Cory has been writing about mountain bikes, enduro, cyclocross, all-road, gravel bikes & bikepacking for over 25 years, even before the industry created some of these names. Prior to Bikerumor, Cory was a practicing Architect specializing in environmental sustainability, has designed bike shops & bike components, and worked as a bike shop mechanic.
Based in the Czech Republic for 15+ years, he is a technical mountain biker, adventurous gravel rider, and short & medium-haul bikepacker. Cory travels extensively across Europe riding bikes, meeting with key European product developers, industry experts & tastemakers for an in-depth review of what’s new, and what’s coming next.
Title: EU Tech Editor Location: Mountains of the Czech Republic
Expertise
Topics of Expertise: MTB, Enduro, Cyclocross, Gravel & All-Road cycling, Bikepacking & Adventure Touring, Technical Product Design & Engineering Development
Years in Expertise: 25+
Number of Products & Number of Hours Tested: 1000+ of new products in over 10,000 hours of ride testing
Education & Certifications
Education: M.Arch. in design & planning, Georgia Institute of Technology. B.S. in Architecture & Industrial Design, Georgia Institute of Technology & École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Paris-La Villette.
Years of Writing: 25+
Certifications: Registered Architect, MTB/Backpacking Instructor and WAFA/Lifeguard (previous)
Club/Association Memberships: Association Internationale des Journalistes du Cyclisme
Previous Publications: Ride Lugged, The Voice of Reason
A Word from Cory Benson
Serving as Bikerumor’s EU Tech Editor allows me to leverage my design & engineering expertise to provide independent in-depth analysis of the cycling industry’s latest technological developments here in Europe. Riding, testing, reviewing & writing about these innovations allow me to share my unique technical perspective, combined with my personal love of all cycling disciplines.
I started sharing my strong opinions about technical developments in the cycling industry while a fresh wide-eyed designer, and then as a bike mechanic starting around 1996, sharing musings through a series of blogs & occasional contributions to local mags like Dirt Rag, at the time. It officially evolved into a full-time vocation with Bikerumor starting in 2013.
Industry reader Dominik Kappus who works for one of Shimano’s biggest European distributors, Paul Lange, sent in this photo of the morning mist on his…
Cycling Ceramic showed us a new set of completely made-in-France carbon and aluminum Oversized Derailleur Pulley System that they have been working on to shave even…
Last year at Eurobike Challenge Tire debuted a whole swath of premium performance handmade cotton race tubulars with a unique coating that makes them last…
Yesterday with the announcement of the Bianchi x Scuderia Ferrari collaboration, the first bike SF01 was revealed to be essentially a premium special edition of…
Custom Italian frame house T°Red seems to keep coming up with some alternative to conventional bike designs, and their latest time trial bike is no exception.…
Bianchi brings more than 130 years of bicycle racing together with 70 years of Ferrari motorsports racing for their new luxury Italian cycling project. Dubbed…
Shimano’s PRO component group has a trio of new mountain bike saddles geared toward more aggressive riding styles. Developed based on saddle pressure mapping studies…
While it seems trivial to focus on just a change in their distribution network, the difficulty of acquiring some of THM’s premium ultralight carbon components…
Rotor’s all new Spanish-made Rvolver hubs take a completely unique approach to engaging a freehub body with the hub. Most basic designs use flat, spring-loaded…
Speedvagen has just started sending out this year’s batch of their unique ‘Surprise Me’ bikes. For another year, several brave new bike buyers have left their…
