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ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the G-Form Bike Shoe Insoles.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Specialized S-Works Epic 29ER mountain bike.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Specialized S-Works MTB Shoes.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Giro Factor Shoes.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Tomac Supermatic 120 mountain bike.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Millet Wall 32 pack.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Castelli Body Paint Bib Shorts.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Spot Rocker SS mountain bike.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Giro LX LF Gloves.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Sugoi Versa Wind Jacket.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Yeti 575 Enduro mountain bike.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Michelin WildRace'R Advanced Tires.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Louis Garneau X-Lite Helmet.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Salsa Spearfish mountain bike.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Metolius Wood Grips Compact Training Board.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Assos T FI. 13_S5 Bibs.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Scott Genius LT 20 mountain bike.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Garmin Edge 800 GPS bike computer.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Castelli Viva Thermo Skully Cap.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Petzl Grigri 2 belay device.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Pearl Izumi P.R.O. Barrier Lite Jacket.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Osprey Viper 4 Pack.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Black Diamond Gridlock Screwgate Carabiner.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Fondriest TF3 road bike.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Lupine Betty II 7 Light.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Arc'teryx S-220 LT Harness.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Specialized Allez Comp road bike.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Ergon GX2 Leichtbau Carbon Grips.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Mammut 9.6 Climax Rope.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Bianchi Sempre 105 road bike.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Specialized S-Works Prevail Helmet.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Giro XAR Helmet.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Cannondale CAAD 10-1 Dura-Ace road bike.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Sidi Spider Shoes.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Trek Top Fuel 9.7 mountain bike.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Club Ride Go Long Jersey.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Wilier Triestina GranTurismo road bike.
ϳԹ reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the WTB Nano Tires.
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Long a champion of oversize aluminum tubing, Cannondale shifts gears to create an all-carbon rig that’s fast enough for testosterone-addled group rides but much more comfortable than its trademark metal frames on epic outings. With slack geometry, a moderately upright riding position, and the superior road-damping qualities of carbon…
Why pack 27 gears when you can crush your friends with just one? The Diesel’s list of features reads like a single-speed mantra: slick Formula Oro Puro disc brakes, dual rear cogs (16 and 18) on back for gearing options if the terrain turns testy, and Paragon’s trick slider…
In spite of the daunting name (note to Garneau: Don’t let the lab guys name things), these shorts work quite simply. The stout carbon-infused Lycra provides plenty of support but still wicks moisture on the hottest days. louisgarneau.com…
ALL-AROUND PERFORMER After each ride, we had to check the price tag—could a bike this good cost this little? Not only did Mongoose equip this four-inch ride with a plush Fox RP2 rear shock and smooth RockShox Recon Race fork; they also threw in a complete Shimano XT group, a…
What Amazon did for books, Leopard is doing for bicycles. By sticking with Web-only distribution, this small Bay Area–based bike manufacturer is offering teched-out, full-carbon race bikes at unheard-of prices. The CL1 is constructed of uniquely ribbed carbon tubing and has radically shaped carbon seat- and chainstays, resulting in…
The features justify the price. You get a carbon sole, Boa ratcheting system, and thermomoldable footbed that can be custom-shaped for the ultimate fit, providing long-haul comfort for epic days. 9 oz; www.lakecycling.com…
You think titanium bottle cages are a bit, um, extravagant. Your shorts: the Classic Pro, with solid construction, trim fit, and a workhorse chamois—all at a bargain price. descenteathletic.com…
BIG-WHEELED HARDTAIL In the age of compression rates and leverage ratios, Bianchi continues to produce refreshingly simple bikes. This aluminum hardtail is tough enough for the roughest trails but doesn’t need the constant tweaking of a full-suspension rig. The 29-inch wheels roll so smoothly, you can forget you don’t have…
Not everyone wants to race, so why are so many bikes constructed with aggressive angles and knee-wrecking gears? Schwinn felt your pain and responded with the Fastback Comp, a roadie with concessions to comfort that hardly sacrifice performance. The proprietary aluminum is rigid enough for effective power transfer, while…
For club rides and racing, this shoe’s thin carbon sole is stiff yet sensitive, and the flashy graphics make you look speedy—even when you’re standing still. 10 oz; www.trialtir-usa.com…
The price promises a lot, and these shorts deliver. The bib is cut away in front to reduce binding and overheating, the fabric is impeccably sculpted to a riding position, and the chamois feels custom-fit. castelli-us.com…
PEDAL-FRIENDLY HEAVYWEIGHT Six-inch all-mountain bikes can be heavy and no fun to pedal, which is why they’re generally reserved for car shuttles and ski lifts. Not so El Guapo. With oversized aluminum tubing, stout links, and through-axle hub, it looks the part of a squishy all-mountain banger. But a Shimano…
The Ghisallo is a wake-up call for weight-freak roadies dutifully switching everything (even water-bottle-cage spacers!) to carbon: There’s another gravity-defying game in town. Weighing less than a box of Clif Bars, this all-titanium frame is not only the wispiest factory model available; it’s the lightest complete bike we tested.
