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Sneak Peek At New Smith Optics Pivlock Overdrive Glasses Smith Optics is introducing a new style sports glass this week dubbed the PivLock Overdrive that ...	Wheel War Shootout Digi Issue Brings It All Together There is no doubt that the addition of a mountain bike category that uses a third wheel size (27....
Santa Cruz Heckler Gets 27.5 Treatment We could easily win the argument that the Heckler is the best all-round mountain bike Santa Cruz ...	Product Test: Giro Gauge Shoe Giro has eight mountain bike shoe options, ranging from $80 entry-level models to $290 cross-coun...
Hans Rey Wants You To Win This Mountain Bike: It's Easy To Enter We are giving away a Hans Rey Signature GT Karakora bike. You can get all the details in our July...	Dial In Your Mountain Bike Cockpit: Control Your World This story is a reprint from our April 2013 issue. If it was helpful to you, why not drop the $19...
New Avid BB7S Brakes Get Updated Hardware, Anodizing And A 30% Price Increase Just got this release (below) from Avid on their BB7S Mechanical Disc Brake. The BB7S upgrade get...	How To: Installing a Stan's NoTubes Tubeless Conversion Kit Tubeless wheelsets offer great performance; however, they can be quite costly. Stan’s NoTubes off...
26er Versus 29er: The Shootout You've Been Asking For The most frequently requested shootout is a 26-inch-wheeled bike versus a 29-inch-wheeled bike. T...	Mountain Bike Action Tech Minute: A Simple Solution For Stubby Valve Stems It is quite common to find that your replacement tube's Presta valve stem does not prot...
Fox Debuts New TALAS Fork And Float X Shock For Long-Travel Trailbikes Fox RRD (Redefining Ride Dynamics) recently hosted a trail ride sampling of their 2014 TALAS Fork...	Scapin Late To The Dual-Suspension Party - Shows Up With 27.5 Wheels The Morgan, Scapin's first dual-suspension bike, has geometry optimized for the 27.5” wheel. The ...
Trek Announces 2014 Remedy and Fuel EX Models That Are Not 27.5 Got to admit that this one caught us by surprise. We had speculated that sooner or later, Special...	ENVE Offers 27.5-Inch Carbon Fiber Wheels In 2012 ENVE launched a full-carbon downhill rim and the Syndicate's Greg Minnaar rode it to a Wo...
Specialized P.3 Review In The June Issue Have you picked up our June issue? There is a review of the Specialized P.3 that put a smile on t...	2013 Mountain Bike Buyer's Guide Now On Sale HOW-TO BUY FEATURES How To Pick The Right Bike Simplifying a serious decision. Defining The Rides...
Mountain Bike Action Tech Minutes: Quick How-To Videos For You And Your Bike Tech Minutes are short films about simple adjustments or technologies that may be overlooked by m...	Mountain Bike Action Tech Minute: Wash Your Bike Like A Pro Mechanic Ok, washing your bike isn't rocket science. However, there's a right and a wrong way to do it. Ch...
Atlas Brace Technologies Begins Shipping The Atlas Cycling Neck Braces Just got word that Atlas Brace Technologies iis now shipping its new Atlas Neck Brace line to mou...	Product Test: Ergon GS2 Carbon Grip/Bar End The popularity of bar ends diminished as riser bars became all the rage among trail riders. We sl...
Morning Ride On The Redline MonoBelt You never realize how much noise a chain makes until you don't have one. Hope to get enough hours...	Olympia Debuts 27.5 Hardtails The Olympia Bull frame is made of triple-butted aluminium tubes and is considered “entry level” b...
Vans Shoes And ODI Grips Intro A Lock-On Grip With Soul (Vans' Waffle Soles) Two Southern California originals have teamed up to create a modern-day classic grip design. Anno...	Product Test: Lezyne Mega Drive Light Lezyne is all about style. Their products are not just func- tional, they also look good. Their p...
Product Test: Bell Segment Helmet Bell Helmets took a long look at the half-shell helmet favored by dirt jumpers, dual-slalom racer...	How To Adjust Your Quick Releases Often, components that we take for granted make a giant difference in our bikes; performance. Ton...
Surly Pugsley Fat Bike Fork Recall: Immediately Stop Riding This recall involves Surly Pugsley bicycle forks made of tubular chromoly steel. “Surly” is print...	Product Test: Sidi Drako Shoe Carbon sole, Italian soul: The Drako’s new carbon SRS sole shaves weight off previous designs and...
Product Test: Schwalbe Rocket Ron 29er Tire Some riders will go to great lengths to shed a few ounces here and there on their bikes but negle...	Product Test: Hydrapack Tamarack While some hydration packs push the limits of what you can carry when looking to tackle an epic, ...

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