Tyler Benedict is the Founder of Bikerumor, where he’s written about the latest bikes, components, and cycling technology for almost two decades. Prior to that, Tyler launched and built multiple sports nutrition brands and consumer goods companies, mostly as an excuse to travel and ride in new places.
Based in North Carolina, Tyler also loves Overlanding & Vanlife and is always on the lookout for the next vehicle upgrade, secret trail, and off-grid adventure.
Alongside their updated Renegade gravel road bikes, Jamis had a completely revamped hardtail mountain bike lineup that introduced a new 26+ series. The concept was…
The new Five Ten Freerider EPS (for Elements Primaloft System) get several foot warming measures built in to protect them during the shoulder season. Starting…
By now, we’ve reviewed both the original carbon Renegade Elite and the steel Renegade Exploit road bikes, both earning high praise. Now, they’ve made them…
Introduced as a more affordable but high end group on par with Shimano Ultegra, the recently introduced Campagnolo Potenza group focuses the resources on performance…
In January, absoluteBLACK introduced their heavily machined Premium oval chainrings for 2x road setups. Those rings featured extensive milling to remove material from the outside…
The all-new 2017 Norco Optic trail mountain bike slots in between their short travel Revolver XC full suspension bike and the 150mm travel all-mountain Sight.…
Vittoria’s new Cross-XS tire will come in both tubular and TNT tubeless-ready clincher versions and will use their next generation Corespun cotton casing. That casing…
Stages introduced their own carbon fiber crank arms at Eurobike last year, offering spindles for BB30 (Red22 and Force/Rival) and BB386 Evo (FSA) arms, using separate…
Continentals’s new Grand Prix 4 Seasons Black Edition road tire gets a black rubber coating over the usual brown DuraSkin sidewall. It adds a negligible amount of weight, less…
Fat bikes are Trek’s fastest growing category, and it’s not because there’s more snow. Surprisingly, they say Nebraska, Kentucky, New Mexico, Arizona and Tennessee are the…
Just like their stretchy shoe covers introduced in late 2014, veloToze Helmet Cover uses a rubberized one-size-fits-all material to cover your helmet when weather hits.…
If you’ve added the V3 wireless transmitter to your Campagnolo Record or Super Record group and have the MyCampy app on your smartphone (iOS and Android), you…
