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.
White Industries showed off new narrow/wide direct mount chainrings fit directly on their cranks with a clean, one-piece design. They’ll start off with 28, 30…
Velocite has launched a new brand called Venn Composites to produce rims unlike anything we’ve seen before. There are two models, one using a filament…
BBinfinite debuted last May with a unique, one-piece pressfit bottom bracket design intended to remedy any intolerances in your frame, ensuring smooth, quiet cranks. Shortly…
Aiming to make those long distance triathlons and TTs a little more bearable, Velo Zephyr is crowdfunding production of their new tapered arm supports. Rather…
This bike, which I’ve affectionately dubbed “Project: World’s Funnest Bike” has been a long, long time in the making. Last summer, Van Dessel revised the…
At Interbike, BSX Athletics introduced the BSXinsight, a wearable, fully external lactate threshold monitor that measures your threshold using LED light and sending the readings to…
Put together just for their newest factory rider, Shaun Palmer, this one-of-a-kind dual slalom bike from Intense could be making its competitive debut at the Sea…
Cervelo co-founder and co-owner of Open Cycles Gerard Vroomen has partnered with current 3T CEO René Wiertz to acquire all shares in 3T Cycling. Cervelo’s…
Absoluteblack is doubling down on their ovalized chainrings with their new option for Race Face’s amazing CINCH cranksets. There’s no doubt Race Face got it…
Zen Bicycle Fabrication has until now helped other bike brands bring their designs to fruition, building on demand for others and remaining behind the scenes. Now,…
Specialized has launched its own custom bike builder, but it’s a bit different than, say, Trek’s Project One. The twist is there’s no online configurator.…
Technically these have been available direct from Wheels Manufacturing for about eight months now, offered in what they’ve called a “soft launch”, but they’re making their…
