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.
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Magura’s new MCi brake & handlebar setup is the sleekest hydraulic disc brake mountain bike cockpit you will find, hiding the brake master cylinder inside…
The Orbea Occam gets a complete design and personality overhaul, combining the best of both its TR trail & AM all-mountain predecessors, into one unified…
Shimano’s component brand PRO is joining the stronger, stiffer 35mm clamp enduro & all-mountain crowd with a couple of new Tharsis Trail 3Five mountain bike…
Rapha’s annual Women’s 100 doesn’t kick off until September, but it gets a great looking new limited edition kit that goes on sale today. Canyon//SRAM…
Setting out to make hike-a-bikes easier, the Outentic bike backpack offers a solution to portage your mountain bike higher into the mountain in search of…
If you think your 29er hardtail already has good rollover, the Slovak bike builders behind TrueBike and their 36ers have something to make you rethink…
Litespeed’s parent has rebranded their affordable carbon gravel, all-road & mountain bikes as Ocoee after their debut earlier this spring – yet the bikes themselves…
Adding to their growing frame line-up, Nordest Cycles debuted a new ‘downcountry’ hardtail called the Britango. Available as either the standard steel Britango or the…
With a claimed weight under 700g with disc brakes, Factor’s newest O2 VAM makes climbing mountains easier and takes lightweight carbon road bikes one step…
RedShark is back to their wild ‘cycling-on-the-water’ ways, with the new BoardBike that takes their original bike-boat concept and makes it lighter, more sporty, more…
The lightweight, British-made loop Ultimate Vyce stem has been around since 2016, but now U.S.E. has dialed their wedge clamper up to 35mm with greater…
