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Intro I own and regularly use this pump for 6 years. It was purchased in a local sports goods shop.I just dumped most of my college paycheck on a new bike and realized I have no way of inflating the suspension to my liking. So I went ahead and bought the cheapest shock pump I could find around. Review Little did I know in that moment, that this little gem will still work as well as new those 6 years later. It's lovely to work with, the pump head does let very little air out when unscrewed, so

Intro As an OE part on many mountain models from a local bike brand, me and my riding peers have plenty of miles racked up on both these and HTs lower-tier siblings (PA12A, PA12). Cheapest has a convex body with plastic pins, middle of the range adds metal pins everywhere except on the innermost position and top of the line has metal pins only, two traction pads on the centreline, plus an undercut in the centre of the plastic body to gain some concavity. Internals remain the same. Review I

Ihave owned this bike and ridden as my primary in southern new england (where technical rock gardens and punchy climbs/decents abound) for less than three seasons. Unfortunately the lifetime was cut short when the frame broke along a weld close to the single pivot point. That is the biggest disappointment I have - an embarrassingly short lifetime for a frame. With that out of the way, aside from the cheap bottom-tier novatec alloy hubs (which were destined to fail within about a year of routine

Intro Formerly also known as Wild Race'R Enduro Rear Tire, within Michelins line up, this low profile thread spams all three casings XC, AM and Enduro. Tested Enduro casing gains extra pinch protection layer over its siblings. Im really fond of semi slick rear tyres and my bikes mostly run Specialized Slaughter and Maxxis Minion SS. Once I started desiring more robust casing, available options stars to decrease and prices increase rapidly. My other niggle is that with tougher casings, many

Intro Michelins RockR2 thread pattern have been around for while now, but recent DH tire development and gradual renaming / rearranging of their lineup suggest thing are not laying still. When it comes to tyre choice, their naming convention is somehow even more chaotic that most competitors. After choosing desired thread (RockR2), go for the appropriate casing bracket (XC, AM, Enduro) and finish off with compound In this case front specific Magi-X and unlabelled/universal Gum-X for the rear