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VIDEO: DANNY MACASKILL DOES IT AGAIN! THIS TIME IN SAN FRANCISCO

Danny Macaskill's Postcard from San Francisco

Danny Macaskill is known the world over for his incredible bike handling skills and artful videos.
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VIDEO: HOW SANTA CRUZ DESIGNS SUSPENSION BIKES

With awesome slow-motion suspension action

Who is Santa Cruz's suspension test rider, Kiran MacKinnon and how does he do his job?
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LONG TERM REVIEW: SANTA CRUZ HECKLER ELECTRIC MOUNTAIN BIKE

Old-school name meets cutting-edge technology

It’s an aggressive yet versatile electric bike that’s designed to expand the range of all-around trail riding and all-mountain style riding with a big battery and Shimano’s EP8 drive unit.
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VIDEO: SANTA CRUZ HIGHTOWER 3 BIKE TEST

The Santa Cruz Hightower 3 ride test

The Hightower is one of Santa Cruz' most versatile bikes and seems to blur the lines between the trail and all mountain categories.
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VIDEO: SANTA CRUZ 5010 DREAM BUILD… IN MINIATURE!

When less is more

Here's a calming 2 minutes and 12 seconds of Handy MacAskill building up his latest Santa Cruz 5010 that explains how we did this.
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FIRST LOOK: THE NEW SANTA CRUZ 5010

Mullet and Glovebox included

The new bike sees the addition of a 29" front wheel, Glovebox downtube storage, and a sag indicator window on the frame.
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Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship’s “Double Your Dirt” Fundraiser

Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship Presents "Double Your Dirt"

The Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship's "Double Your Dirt" fundraiser is partnering with Santa Cruz bikes once again for a fundraiser to help expand the trails across 5 counties in Northern California and Nevada.
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FIRST LOOK: SANTA CRUZ NOMAD 6

THE SANTA CRUZ NOMAD 6: NOMAD GONE MULLET

Santa Cruz has been producing various versions of the Nomad since 2005 and has been one of the best, most progressive bikes with each successive version.
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SANTA CRUZ INTRODUCES ITS REDESIGNED MEGATOWER

Santa Cruz has radically revamped its 29” enduro race machine by giving it more travel, more aggressive geometry and lots of new features.
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FIRST LOOK: SANTA CRUZ HECKLER eMTB

The redesigned Heckler comes with more range and options than ever

One of the oldest model names in Santa Cruz’s line, the Heckler, was reintroduced as the brand’s first eMTB two years ago.
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Keegan Swenson finishes 7th in 2021 Marathon MTB World Championships

Swenson has top American performance at Marathon Mountain Bike Worlds in Italy.

ELBA ISLAND, Ita. – The 2021 Marathon Mountain Bike World Championships took on the island of Elba in Tuscany. Almost every part of this course is demanding single track with challenging climbs. The men raced 71 miles with 14,000…
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Get Involved With Trails: Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument

Attention all California mountain bikers
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First Look Santa Cruz Hightower – Mountain Bike Action Magazine

A versatile trail shredder with downhill inspired suspension and an appetite for big climbs

Santa Cruz Hightower The Santa Cruz Hightower is a versatile trail shredder with downhill inspired suspension and an appetite for big climbs. Look for more on Mountain Bike Action Youtube channel as we shake this bike down and get to…
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First Ride Santa Cruz Bronson – Mountain Bike Action Magazine

Born in 2013, the Santa Cruz Bronson shook up the mountain bike market with its in-between wheel size, known as 650B. Promising the best qualities of the two the most popular wheel sizes of that time, 27.5" wheels became the the obvious…
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Watch Ryan Howard Rip His Local Trails

You might be surprised to know that the rider who has become synonymous with stylish whips made his first-ever trip to Whistler to play hockey. That’s right, recent winner of the Oceana Whip-Off Championships at Crankworx Rotorua, Ryan…
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Video: The new Santa Cruz V10

The new Santa Cruz V10 in all its glory. Proven by race podiums.
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Exploring Madeira with All-Mountain Style

Exploring Madeira on a 10-day adventure with Santa Cruz riders Kilian Bron and Maxime Peythieu
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NEW RIDE: Ibis Mojo HD3

Ibis releases its new Mojo HD3 that gets up FAST and down FASTER!
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2014 Season review with Josh Bryceland

watch the spectacular highlights from the 2014 DH World Cup
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Bike Test: Specialized Camber Comp Carbon 29er

It's no secret that here at MBA we have touted the 29er's benefits in many cross-country and trail situations. But with the recent push for longer-travel options, we were curious about how much travel is necessary for the big-wheel…
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Trigger Happy: The Cannondale Trigger, A New Over-Mountain Bike

Cannondale released information on an all-new model this weekend dubbed the Trigger that broadens the company's Over-Mountain category. Over-Mountain is Cannondale's logical evolution of the all-mountain category for riders who are looking…
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Bike Test: Cannondale Jekyll 4 Aluminum

The year 2012 marks the second year for the redesigned Cannondale Jekyll trailbike. This bike uses what Cannondale calls Enhanced Center Stiffness Torsion Control, or ECS-TC for short. We asked to test the lowest- priced version so that…
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