Ibis introduces the Mojo HDR
By Brian Mullin June 10, 2013
26er 650b Press and News
The new Mojo HDR is an updated or evolutionary version of the Mojo HD, with the addition of convertibility via their limbo chips between a 26-inch based wheel with 160mm of rear travel and a 27.5-inch wheel with 130mm of travel.
Read More »Liteville 601 – Freeride All Mountain Bike
By Gregg Kato June 01, 2013
26er Feature Articles Video
The Liteville 601 is an all mountain/freeride bike that offers a whopping 190mm of rear travel and a lot of adjustability including BB height, head angle as well as wheel size options. Watch the video!
Read More »Ride Report: Magura eLECT Automatic Lockout for TS Series Forks
By Brian Mullin May 24, 2013
26er 29er 650b Parts Product Launch
When I first started riding in the 90′s, the automatic fork by K2/Proflex was all the rage. It did not work. Now Magura comes along to let me ride their automatic lockout fork.
Read More »Fox Float X Shock and 2014 Talas Fork
By Brian Mullin May 09, 2013
26er 29er 650b Sea Otter Classic
FOX unveiled new updates to their TALAS fork, along with a new rear shock, the FLOAT X. The 2014 TALAS fork’s internals should offer smoother travel and improved handling.
Read More »Brian Mullin’s Walkabout – Sea Otter 2013
By Brian Mullin May 06, 2013
26er 29er 650b Gear/Apparel Sea Otter Classic
This is a short synopsis of my wanderings during the Sea otter 2013 festival, and captures some products that I found interesting…
Read More »Yeti SB95C and ARC Carbon
By Brian Mullin May 04, 2013
26er 29er 650b Sea Otter Classic
The SB95C is Yeti’s brand new carbon version of the excellent SB95 full suspension 29er bike. I have tested the normal aluminum SB95 extensively, and this carbon frame is livelier, lighter, has better damping and resiliency, and the sculptured lines and aesthetics were knockouts.
Read More »Industry Nine – Torch Hubs, Ultralight, Enduro and Gravity Wheels
By Brian Mullin May 04, 2013
26er 29er 650b Sea Otter Classic
Industry Nine has been busy revamping their entire wheel, rim and hub lineup this year. They announced the x-country and trail oriented Torch series back in January, and they’re now rolling out the Ultralight, Enduro and Gravity wheels.
Read More »RockShox – Revelation and SID Forks, XLoc Full Sprint Remote, Monarch Shocks – Sea Otter 2013
By Brian Mullin May 02, 2013
26er 29er 650b Sea Otter Classic
RockShox Revelation and SID Forks, XLoc Full Sprint Remote, Monarch Shocks at Sea Otter 2013.
Read More »RockShox Pike Fork and Monarch Plus Shock
By Brian Mullin May 01, 2013
26er 29er 650b Sea Otter Classic
The Pike is a complete new redesign for RockShox, and the All-Mountain fork will be available in 150mm & 160mm travel for the 26″, 27.5″ and 29″ sizes (29er also gets 140mm), with tapered aluminum steerer and 15mm Maxle.
Read More »SRAM Roam 50, Roam 60 and Rail 50 Wheels – Sea Otter 2013
By Brian Mullin April 30, 2013
26er 29er 650b Sea Otter Classic
SRAM had three new wheels on display at Sea Otter, the Roam 50 and Roam 60, and the Rail 50, and they’ll all come in 26″, 27.5″ and 29″ sizes, and are UST compatible.
Read More »DT Swiss Spline 1 Wheels – Sea Otter 2013
By Brian Mullin April 29, 2013
26er 29er 650b Sea Otter Classic
The new DT Swiss Spline One wheel follows in the design footsteps of their upscale Tricon brethren, and offers high performance and technology in a value-added package.
Read More »Continental 27.5″ Tires – Sea Otter 2013
By Brian Mullin April 23, 2013
26er 29er 650b Sea Otter Classic Tires
Continental jumped fully into the 27.5 bandwagon this year, and they’ll be releasing their popular models, including the Mountain King, X-King, Race King and Trail King (above left to right) in 26″, 27.5″ and 29″ sizes.
Read More »WTB Introduces the Vigilante 2.3″ Tire
By Brian Mullin April 03, 2013
26er 29er 650b Feature Articles Parts Product Launch Tires
Charles Bronson endorses the new WTB Vigilante Tire! WTB had a fun April Fool’s announcement the other day in which they had Mr. Death Wish himself proclaim his love for WTBs new Vigilante Enduro tire.
