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Be More Bikes Raised Reversed Stem Review: Ahead Of Its Time

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Be More Bikes Raised Reversed Stem Review: Ahead Of Its Time

Our review of the Raised Reversed stem will not be a normal review. Normal reviews rarely have to overcome such a mountain of very hasty (but very reasonable) skepticism around their products. And those products are rarely so intimately connected with their designer.

Travis brought some of that skepticism to this review, but he also spent a lot of time with that designer. And the experience fundamentally changed the way he thinks about bikes. Needless to say, that’s more than we can put into a review, even if it isn’t a normal one. If you’ve still got questions after reading it, please drop them in the comments.

The Dust-Up: We Need A Better Way to Measure MTB Seat-Tube Angle

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The Dust-Up: We Need A Better Way to Measure MTB Seat-Tube Angle

Today’s edition of The Dust-Up is a nerdy little tour through the world of effective seat-tube angles. Travis Engel thinks that the way we measure them is a little … obtuse. That number on your bike’s geometry chart may not mean what you think it means. He informs his opinions by talking to some mountain bike brands who are taking a fresh look at this deceptively complex dimension.