Meet one of this summer’s best road shoes: The mostly mesh upper keeps your dogs cool and dry, even when the rest of you is melting. 11 oz; www.pearlizumi.com…
BIKE TO WORK Modeled after classic Dutch commuter bikes, the Amsterdam gives you everything you need for jetting around a city—and strips away everything you don’t. Its steel frame can handle the bumps and grinds of crowded bike racks and won’t buck you off when you hit potholes. And its…
FAST, NIMBLE TRAIL MACHINE Tomac Bicycles built a cult following in the late 1990s for producing some of the best early dual-suspension bikes, but it quietly folded in 2005. The company has reemerged this year with a line of bicycles that includes the beautifully executed Snyper 140. Using a single-pivot…
kona zing deluxe $2,000 Better known for its rock-bashing, mud-splashing models, Kona gussied itself up for 2006 with a series of new road bikes, including the Zing Deluxe. The teardrop-shaped 7005 aluminum tubing has more crackle than a box of Pringles, which made us grin on the uphills, where…
Inexpensive but not cheap, these kicks looked as good as new after a month of all-mountain abuse. It’s a solid starter shoe you won’t outgrow quickly. 13 oz; www.shimano.com…
A SMARTER WAY TO RIDE You know those glorious and rare outings when you think only about riding—and not about your bike? That’s what every ride is like on the carbon-fiber Epic. This year Specialized became the first major bike company to manufacture its own rear shocks, and their redesigned…
RACE-READY CARBON If you place speed above all else, consider this hardtail. The 986 may be Look’s first foray into the off-road world, but as their road bikes have proven, they know their way around carbon. With dramatically shaped tubing—faintly hexagonal in the top and seat tubes and broad in…
Produced by a Basque collective in the heart of Spain’s Pyrenees and raced by Iban Mayo’s Euskaltel-Euskadi team, Orbea bikes are like cask-aged single-malt: They’re all about small-batch quality. With the Mitis you get classic European geometry — a stretched-out cockpit and a glute-engaging position — freshened up with…
The S-Works iteration of the Boa ratcheting system is the best we’ve tried, providing a secure fit whether you’re screaming down singletrack or plodding through a hike-a-bike. 11 oz; www.specialized.com…
ALL-MOUNTAIN LIGHTWEIGHT Maverick is to the mountain bike what Apple is to the personal computer: the underdog that insists it knows a better way. And we’re not arguing with a Mac Pro, or the Durance. Designed by Paul Turner, creator of the suspension fork, the Durance combines Maverick’s brilliantly simple…
In a sport where rock can fall like hail, every gear list should start with a helmet. The comfy Wild Country Rock Lite helmet is available with an optional polycarbonate covering ($15) that can be affixed for extra rockfall and weather protection. wildcountry.co.uk…
Road This value-priced lid kept testers cool (28 vents!) on even the most sweltering days. www.louisgarneau.com Bummer: Not everyone will love the exposed-foam look.