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-- REPORT & TRAVEL --
Northshore myth
We visited the Northshore of Vancouver and encountered dilapidated buildings, the legends of freeriding and our own fear.
Retro report: Specialized SX Trail (2006) versus Specialized Stumpjumper (2021)
Dimitri and Laurin find a 15-year-old Specialized SX Trail in the cellar. Laurin is certain: you can't have any fun on this bike these days, Dimitri disagrees. Two bikes, two guys, little insight.
Bike park test
- Bike parks are fun magnets for pleasure-seeking mountain bikers. Which of the eight parks we tested really got us cheering? Read for yourself!
Bike parks in the FREERIDE test:
Boži Dar (Klinovec) (CZE)
Plešivec (CZE)
Oberammergau (D)
Oberhof (D)
Innsbruck (AT)
Erbeskopf (D)
Fassa (IT)
Katzenkopf (AT)
MTB riding technique: carving corners like EWS star Adrien Dailly
Skilful cornering is faster, safer and more fun. Enduro pro Adrien Dailly explains how it's done. Here are the most important techniques.
-- TEST & TECHNOLOGY --
Test: Knee pads
Let's be honest: our sport is tough. Falls are part of it, and the consequences are bad. Especially for the knee! Protectors can help and cushion up to 95 per cent of the impact. We tested them in the lab and in practice.
- We tested these MTB knee pads:
Amplifi Havok Knee Zip
Bluegrass Solid D30
Fox Launch D3O
G-Form E-Line Knee Guards
100% Surpass Knee Guard
Ion K-Pact
IXS Trigger Race Knee
Leatt 3DF 6.0 Knee Guard
Pearl Izumi Elevate Knee Guard
POC Joint VDP System Knee
O'Neal Redeema Knee Guard
Race Face Roam Knee
Scott Grenade Evo Hybrid
7 IDP Project Knee
Bikes in a duel
PARTS IN DANGER!
Bikes and parts in the endurance test
Test: Enduro suspension forks
They have to swallow, dampen, cushion and take a beating: Enduro forks. Tested in the lab and in practice.
-- TYPES
Interview
Camille Balanche (31) starts riding downhill in 2017. Just three years later, the Swiss rider becomes world champion. A miracle? Anyone who knows her CV is hardly surprised.
Interview
Max Hartenstern (22) was the first German to make it onto the podium in the Downhill World Cup since 1999. We spoke to him about Danny Hart, how to get faster and about people who don't begrudge him his success.
Says what
Chris Akrigg
Give me 5
Vero Sandler
-- Rubrics --
Gallery - The best photos
Magazine - Types, gossip, events and news
+++ AND MUCH, MUCH MORE. From 11 August in FREERIDE 3/21 +++
The next FREERIDE (4/21) will be published on 13 October
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Laurin Lehner
Editor
