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  "description": "A year on from the return of Revel Bikes under its original owner, the Colorado-based company has overhauled its short-travel trail bike – the Ranger. Compared to the previous Ranger V2, this third-generation version sees a boost to 130 mm travel in the front, and 120 mm in the rear. Meanwhile, the tyre clearance has been bumped up to 29 x 2.6”. \n\nThe geometry now offers a slacker head angle (65.7°), steeper seat tube angle, lower bottom bracket, and size-specific chainstay lengths. Revel claims",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-04T08:05:58.000Z",
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  "textContent": "A year on from the return of Revel Bikes under its original owner, the Colorado-based company has overhauled its short-travel trail bike – the Ranger. Compared to the previous Ranger V2, this third-generation version sees a boost to 130 mm travel in the front, and 120 mm in the rear. Meanwhile, the tyre clearance has been bumped up to 29 x 2.6”.\n\nThe geometry now offers a slacker head angle (65.7°), steeper seat tube angle, lower bottom bracket, and size-specific chainstay lengths. Revel claims the frame is approximately 200 grams lighter than its predecessor, which should place it around 2,200 grams without shock.\n\nThat puts the Ranger outside the realm of pure cross-country race bikes, but so does its focus on the suspension. Here, Revel uses a newly optimised version of its “CBF” short-dual-link design, a system that’s not wholly unlike the DW Link or Santa Cruz’s VPP. The bike offers space for two bottles within the main triangle and has guided internal cable routing.\n\nComplete bikes start from US$5,600, while framesets are available at US$3,700. More at Revel Bikes.",
  "title": "Revel overhauls the Ranger",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-04T08:06:00.188Z"
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