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.
Introduced last summer amid a spread of prototypes and test mules, the 2013 Specialized S-Works took a big step forward from prior models. The outsole…
Among custom carbon bike builders, there’s no mistaking Appleman’s unique, three-dimensional logo and often creative outer layers of woven carbon and tinted fiberglass. Last year…
We’ve been on Industry Nine’s waiting list for the new Torch mountain bike wheels for about two months, having procured Reynolds’ new carbon 29er rims…
There’s a lot to like about Northwave’s Extreme Tech road shoes. They’re reasonably light, sleek, comfortable and fairly well vented…which tend to be the main…
Showers Pass has just come out with four different cycling gloves, three windproof outer gloves and one liner, all with some very nice technical features.…
Raleigh is offering a $100 rebate on select carbon fiber bikes from their 2013 lineup, which covers mountain, road and cyclocross bikes. Eligible carbon bikes…
Giro’s February limited edition Facebook offering is out and, like your hands in the woods, it’s likely to disappear quickly. Last month’s item reportedly sold…
Trek’s Project One custom bike builder is now offering SRM powermeter cranksets and computers. Cranksets equipped with the German brand’s powermeters are available from SRAM,…
Thanks to reader Luis we found this “prototype” electronic SRAM Red shifter mockup over at Cyclismas. Using a novel approach, the system fully integrates the…
Ted Ciamillo is an interesting guy. He’s built a business around incredibly lightweight road bike brakes, has been teasing a radical (and radically light) carbon-fiber-and-alloy…
The new Bont Vaypor+ gets an entirely new unidirectional monocoque carbon fiber base, Durolite synthetic uppers and new insoles and fit parameters. Bont’s shoes are…
Mutiple-time Olympic Gold Medalist Sir Chris Hoy’s bike range was announced in November, and they’ve recently released a few details on the range. Produced in…
Cyclepath NW bike shop in Portland, OR, and customer Nelson Snyder wanted to create the “ultimate Pacific Northwest bike” for offroad riding during the winter.…
North Shore Billet has just launched a range of CNC’d alloy singlespeed chainrings for SRAM cranksets, giving riders more options for creating their own 1×10…
Coincidentally, we received two emails today letting us know that XD Driver Body freehubs are now shipping from both Rolf Prima and American Classic. Rolf…
Can’t make it to Louisville, KY, for the first-ever UCI Cyclocross World Championships in the US? No worries, they’ll be streaming the event live online…
