Mountain bikes seem to be getting more and more expensive with every passing year. I recently saw a post comparing a new dual-sport motorcycle and a…
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Sage Bikes is a boutique brand based in Oregon and they are turning out high-end titanimum frames fit for all types of riding. I’ve had the…
As the price of mountain bikes seems to keep climbing and climbing, some parts of the industry are pushing back against that. One thing that comes…
Niner has long been serving up the 29er Kool-Aid, but now will be dishing out a straight-up 27.5″ version of their brand new RIP 9 RDO…
Giant has long been a brand that delivers excellent bang-for-the-buck. Maybe their bikes have lacked the flair you might get from other brands (real or perceived),…
Steel is (insert your preferred adjective), as they say. For me, when I look at steel bikes, the classic lines conjure up images of my early…
You may not have heard of the Salt Lake-based Fezzari Bicycles, and they’re not coming to a local bike shop near you. Their direct-to-consumer model doesn’t…
Since inception, Pivot has been building bikes around arguably the best suspension platform on the market — Dave Weagle’s DW-Link. It’s pretty safe to say that…
Diamondback is pulling out all the stops and the results of that are no more apparent than with their Catch and Release models. Both use a…
Old things become new and new things become old, so they say. Well, Santa Cruz believes that reviving old classics is not only good for a…
Mid-fat bikes are the current rage but is all the hype warranted? So far, I’ve had good fun on every plus-sized bike I’ve ridden. And, when…
For 2017, Orbea is refining the Loki 27+ bike with an updated spec, color scheme and making it exclusively a 27.5+ bike instead of offering it…
Squeezing in a ride aboard the new Open ONE+ proved tricky at PressCamp. It was a hot commodity and, frankly, I couldn’t pry myself off the 3T Exploro.…
Framed Bikes are really upping their game these days with several new models in their growing lineup. This year, they went plus-sized with the Marquette 27.5+…
While both the JET 9 and RIP 9 RDO have been great platforms for awhile, they were introduced on the cusp of a load of advances…
As the market for enduro-capable 29ers gets more and more crowded, the cool thing is that many of them are adding 27.5+ capability while they are…
Hot on the heels of the all-new Mojo 3, Ibis is releasing an update to their venerable HD3 platform — updating it to deliver both Boost rear…
When Ibis launched their ultra-wide rims a few years back, many people scoffed — that is until they rode them. Fast-forward a couple of years and…
Way back in 2009, I reviewed the original Ibis Mojo. That bike opened my eyes to the performance of the DW-Link suspension platform and carbon fiber frames.…
Felt Bicycles has always been an engineer-driven brand with a penchant for optimizing to the nth-degree. That optimization started in triathlon and road, but has naturally…