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Does Weight Matter for MTB Trail Bikes?
I bet you’ve stood in a parking lot at a trail center and someone will have asked you how much your bike weighs. You’ll either enthusiastically tell them the weight, or you’ll shrug it off and say you don’t know. Should we shrug it off or does weight really make a difference? -
What is Boost?
You’ve probably seen Boost being mentioned a lot in the mountain bike media, but what is it? Boost is a new standard for hub width. The front end of your bike will have gone from 100mm to 110mm, and the rear axle will have gone from 142mm to 148mm. -
Is Carbon Fibre Better Than Aluminum?
Carbon is often considered to be the ultimate material for making bike frames. It is the material that bike magazines and blogs want us to drool over. They are guiding us to cracking open our credit card and spending a lot of money. Aluminum is often seen as the material you find on entry-level bikes. Your first road bike or mountain bike will have an aluminum frame. Is aluminum though just an entry-level material and can it compete with carbon...
