How’s the new Specialized Enduro?

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Hi Lee. I was riding on the weekend and crossed paths with another rider, he was riding the latest Spesh Enduro Pro and I fell in love. Its smooth lines, choice parts to me it was my dream bike in spec anyway.

After doing the lift test and being suprised at its seamingly light weight I asked him how it handled and he was well impresed but was on its maiden voyage so hadn’t lived with it for anytime at all. As I know you ride an Enduro though an older one I was wondering if you had had a chance to sample a new one yet.

I value your opinion as you don’t sound full of crap or owned by a company.
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Building safe drops

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Lee, I’m the boss of my local trail network, and I want to build bigger drops, but I want them to be safe. What is the best transition angle, etc?
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On the trail and loving it

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I’ve long had this fantasy of riding singletrack — the kind we rip on bikes — on a motorcycle. Just swooping through the woods, left right up down brap braap braaaping along, so smooth, so flowy, so graceful.
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Maverick ML-8

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Maverick American’s ML-7 is one of the most efficient — if not the most affordable — four-inch trail bikes on the market. Maverick’s new ML-8 uses the same suspension design and boosts the rear travel to 6.5 inches. The goal: an aggressive trail bike that climbs and descends with the best of them.
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Maverick SC32 fork

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Maverick’s six-inch, dual crown DUC32 upped the ante for travel, stiffness and lightness. The new single-crown SC32 steps down the travel but keeps the rest.
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Finding the right gear

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Do you often find yourself in a gear that’s too easy or too hard? Here are two simple solutions.
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Run timer: DMC Moto-Trainer II

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If you’re trying to go fast, the only true measure is time. What feels fast is frequently slow, and vice versa. For example, riding sketchily feels fast, but riding smoothly is fast. You cannot trust feel. If you want to know whether one run is faster than the last, you must use a timer.
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The challenge of crossing over

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Try as he might, Brian Lopes has yet to dominate the Crossover Challenge — the annual motocross race for non-moto pro athletes.
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Thumbs down (again)

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My orthopedist and I are becoming good buddies. He re-attached a ligament on my right thumb in mid July, and that has healed nicely. It’s sore and not very mobile, but right now it’s my good thumb.
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Which foot down?

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Outside down, feet level or inside down? That, my friends, is the question.
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High praise for Mastering Mountain Bike Skills

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Apparently the suspension tuners at Push Industries in Fort Collins, CO really enjoy the book.
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Big, red and mine

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After years of obsessing, I finally threw down and bought a really nice moto: the mighty yet refined 2005 Honda CRF450X.
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