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Review: Orange Stage 4 – the lockdown lifesaver
If you’ve seen this blog before you’ll probably already know that I’m quite the fan of burly short-travel 29er mountain bikes. I’ve previously owned what are arguably the ...
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Review: Starling Murmur custom
Andy is back with another steel FS bike review, this time of his Starling Murmur custom… I’ve had this frame since November 2017, so it has the honour ...
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MTB 2
Review: Cotic SolarisMAX Mk 2 – A hardtail for all occasions
A few years ago I wrote a review of my previous Cotic Solaris, a lovely steel hardtail which (in my opinion) looked as good as it rode. That ...
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MTB 2
Review: Cotic FlareMAX Mk2 – is this the Goldilocks bike?
About a year ago I (Stace) wrote a report from a demo of the Cotic FlareMAX Mk2, and now you can enjoy a full review courtesy of my ...
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MTB 8
Review: Orange Stage 6
My initial review of the Orange Stage 6 was written 11 months ago, when I was firmly in the honeymoon period – besotted with the long-travel 29er’s amazing ...
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Orange Stage 4 demo – the flyweight filing cabinet
If you follow this blog, you might have seen that I recently switched to an Orange Stage 6 for my long-travel MTB needs – and that I’m quite ...
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MTB 9
Cotic demo day – SolarisMAX and FlareMAX
About a year and a half ago I went on a Cotic demo day on my local trails at Rivington. I was very impressed with the first generation ...
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MTB 4
One pivot to rule them all? Orange Stage 6 early review
They say there’s no such thing as a bad bike any more, but then if you’ve had even a cursory glance at the prices of bikes these days ...
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Review: Sunrace MX8 cassette
A couple of years ago I went fully XD with my MTB cassettes, having been really impressed with the weight, performance and especially durability of Sram’s GX-level 11-speed ...