3 of the best mountain bikes?

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3Luxe picks the Ellsworth Epiphany, Sycip Diesel, and K2 Apache as the world's best mountain bikes—questionable choices that leave us scratching our heads.
By Jeff Barber
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If you could pick the 3 best mountain bikes on the planet, which ones would you choose? Apparently 3Luxe, which claims to help you find “the best of everything,” thinks you should pick the Ellsworth Epiphany, the Sycip Diesel, and the K2 Apache. Questionable choices to be sure, though more because of the bikes they left off than the ones they chose. No wonder the website is still in “Beta” 😉

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