Category: The Blog

Industry Nine’s “ready for anything” TRA chassis meets their “ready for anything” AR25 rim… Worry not where you’re riding, what tire you want to ride, AR25 TRA has you covered. From fast group rides on the road, to bike packing and all applications in between, AR25 TRA will not only accommodate any tire you mount… Read more »

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any better… SCOTT has made a few small improvements to the Spark for 2019. The bikes now come with 2.4″ Maxxis Rekon tires and space to take them up to 2.6″. A revised twinloc lever actuates even smoother and has been cleaned up a bit.  The addition of… Read more »

For a long time square taper was king, but in recent years the development of new axle standards have redefined crank and drive train standards. At White Industries, they have answered this change by offering the MR30 cranksets and they’re made in the good ol’ USA. The G30 is their adventure gravel crank set.  The… Read more »

  When Paul components set out to build this brake, nearly four years ago, they started with a clean slate. They tried many wacky ideas but eventually found their way back to the tried and true ball bearing in a ramp system. From there they concentrated on the details. They hardened the steel where the… Read more »

The future is here! While it may not be a flying car or a hoverboard, this wireless mountain bike shifting system from SRAM is pretty darn sweet! At a glance, Eagle AXS brings the real benefits of wireless electronic shifting to the mountain bike. On a deeper level, it offers discerning riders unprecedented personalization and… Read more »

The e-bike debate is one that will go on till the end of time. Some cyclist have an absolute hatred towards them while others see their potential. I myself was hesitant for several reasons… is this really cycling at this point? Will I ever want to ride my normal bike again? For me cycling has… Read more »

If your daily rides mix climbs, pedaling miles of flowy trail and white-knuckle downhills, this is the wheelset for you. And if you find yourself moving to the front of the line when it’s time to drop in, this is definitely the wheelset for you. Sporting a 27mm inner width and a 32h system chassis,… Read more »

Dropper post levers are something a lot of us overlook, we want our dropper to work but don’t think about the button that makes the magic happen. After testing a bunch of levers, from the plastic ones to the ergonomically weird, even the best in class, PNW components decided they could do better. The loam… Read more »

Once upon a time a bunch of mountain bikers dreamed up something wild: a drop bar bike that felt like a mountain bike and rode like a mountain bike. It was made of steel for that added bump absorption, had powerful SRAM Rival 1 hydraulic disc brakes and 1x drivetrain. It had a wider bar… Read more »

If you’re looking for a bottom bracket that will never creak and spins faster than the girls head in the exorcist, look no further than BB Infinite. The one-Piece design bottom bracket structure eliminates all potential creaks before they start. How do they spin so well? Bicycle frame bottom bracket shells are notoriously misaligned, inconsistent,… Read more »