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What Are The Key Fat Bike Features To Look For？
While Fat Bikes Have Been Commercially Available For The Last Ten Years, Designs Have Evolved Most Rapidly In The Past Few Years As The Popularity Of Winter Capable Bikes Has Grown. In Fact, The Chan...
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CHOOSING THE RIGHT MTB HANDLEBARS
Mountain bikes are off-road vehicles. This means they require a degree of steering control from the rider that is best achieved with a flat, non-drop (road) style handlebar. There are various options ...
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BOTTOM BRACKET STANDARDS
There are now several different crank bearing systems and standards. The different standards do not allow interchangeability between bearings or cranksets. Having some knowledge of the standard will h...
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What Size Bottom Bracket Do I Need
For those who are looking to upgrade the cranks on your mountain bike, or just need a replacement bottom bracket, it's very important to make sure you get the correct bottom bracket for the job. With ...
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Road Disc Brake Tech: Flat-mount vs Post-mount
With all the hype over the past three or four years, you would expect that disc brakes would have completely taken over the road bike market by now. The fact that this hasn’t yet happened is probably ...
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Difference between 3k 12k and UD carbon, Matte VS. Glossy finish
Carbon has a lot of different appearances. The most common ones are UD, 3k and 12k.UD/3k/12k specify the carbon weave pattern. UD carbon(Uni-Directional) has fibers that run the same way rather than b...
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A Guide To Mountain Bike Axle Standards
Are you baffled by the different axle options available for mountain bikes? Our guide below explains the different types.1. Quick-release skewersTraditionally, frames and forks had slotted dropouts. T...
