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.
Every bike out of Paul Budnitz’s workshop is already a little different. Now with the latest version of his Model Ø, comes the Ø:G. The limited edition…
Saracen has unveiled a mostly mountain 2019 bike range. The lineup mostly evolves new models we’ve covered earlier this year, two new bikes stand out.…
Based off of Fuji’s 130mm travel Auric all-mountain platform, evolves a more gravity capable Fuji Auric LT with 30mm more travel. Now bleeding into proper enduro…
Salsa long blurred the lines between mountain bikes and what’s more of an any-surface adventure, even touring bike. Their long running drop bar 29er Fargo…
Focus has completely redesigned its 170mm travel carbon SAM enduro mountain bike with a more compact suspension design that boosts performance, drops weight, and gave…
Litespeed already had the Gravel, a well-built titanium all-rounder that that we rode though all seasons and all manner of adventures. But now there’s an…
Started just last year, JRC Components is gradually building a catalog of small accessories for your bike, often in a nice rainbow array of anodized colors.…
The collaboration between Ornot & Chapter2 started as a single road bike, but quickly turned into eight bikes ridden by Ornot ambassadors in matching kit.…
Off the bike there’s apparently not a lot of bad blood between the best women mountain bikers in the world. Countering stereotypes that mountain bikes…
Ride VT Gravel w/Rasputitsa, eat great food w/ The Cyclist’s Menu – The Cyclist’s Menu is heading to Burke, VT to join Rasputitsa Gravel, seeking to connect…
MTB Worlds are rolling along in Switzerland now, with the Downhill riders out scoping track conditions in the Lenzerheide Bikepark. Worlds always bring out lots of…
We’d already heard that Starbucks was set to open their first coffee shop in Italy this week, and apparently Italian bike maker Bianchi is getting in on…
Donnelly debuted their new carbon C//C cyclocross bikes back at the start of summer together with the G//C gravel ahead of the Dirty Kanza. Well racing has…
If you hadn’t noticed from all the shiny bike pics on social media, the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships are going down now in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.…
