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Ellsworth

REMEMBER THAT SCENE IN PULP FICTION WHEN BRUCE WILlis’s girlfriend says she wishes she had a pot belly? Watch it again if you don’t. Actually, watch it again anyway. She says something pretty profound: “It’s unfortunate what we find pleasing to the touch and pleasing to the eye is seldom the same.”

Whether the new Ellsworth Evolution Convert is pleasing to the eye is the subject of some debate around the mag office. But it is very pleasing to the touch. As its name suggests, the Convert is compatible with both 29 and 27.5+ wheels, and I chose to ride it in its wagon-wheeled form. It’s

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