Tag: Gear Review
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Ridden: Teravail Cannonball Tyres
Click or not: Ridden: Teravail Cannonball TyresWords: Kristine Ford Photos: Brett Kennedy On my very first mountain bike ride about five years ago I was given some pretty sage advice: “Trust your tyres.” This advice has stayed with me and been my mantra whenever I’m freaking about the terrain I’m riding. I say it over and over while trying to negotiate… …
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Ridden: OneUpmanship – A New Hope
Click or not: Ridden: OneUpmanship – A New HopeThe frequently bonkers and often backwards bicycle industry has a problem of getting too big for its britches and while it may seem a strange thing to comment, smaller is and always will be better. Small, local bike shops aren’t going away any time soon despite what some of the major online retailers would have… …
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Ridden: Maxxis Treadlite: What Goes Around, Comes Around
Click or not: Ridden: Maxxis Treadlite: What Goes Around, Comes Around“Happiness is a function of expectations.” Jalen Rose, from Jalen and Jacoby. The Maxxis Treadlite is a 1990s race MTB semi-slick reincarnated in 2017 as a tyre pursuing an activity that really boomed in the 60s and 70s. The 2017 guise comes tubeless-happy with a middling 2.1″ footprint in all three rim sizes. We rode the goldilocks… …
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Worn: Giro Jacket Shoe
Click or not: Worn: Giro Jacket ShoeIf you wanted a solid flat pedal shoe, the go-to brand has always been, in my opinion, Five Ten. The solid construction of the leather upper combined with their legendary Stealth rubber sole gave one no doubt that shoe and pedal would be stuck together tighter than Trump and a spray tan. But that was… …
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Plugged: Dynaplug Tyre Repair System
Click or not: Plugged: Dynaplug Tyre Repair SystemRunning tubeless tyres is something that every mountain biker should be doing. The benefits of lower pressures and fewer (if not zero) flats are well-founded. Tubes are relegated to emergency measures when something goes wrong and you are stuck miles from safety. But sometimes things do go wrong, and usually that means a rip or… …
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Ridden: Specialized EMT Top Cap Chain Breaker
Click or not: Ridden: Specialized EMT Top Cap Chain BreakerAs sure as death and taxes, you’re going to break/bend/twist a chain at least once in your riding life. Just as you pack a tube and a pump for a ride, a chain tool should be an essential item in your kit. Many of them are either too bulky, heavy or useless to actually get… …
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How To Get Your Ass Into Gear: WTB Volt
Click or not: How To Get Your Ass Into Gear: WTB VoltIf there is something that is sure to ruin a relationship, it’s pain or discomfort every time you jump aboard your beloved. And so it was with me recently, when even an hour on the trails started to result in an unpleasant feeling in my nether regions. As I have gotten older, my riding position… …
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Ways To Carry Stuff: Race Face Rip Strip
Click or not: Ways To Carry Stuff: Race Face Rip StripIn the ongoing quest to lighten our load, get as much stuff off our back as possible and not look like a pack-horse or middle-aged tourist, we are increasingly blessed with a host of new options for carrying stuff. The bumbag has been a favourite around here for a few years now, and its ability to… …