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Eagle for everyone – SRAM NX 12-speed
SRAM knows a hit when it sees one. Rather than mess with a good thing, SRAM continues to bring wide-range 12-speed technology to lower and lower price points. This time it is all the way at the NX...
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Bike Review: Canyon Strive CF 7.0
Tester: Eric McKeegan Age: 44 Height: 5’11” Weight: 165 lbs. Inseam: 32” Canyon has made its long-awaited entry into the U.S. market. One of the biggest consumer-direct brands in Europe, the looming...
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Pivot Firebird 29 – First Ride
Pivot invited us out to ride the new Trail 429 in Moab last month in Moab. The assembled media had a blast, but when Pivot’s head honcho, Chris Cocalis unexpectedly wheeled out a this new Firebird 29...
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First Rides – Santa Cruz Bronson and 5010
We loaded the van a few weeks ago, and headed down to Brevard, NC to meet up with a couple of blokes from Santa Cruz and ride a pair of new bikes, the Bronson and 5010. The Bike Farm was our base camp...
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New – Jones Plus SWB complete bike for under $2k
Buying a Jones was always a custom affair, at least until today. Jones has a new complete bike that saves both money and time for riders looking to get on one of Jeff Jones’s modern-yet-rigid trail...
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Review: Shimano AM7 MTB shoe
Shimano’s component arm moves slowly with new product development, but when it comes to its shoes, Shimano clips along at a pretty fast rate. The new AM7 is Shimano’s newest clipless...
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New Issue! – 206 – DIY Summer School
The new Dirt Rag is hitting shelves and showing up in mailboxes, here is a peek inside the new issue. We aren’t just keyboard jockeys. We’ve even got proof in this issue with three DIY projects: carbon...
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First Rides – XTR M9100 12-speed
A few weeks back, Shimano took me (and other media) to the mountain town of Crested Butte, Colorado for a few days of high-altitude riding on the newly-released, 12-speed XTR M9100. Unlike the previous...
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Esker Cycles – new brand, new bike, new suspension
The headline might be a little misleading on this one as there is some nuance to the idea of Esker and the Orion suspension system being “new”. Esker has some of the DNA of Advocate Cycles, a brand...
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Fox Live Valve – Smarter shocks for a better future?
Effectively an open secret for at least a year, Fox is finally taking the lid off its new computer-controlled shock valving. Fox describes Live Valve as a “fast-acting automated electronic suspension...
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Issue 207 – Road tripping straight to your eyeballs
The Road Trip issue is a well-established theme here. We took a broad approach to the topic this time. Long-time contributor Devon Balet rides the rails to the trails. New contributor Ian Lloyd...
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Review: Santa Cruz 5010 X01
Editor’s note: This review originally appeared in issue 206 of Dirt Rag Magazine. Like what you see? Subscribe now at dirtragmag.com/subscribe to catch issue 208, coming real soon. Name: Eric McKeegan...
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Hark! 208 is on it’s way! Sound the trumpets!
Issue 208 – Making do with what we got This is the final issue of 2018, so don’t miss out, there is a bit of a wait between now and the first of 2019. Inside you’ll find some good stuff. The inaugural...
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