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Six-Month Test: Evil The Following
There isn't much this bike can't do. Here's why. The Takeaway The Good: DELTA suspension, the third unique suspension design from mountain bike engineer Dave Weagle, is the most capable we’ve ever...
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First Look: Diamondback Haanjo Trail Carbon
When we reviewed the Diamondback Haanjo last year, we loved the bike but pined for a carbon option. For 2017, Diamondback is answering our wishes with the Haanjo Carbon series. Rather than just rehash...
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Santa Cruz's Hightower Is the Future of MTBs
The newest, hottest thing in mountain bikes in the past year is plus-size wheels. Manufacturers claim the size is more capable, stable, and comfortable than both 27.5 or 29. There’s no debating that...
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Six-Month Test: Cervélo C5
The Takeaway The Good: High comfort and a very low frame weight. Planted, super-stable descending abilities. Disc brakes are superior and, for 99 percent of us, should be standard. The Bad: It fits up...
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Six-Month Review: Trek Procaliber SL
The Takeaway The Good: The IsoSpeed decoupler takes the hard edge off trails and makes it possible to go faster for longer. The combination of Boost hub spacing and the excellent new DT Swiss XMC 1200...
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6-Month Test: Giant TCR Advanced Pro 0
Having strongly advocated for endurance and adventure road bikes for the masses, I realize that pimping a full-fledged race machine like the TCR Advanced Pro 0 may seem like a contradiction. To be...
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This Year’s Most Beautiful Handmade Bikes
Photo Gallery: This Year’s Most Beautiful Handmade Bikes Most people these days ride name-brand bikes that are mass-produced in factories. But the tradition of the handmade, small-batch bicycle is...
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Each year, we test dozens of bikes in Sedona, Arizona, putting them through their paces in a variety of terrain. This year, we found one stand-out bike that can do just about anything. Watch to see why...
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The Best Affordable Bike Components
There’s a lot of grousing out there over the high price of bikes and bike parts. But in June, SRAM announced its GX Eagle MTB group, which brings the pinnacle of mountain bike drivetrain performance to...
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The 7 Pieces of Gear You Need to Start Mountain Biking
With the rise of carbon super bikes as expensive as cars, it’s easy to feel like mountain biking has become the sport of the .001 percent. Yet there are bargains to be had if you look hard enough and...
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These 11 New Products Are the Future of Cycling Gear
Interbike, the annual stateside gathering for the cycling industry, took place last week in Las Vegas, Nevada. Even amid all the talk that the event is dying, hundreds of manufacturers showed up this...
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One Perfect Thing: RockyMounts Swing Away
I’m always mystified when there’s consumer demand for a product but manufacturers don’t respond. It’s like the update to the Micro Bus, which Volkswagen sat on for years despite huge demand. The same...
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Deciding the Best Bikes of Next Season
Every time we post a bike review on Outside, a dozen trolls on Facebook rush forward and assert that the product earned its eval because the company that produces it paid the magazine for coverage....
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First Look: Franco Grimes R1 Road Bike
Photo Gallery: First Look: Franco Grimes R1 Road Bike The gravel phenomenon has pushed road bike designs to become more versatile than ever, but in many cases we’ve lamented limited tire clearance....
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Reviewing a 70-Year-Old Drysdale Special Road Bike
Note: Alvin Drysdale built bicycles in New York City from the 1930s into the 1950s. You can read more about him here. The original owner of this Drysdale Special ordered it in October 1949, putting...
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