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Late Apex vs Early Apex Cornering

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Late Apex vs Early Apex Cornering

I had a handful of questions on Late Apex vs Early Apex Cornering after the Yeti SB130 review earlier this week. Lets go over some of the advantages of late apex, or “squaring” the corner when pleasure riding your MTB.

The image below illustrates Late Apex vs Early Apex cornering lines. The green line represents the late apex while orange is early apex. Continue reading Late Apex vs Early Apex Cornering

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Better Small Bump Compliance Riding Technique

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Better Small Bump Compliance Riding Technique

Every MTB rider is looking to improve their suspension. At BikeCo we offer the best products on the market as well as proprietary Pro Tune Services to maximize performance. Still having issues? Let’s look at Better Small Bump Compliance through technique and more powerful brakes.

Quick review. Poor small bump compliance causes a bike to skip across the trail. This leads to inefficient and somewhat unpredictable cornering as well as braking. Small bump compliance issues can be from product design, over compressed suspension circuits, oil flow, fitment and more. Custom tunes address these for many riders but occasionally we get a rider with intermittent small bump issues. Many times this comes down to technique. Continue reading Better Small Bump Compliance Riding Technique

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MTB Riding Tips – Good Practices and Techniques for MTB Riders

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MTB Riding Tips – Good Practices and Techniques for MTB Riders

Here at BikeCo.com we work with a wide variety of riders. From pro racers, seasoned experts all the way to first bike purchasers. We thought it would be useful for riders to have a singular place to reference for tips to take their trail experience to the next level.

We plan aupdates to this blog so check back frequently! Continue reading MTB Riding Tips – Good Practices and Techniques for MTB Riders