseason was the move of Josh Bryceland from Santa Cruz to Cannondale. The newly formed …
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Return to Earth
Bike Magazine - Bike
A new film from Anthill coming this summer In a time when we’re living increasingly by the clock and for the clock, time spent losing track of the …
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Bible Review: Ibis Ripmo GX | $5,500
Bike Magazine - Nicole Formosa
Precise, fast and versatile—the Ripmo performs like its numbers indicate it has no business doing The Upside Light on its feet, efficient, …
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YT’s 2019 Range
Bike Magazine - Bike
Same same, but different When it comes to packing value in, few can beat YT. The consumer-direct brand has a reputation for offering killer deals, and …
Mountain Biking
Intern with QBP
Bike Magazine - Bike
The midwest distributor is looking for diverse students to apply If you’ve ever purchased a part from your local bike shop (and we’re guessing you …
Mountain Biking
Itinerology: Ep. 3 – Trails Through Time
Bike Magazine - Bike
Chronicling the revitalization of the legendary Trans-Provence race Well before ‘enduro’ was both a buzz word and the focus of the industry, the …
Mountain Biking
Itinerology Ep. 3: The Thread of Time
Bike Magazine - Bike
Chronicling the revitalization of the legendary Trans-Provence race Well before ‘enduro’ was both a buzz word and the focus of the industry, the …