Revolution MTB - Issue 46 - Autumn 2017

In this issue

In the name of ‘awesome’ we hereby deliver you our latest edition, ‘Autumn’. Turn the page on this rather sweet cover of Jared Graves and you’ll discover a massive 148 pages of the very best trail, gravity and enduro MTB action. We’re featuring the latest bikes, the freshest parts and the coolest gear, plus a stack of behind the scenes insight, race coverage and rider interviews.

Giant Trance One

SO WE’VE JUST BEEN HANDED THE KEYS TO A ’17 TRANCE 1 WHICH WE WILL BE REVIEWING FOR NEXT ISSUE. WE’VE DECIDED TO JUMP THE GUN AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE INTRO LOOK AT THE TRANCE 1 THIS ISSUE. BEFORE WE EVEN TOOK IT TO THE TRAILS FOR THE FIRST TIME WE WERE ALREADY BLOWN AWAY BY IT. HOW? IT’S UNBELIEVABLE VALUE, THAT’S HOW. IN ADDITION TO ITS IMPRESSIVELY FINE-TUNED FRAME, IT COMES SPEC’D WITH A FULL SHIMANO XT GROUPSET, INCLUDING BRAKES, FOX 34 ELITE FORK, FOX FLOAT ELITE REAR SHOCK, A DROPPER POST AND A SET OF CARBON WHEELS - ALL THIS FOR UNDER FIVE GRAND! THIS COULD VERY WELL BE THE BEST VALUE MOUNTAIN BIKE OF 2017. 

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Muddy Signs With Trek Factory Racing

WE’RE BEYOND STOKED WITH THE NEWS THAT AUSSIE DH PINNER, GRAEME MUDD, HAS SIGNED WITH TREK FACTORY RACING DH FOR THE COMING SEASON. HIS 2016 RESULTS AND STRAIGHT UP DEDICATION OBVIOUSLY MAKING THE WINNINGEST FAMILY IN MTB, THE ATHERTONS, TAKE NOTICE. 8TH IN CAIRNS AND A SOLID SHOWING AT THE MEGA-GNAR HARDLINE EVENT SHOWCASING HIS POTENTIAL TO THE TEAM AT TREK. RATHER THAN JUST DROPPING THE PRESS RELEASE, WE HIT UP MUDDY TO GET AN INSIGHT INTO THE WHOLE, EPIC DEAL. 

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Shockwiz: Suspension Data Aquisition For All

When It Comes to Our Incredibly Capable Rides, the Information and Knowledge About Geometry, Frame Materials, Parts and Tyres Is There for All to Know. Yet the Most Misunderstood and Most Important Part in Our Daily Ride Is by Far Our Suspension and How It’s Set Up. Take This to the Top Level and It Could Be Argued That the Majority of Bikes Lining Up in Lourdes for the World Cup Dh Opener This Year Are All Now Very Similar. And as a Result, Aside Pure Rider Skill and Fitness, Races Are More and More Often Won as a Result of Dialled (or Not So Dialled) Suspension Tuning.

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GT Bike Buller Festival

With Crystal Clear Blue Skies and a Van Full of Bikes, It Was All Smiles on the Drive to This Years Gt Bike Buller Festival Up in the Victorian Alps Over the Labour Day Long Weekend.

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Santa Cruz HighTower CC

Convertibles... Top Down, Wind in the Hair Loving Life, Come Rain, You Got a Roof, a Style So Versatile! Of Course There’s Gotta Be Some Compromises. Any 911 Porsche Aficionado Would Never Be Seen Dead in a 911 Targa Citing Not Enough Stiffness in the Body. So Is a Bike Capable of Running 29 and 27+ Wheels Trying to Be Good at Everything and Master of Nothing?

2 mins

Intense Launch The New Tracer'17

Intense’s flagship and consistently best selling model, the Tracer, has had a long and illustrious history.

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P'Mall....I Think?

To Ride Fast and Improve, You Have to Crash. It’s That Simple.

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Don't Be A Hater

RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME RIDING WITH MY YOUNG BLOKE. HIS EARLY RIDING CAREER SUFFERED A MAJOR SETBACK IN WHAT WILL BE FOREVER KNOWN AS “THE GREAT NUT CRUSHING INCIDENT”, WHEN A SMALL ROLL OVER RESULTED IN NUTS MEETING STEERER. TIME IS A GREAT HEALER, AS THEY SAY, AND I AM PLEASED TO SAY THIS DEVASTATING INCIDENT HAS BEEN OVERCOME WITH THE YOUNG BLOKE MAKING SOME BIG STEPS FORWARD IN TECHNIQUE AND CONFIDENCE. IT’S A GREAT FEELING GETTING OUT AND RIDING TRAILS WITH HIM AND HAS HELPED ME REMEMBER WHAT RIDING IS ABOUT. WE ROLLED OUT AT THE END OF A FUN TRAIL AND HE HAD A HUGE GRIN ON HIS FACE, “THAT WAS FUN!!” 

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Presence Please

IT’S TRUE THAT TIME STANDS STILL FOR NO ONE AND THIS YEAR AS I MARCH TOWARDS WHAT SOME CALL A SIGNIFICANT BIRTHDAY I’M LIVING PROOF OF THAT. OVER THIS TIME I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A LOVE OF THE BIKE AND IF AND WHEN TIME ALLOWED, CONTRIBUTED TO THE CYCLING INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER. I HAVE BEEN A RACER, AN OFFICIAL, A VOLUNTEER AN MC AND EVEN BEEN KNOWN TO HECKLE WITH BEVERAGE IN HAND. THE HECKLES ARE GENERALLY LIGHT HEARTED BANTER TO MOST BUT I MAKE SURE TO DIG CONSIDERABLY DEEPER FOR FRIENDS OR FAMILY!

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN SLAYER 790 MSL

So where does a 165mm bike named the Slayer FIt into the world of MTB right now? It’s a bit of a wild card as I had ‘DH’ crew wanting to ride it when at bike parks, and ‘lightweight’ crew just as keen to check it out when on epic all day slogs.

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Revolution MTB Magazine Description:

Since 2004, [R]evolution has been showcasing the new face of Australian MTB in it’s pages. In a nutshell, the new generation of riding from the riders perspective. 100% rider owned, operated and proudly produced entirely in Australia, [R]evolution is dedicated to documenting this changing face of MTB on these shores. We do this through progressive riding, the finest photography, passionate and expert editorial along with dedicated design, all fused together in a package that speaks from the rider to the rider.