Read More »Profile: Enduro Star Jerome Clementz and His Cannondale Jekyll
By Jason Sumner March 19, 2013
26er Feature Articles
Meet the world’s No. 1 enduro racer, see a detailed photo gallery of his bike, and find out why he quit racing downhill. Hint: It was boring.
Read More »Pro Bike: Fabien Barel’s Canyon Strive AL 9.0 Race
By Jason Sumner February 25, 2013
26er Feature Articles
Three-time world downhill champion Fabien Barel will chase a Enduro World Series title in 2013. His bike of choice: the Canyon Strive, a 26-inch trail tamer with six inches of travel front and rear.
Read More »Pro Bike: Anne-Caroline Chausson’s Ibis Mojo HD
By Jason Sumner February 25, 2013
26er Feature Articles
Mtbr got an up close and personal look at Anne-Caroline Chausson’s, the world’s all-time greatest female downhill mountain bike racer’s, Ibis Mojo HD all-mountain machine here in France. Now you can, too.
Read More »Review: Magura TS8R 150 26er and 27.5/650b Fork
By Brian Mullin February 06, 2013
26er 650b Feature Articles Pro Reviews
Introduction by Francis Cebedo: Brian Mullin and I have been using Magura forks the past few months and we’ve been pleased. The forks are laterally stiff, light, plush and reliable. My review on the TS8 29er fork can be found HERE. We believe Magura has improved quite a bit in the areas of plushness and
Read More »Schwalbe Hans Dampf Super Gravity Tire
By Francis Cebedo January 27, 2013
26er 650b Feature Articles Parts Pro Reviews Tires
Now this is an interesting tire, the Hans Dampf Super Gravity 650b/27.5 tire. We have it in this new wheel size but it is also available in 26er. It is kind of an enigma but it makes sense as it has a kevlar bead, a downhill sidewall casing with dual carcass but single carcass under
Read More »2013 Santa Cruz Blur TR Aluminum Released
By Francis Cebedo January 20, 2013
26er Feature Articles
It took a while but the aluminum version of the Blur TRc is now here. The Blur TRc is a revolutionary 125 mm travel bike because it was low to the ground and slack with a 13.1 inch BB height and 68 degree head angle. This allowed it to carve corners and descend with confidence
Read More »Industry Nine Introduces The Torch Series Wheels, Rims And Hubs
By Brian Mullin January 12, 2013
26er 29er 650b Feature Articles Product Launch
Industry Nine releases all new 2013 Torch series Mountain wheels and hubs Evolution leads to perfection – Hand made in Asheville, NC It seems like many bicycle companies have been coming out with tons of new wheelsets, and the likes of SRAM, Reynolds, Specialized, Syntace, and multiple others have been expanding the market with a
Read More »Santa Cruz Launches New Carbon DH Bike – the V10c
By Gregg Kato November 20, 2012
26er Feature Articles Product Launch
Mtbr covered the Santa Cruz V10c at Interbike a couple of months ago and it was quite a stunner. Steve Peat’s own prototype race bike was on display done up in signature colors of white, blue and red it was obvious that it was very close to production. And now, the wait is over. The
Read More »Schwalbe 2013 Tires – Hans Dampf, Rocket Ron, Nobby Nic
By Brian Mullin and Francis Cebedo For the 2013 product year, they’ll have most of the model range in 29er sizes (except gravity tires), and 650B will get the Hans Dampf, Nobby Nic, Racing Ralph, Rapid Rob and Rocket Ron. It’s nice to see Schwalbe stepping up to the plate with a big chunk of
Read More »Pix of the Custom Strength in Numbers Trek Session 9.9 Carbon
By Gregg Kato October 24, 2012
26er Feature Articles
At this year’s Sea Otter Classic, the hottest MTB movie from Anthill Films (the guys that brought you “Follow Me”) was “Strength In Numbers”. At the time, there was a huge contest going on and the grand prize was a custom Trek Session 9.9 The winners of the contest are Matt Miles and Karl Heldt.
Read More »Felt Compulsion LT3 and Nine FRD Carbon 29er
By Gregg Kato October 23, 2012
26er 29er Interbike Video
Felt Bicycles is a brand that is well known in the road cycling world for their carbon work especially in the Tri and TT categories. But that doesn’t mean their mountain bikes aren’t pretty special too. They are able to take that knowledge of carbon and port it over to their MTB offerings as well.
Read More »2012 Norco Sight 1 Extended Review
By Steve Sheldon October 22, 2012
26er Pro Reviews Video
By Steve Sheldon and Chris Barker Introduction Back in May, I wrote some initial impressions on the Sight 1 by Norco, but like many short term bike reviews, it’s always a bit tricky to be totally objective when you are in the honeymoon phase, with a shiny new bike under you that is functioning perfectly
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