Tag: Maxxis
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The Great Plus +/- Minus Experiment
Click or not: The Great Plus +/- Minus ExperimentWith a new innovation seemingly rolling out every week in mountain biking, it’s easy for some of them to get left by the wayside, while others slip seamlessly into the mainstream and take over as a new standard while you weren’t looking. When 27.5 or––650b as it was first known––hit the scene, it seemed only… …
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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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Insider Rides: The Rolling Test Bed Turner Burner
Click or not: Insider Rides: The Rolling Test Bed Turner BurnerThree years is like a millennium in the mountain biking world. Heck, even a year can see changes that will make you think that new bike you just purchased is now a relic, consigned to TradeMe where you’ll struggle to get back half of what you paid for it. But is it really the case?… …
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Insider Rides: Grom’s Tracer 275c
Click or not: Insider Rides: Grom’s Tracer 275cInsider Rides looks at the bikes that we ride, the bikes that industry insiders ride, that racers ride, and everyday folk ride. For this instalment, we are shown around the Intense Tracer 275c of Kris ‘Grom’ Withington, guru at Wide Open Distributors in Rotorua and former mechanic for the Garmin pro road racing team. While Kris still… …
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Slapping Turns With Connor Fearon
Click or not: Slapping Turns With Connor FearonConnor Fearon’s on the come up for getting down hills quickly. Combining motocross flair with jump bike precision, Connor’s bike control and speed sees him leave most of his competitors in the dust. He’s committed to keeping things fun and relaxed when off the downhill circuit however, if you can call sending it large off… …
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Ridden: Maxxis Minion WT Tyres
Click or not: Ridden: Maxxis Minion WT TyresIt’s probably the most important and all-encompassing trend in mountain biking since tubeless or the dropper post, one that isn’t driven by fashion, one that provides actual performance benefits and can make your ride a more enjoyable one. What is it? Wide rims and tyres, of course. What goes around comes around, and while anything wider than… …