How Mountain Bike Product Reviews Work
Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast
Singletracks.com
4.7 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2020
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, the Singletracks staff talks about the process we use to the evaluate the mountain bikes and gear we review regularly.
* What are some things to consider when testing a piece of gear?* How are bike reviews different from component or accessory reviews?* Are there questions that can’t be answered in the review process?* What happens if a sample breaks, and how do press camps work?
For a sampling of reviews, browse our mountain bike review and gear article archives.
This episode is sponsored by Backcountry, an online outdoor gear & apparel retailer carrying thousands of brands and products for mountain biking and your everyday outdoor lifestyle.
Not only does Backcountry have the widest assortment of gear and apparel, but the heart and soul of the company lies with their Backcountry Gearheads. These Gearheads are former pro-athletes, Olympians, and all-around experts that are available 24/7 by phone/email/chat for one-on-one service, product recommendations, and to ensure you have everything you need for your next outdoor adventure.
For the entire month of August, Backcountry is running their Semi-Annual Sale, which only happens twice a year. Take advantage of the final days of summer and save up to 50% off on huge brands like Patagonia, The North Face, Arc’teryx and more.
Go to www.backcountry.com/singletracks and use the code SINGLETRACKS15 to get 15% off your first purchase (some exclusions apply).
--Keep up with the latest in mountain biking at Singletracks.com and on Instagram @singletracks
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| 0:20.0 | Backcountry.com is an online outdoor gear and apparel retailer, |
| 0:24.7 | carrying thousands of brands and products for mountain biking and your everyday outdoor lifestyle. |
| 0:30.3 | Not only does Backcountry have the widest assortment of gear and apparel, |
| 0:33.9 | but the heart and soul of the company lies with their backcountry |
| 0:37.5 | gearheads. These gearheads are former pro athletes, Olympians, and all-around experts |
| 0:43.0 | that are available 24-7 by phone, email, and chat for one-on-one service, product recommendations, |
| 0:49.2 | and to ensure you have everything you need for your next outdoor adventure. For the entire month of August, |
| 0:54.9 | Backcountry is running their semi-annual sale, which only happens twice a year. Take advantage of the |
| 1:00.4 | final days of summer and save up to 50% on huge brands like Patagonia, the North Face, Arcterics, |
| 1:07.2 | and more. Go to www.baccountry.com slash singletracks and use the code single tracks 15 to get 15% |
| 1:16.8 | off your first purchase. Some exclusions apply. That's backcountry.com. Check the show notes for the |
| 1:24.1 | link and coupon code. Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast. |
| 1:28.7 | My name is Jeff, and today Matt and Jero and I are going to be sort of giving some insight |
| 1:34.3 | into the review process that we use whenever we're evaluating a new piece of gear or a mountain |
| 1:41.1 | bike. |
| 1:42.1 | If you tuned in a few weeks ago, we talked about a number of bikes that we |
| 1:47.2 | had recently tested or were in the process of testing. And so we thought we'd give a little more |
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