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New SRAM Website - Truvativ HammerSchmidt

31. March 2008

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SRAM is planning something big for 2008. Word on the street is the front derailleur will be a part of the past.

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Ibis Mojo and Push Industries - Full Review

31. March 2008

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Ibis Mojo and Push Industries - Full Review

he shake-down ride actually ended up being a time trail at Big Creek's Two Ways in a Day. Big Creek is a Atlanta local trail that provides great insight on how a bike will act in tight, twisty, quick up with quick down situations. As you can see by the elevation map, you really don't get a break at this place when you are going for the lowest time. The trail still, even after all of the traffic it receives, has loose rocks and steep climbs.

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Two Ways in a Day - Big Creek Time Trial

30. March 2008

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The second annual Big Creek - Two Ways in a Day time trail was yesterday and they saw a great turn out. RAMBO, the Roswell Alpharetta Mountain Biking Organization (division of SORBA), puts on this event at the Big Creek mountain biking part in Roswell, GA.

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New Video from The Collective - Seasons

29. March 2008

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can not wait for this one to come out. The Collective is releasing Seasons in April. This is from the same guys who brought you Roam which is one of the best mountain biking videos ever made.

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New Cannondales - Moto and Rize - And My Thoughts

28. March 2008

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With its new duo of long-travel bikes, Cannondale returns to the cross-country/trail bike battlefield dominated by the likes of Specialized, Marin and Giant.

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ByStickel - Custom Made Steel Frames

28. March 2008

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ByStickel - Custom Made Steel Frames

Steve Stickel is a name that many of you probably don't know...but should. His custom frames are hand made out of Asheville, NC and have incredible craftsmanship. For those of you local to the Atlanta area, you can see Lonestar's white 26" singlespeed made by Steve at the local trial head. LS will be the first to tell you how great the frame really is. Custom touches, like brake rotors used as gusseting, really set his frames apart from others I have seen.

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2008 SRAM X.0 Rear Derailleur

28. March 2008

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2008 SRAM X.0 Rear Derailleur

SRAM's X.0 rear derailleur went through a redesign for 2008. The most visual of these changes is the new 20th anniversary gold accenting on the mounting bolt and graphics. What you will also see is a new 6061 aluminum backing to the carbon Blackbox cage.

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Brian Lopes’s Ibis Quiver

27. March 2008

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Brian Lopes's recent announcement of a sponsorship deal with Ibis caught many of us by surprise. Much speculation quickly followed suit regarding which Ibis models he'd be riding. Bike magazine HQ happens to be right around the corner from Casa de Lopes so last week he swung by our office to give us a complete tour of his new quiver.

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Ventana El Ciclon gets MBA Seal of Approval

27. March 2008

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Mountain Bike Action just did a great write-up on the El Ciclon. For those of you that don't know...the El Ciclon is the 5" travel bike in the Ventana line-up.

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Chasing that perfect ride

27. March 2008

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Chasing that perfect ride

The perfect ride is different for everyone, and that is one of the things that is so great about mountain biking. You can make the perfect ride whatever you want it to be, and sometimes you don't even know what it is until you have experienced it for yourself. For some people it is during a race and for others it might be a trip out with the family

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