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.
The Ass Savers x Mander Kollection is a pairing of the Swedish simple clip-on fender maker with fellow Swede & graphic illustrator Martin’ MANDER’ Ander. With colorful designs…
The Italian frame builders at T°Red have given us an exclusive first look at the new Hedera titanium cross-country hardtail they’ve just brought out of…
For the last few years London-based Massif Central has been creating simple, interesting graphic prints that visualize some core data collected from a wide range of cycling races…
The Kinesis name is probably best known for producing high quality aluminum bikes at reasonable prices, and the latest from Kinesis UK – the Tripster AT…
Since we heard from Australian custom carbon bike maker Plane Frameworks last winter they’ve apparently made big steps forward in their process. Starting with one-off machined EPS…
Last spring when the team behind 8bar introduced their newest adjustable geometry all-road Mitte bike, one of its key features was the flexibility to transform into an…
Transition bikes has two new carbon hardtails for that all-around trail riding we used to simply call mountain biking. No matter which wheelsize you prefer, Transition has…
Trek releases schedule for Trek CX Cup & CX World Cup, opens registration – The USA’s biggest cyclocross weekend – the Telenet UCI World Cup Cyclo-cross Waterloo…
Felt almost snuck this one by, right under our noses. What looks to be a next generation of the Felt Racing Development (FRD) full-suspension Edict cross-country…
Just a few weeks back Rocky Mountain introduced a new Altitude trail bike, but apparently they have had an e-bike version waiting in the wings. For all…
We dropped in one of the modern legends of mountain biking over the weekend to get a closer look at Norwegian Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå’s Merida Big.Nine…
Spanish bike maker MMR’s factory racing team did pretty well in the first World Cup of the season with David Valero riding their current full-suspension Kenta…
Mondraker’s current cross-country lineup is limited to hardtails with a couple of different lay-up varieties of the sleek Podium Carbon 29er that we saw them introduce…
