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.
Tom Boonen’s 2009 Specialized Roubaix, which he rode to win the ’08 Paris-Roubaix road race earlier this year, was on display at the Specialized booth.…
Specialized’s all new 2009 Epic is a complete overhaul from ’08.  It’s lighter, faster and in my opinion, much cooler looking.  The video above gives…
Nic Sims with Specialized shows off the 2009 Transition S-Works time trial / triathlon bike.  The video pretty much says it all, except mentioning the…
The Affinity Lo Pro sloping track frame was kickin’ it with white tires.  Not white walls, white tires.  Pretty slick.  It features CroMo tubing with…
The Treeshaker 12 Hour mountain bike race is this weekend (Saturday, October 4) at Anne Close Springs Greenway.  Don’t let the “greenway” part of the…
Arantix unveiled their new road bike, the Ascend.  It’s a 1.8 lb (817g for 56cm) road frame using their carbon/kevlar IsoTruss tubeset bonded to carbon…
 Yes, that’s a workstand built into the bike rack.  But that’s not even the most amazing part about this new Kuat rack…this whole contraption, with…
Straight from the press release: The return of Red Bull Rampage is drawing close and the world’s best riders are getting set to tackle a course that…
Ashley from Zoic shows off their new eco-friendly line of men’s clothing.  Shown here are the “lifestyle” shorts featuring a mix of bamboo and microfiber.…
DT Swiss was showing off lots of lightweight goodies, like this carbon-rim mountain bike wheelset, weighing in at only 1250g w/o skewers.  Sure, they carry…
In a collaboration, Schwinn will use Toshiba’s Super Charge ion Battery (SCiB) in their new Tailwind eBike.  The SCiB allows you to charge your bike’s…
Lance Armstrong has invested several million dollars in Chicago-based SRAM and will serve as a technical adviser.  He’ll also be racing on SRAM’s components during…
