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Our website is absolutely chocked full of bikes, components, apparel, and accessories. We've created the Jenson Blog as a tool for cyclists to learn all about the ins-and-outs of the bike world. Use our guides, how-to's, and reviews to navigate the immense options of bike parts or just a bit of two-wheeled entertainment.

This Bike Might Change the Way You Look at E-bikes: Orbea Rise V1 Long-term Review!

We get a lot of questions about e-bikes, especially the Orbea Rise, so we figured we’d throw up a quick long-term review of one from one of the employees here at Jenson, Alex. Alex lives up in the mountains here in Southern California and has to do a fair bit of climbing and pedaling around at his local trail system to get to trails. Because he is in such high elevation, oxygen levels are different and make it a bit more difficult to breathe. This alone made it hard for him to enjoy long rides, especially when temperatures drop and snow season arrives.

Mastering MTB Skills: Pivot Like A Pro With Super Rider!

Have you ever found yourself riding on technical terrain, doing your best to line yourself up for an ideal line, but not quite being able to get yourself there? What about losing your balance before dropping into a technical section and not being able to reset yourself to ensure you conquer the line safely?

The All-New DT Swiss 240 DEG Bicycle Hubs!

DT Swiss has released a new high engagement hub for trail and gravity riders.The new DEG hub still utilizes DT Swiss' ratchet system, but the ratchet itself is almost twice as big as the current ratchet in order to match the large hub shell of the new hub. The max number of teeth available used to be 54, but the new DEG ratchet has grown to 90 teeth, which provides 4º of engagement angle, greatly reducing the play between engagement points.

2025 Fox Suspension: Introducing the All-New Generation of Grip Dampers! (GRIP X2, GRIP X, GRIP SL)

For 2025, Fox has come out swinging with an all-new lineup of forks and dampers. The new Grip X2, Grip X and Grip SL are replacing the outgoing Grip 2, Grip and Fit4 dampers which have provided amazing performance in Fox forks for years. There have been some pretty solid improvements in performance and longevity of this line of suspension and we're excited to share the information with you!

The All-New Race Face Era Carbon MTB Wheels!

Race Face has recently released the new Era carbon wheels, with many features that rival some of the best carbon wheels available on the market. Race Face was nice enough to invite us up to check out their new products and take them out on the trail to get a feel for ourselves. After just a matter of hours spent on these wheels, we're extremely impressed and wanted to drop a video going over some of the features that makes us think that they're some of the best carbon wheels available on the market.

Short Travel High Pivot Bikes!?? The New 2024 Norco Optic and Sight MX!

The Norco Optic and Sight are a couple of the most popular trail and all-mountain bikes available, respectively. New for 2024, Norco has completely updated their suspension platform, moving from a traditional 4-bar design to a high-pivot 4-bar design to increase versatility. No matter how much travel you choose, a high pivot bike will be able to punch above its weight class.