Mountain Bike

Taipei Show: SR Suntour Springs forward with New and Updated Forks, Prototype Carbon Crank, and a new E-Bike Kit

While most of the fork news out of SR Suntour at the show came in the form of small improvements to reduce weight, there were…

Written by Zach Overholt March 27, 2014

All-New Cannondale 27.5″ Trigger & Jekyll Mountain Bikes Unveiled w/ Long Travel Lefty SuperMax (UPDATED)

The big “C” has finally jumped into the 650B game with all-new Cannondale Trigger 27.5 and Jekyll 27.5 mountain bikes. To go with them, they’ve…

Written by Tyler Benedict March 27, 2014

GT Launches new 27.5″ Fury Downhill Bike Under Atherton Racing Team

At the Team Atherton team launch today in Europe, GT launched a revised version of the brand new GT Fury with 27.5″ wheels. It was…

Written by Saris Mercanti March 26, 2014

Taipei Show: Hutchinson Tweaks the Taipan for All Conditions XC

First shown at Eurobike last year, the Taipan is Hutchinson’s new take on an all conditions XC tire. Since being first shown, the tread pattern…

Written by Zach Overholt March 26, 2014

Taipei Show: TRP Close to Production with Spyke MTB Mechanical, Plus Brake Lights, Splitters and more from Tektro

Seeing as how the Spyke we saw at Frostbike, and subsequent testing is still very much a prototype, TRP had the latest version on hand…

Written by Zach Overholt March 26, 2014

Brian Lopes Joins Intense Cycles

Earlier this month, Brian Lopes and Ibis Cycles split ways after a successful seven year long partnership. During that time, Brian helped proved the versatility…

Written by Saris Mercanti March 25, 2014

Taipei Show: Tioga Spins a Lighter Saddle with New Spyder Stratum Carbon

Shown last year as a prototype, the Tioga Spyder Stratum will soon be hitting market. Tioga has made waves with their Spyder saddle design by…

Written by Zach Overholt March 25, 2014

SRAM Leads the way to Better Braking with new Guide Trail Brakes

SRAM has new mountain bike brakes, and they’re not from Avid. After years of hit or miss performance from the Elixirs, SRAM is introducing an…

Written by Zach Overholt March 25, 2014

Taipei Show: Wireless Dropper Post Closer to Production, Plus Road Buzz Absorbing Stem and Post from TranzX

Are electronics the future of dropper posts? TranzX certainly thinks so. As one of the most production looking electronic dropper posts we’ve seen, the TranzX…

Written by Zach Overholt March 25, 2014

Taipei Show: Control Tech Expands Ti Mania, Shows off Carbon/Titanium Road Bar, More

What’s better than carbon or titanium? Control Tech thinks the answer is carbon and titanium. Adding to the company’s range of titanium TiMania parts is their…

Written by Zach Overholt March 24, 2014

Taipei First Look: Xentis Rolls Extremely Light Squad 2.5 SL High Modulus Wheels, Plus new Carbon Brake Pads

You want light? How does 890g per set sound? That’s the claimed weight of the new Xentis Squad SL 2.5 High Modulus wheelset. To…

Written by Zach Overholt March 24, 2014

Taipei Show: SRAM X01 DH Actual Weights

It’s hard to believe that the last time an X0 DH group was introduced it didn’t even have a clutched rear derailleur. Since then, a…

Written by Zach Overholt March 23, 2014

Hopefully the Last Teaser of the new RockShox RS-1Inverted Fork

With RockShox set on dragging this one out as long as possible, they have finally released a full shot of the fork. While there are…

Written by Zach Overholt March 22, 2014

NAHBS 2014: Demon vs. Ogre – Monster Cycles from Abroad

Last year, Japan’s Ogre brought a massively over done, angular metal “V” bike that was simply stunning in its intricacy. This year, he toned it down…

Written by Tyler Benedict March 22, 2014

Hayes Teases New Radar Disc Brakes & Manitou “Macleod” Trail Mountain Bike Fork

Looks like the Mattoc was more than just the first truly new mountain bike suspension fork from Manitou in too many years…it was also the…

Written by Tyler Benedict March 21, 2014

e*Thirteen Shipping Free XD Driver Body with All 2014 Wheels

For 2014 only, e*thirteen is including a free XD Driver Body with all of it’s TRSr and TRS+ wheel sets. Not only does it get…

Written by Tyler Benedict March 21, 2014

Sneak Peek: Fat Forx Dual Crown Fat Bike Suspension Fork

We’ve seen inverted forks, modified Leftys, and now this – a purpose built dual crown suspension fork for a fatbike. Labeled as the first prototype…

Written by Zach Overholt March 21, 2014

Chris Akrigg Does Cross, Plus More Video fun for your Friday

Definitely not your typical cross race, as Chris Akrigg takes to the skinny tires on his Mongoose Selous. Of course he shreds it to death…

Written by Zach Overholt March 21, 2014

More on the New RockShox RS-1

The final piece of the puzzle, well at least as far as looks, has been shown. When you look closely at the hub you see…

Written by Zach Overholt March 21, 2014

New Pivot 27.5″ Downhill Mountain Bike Spotted in Testing

Thanks to Reynolds Cycling’s crew and the Pivot Cycles Facebook page, we got these pics of the Pivot Factory Team trying out their new 650B…

Written by Tyler Benedict March 21, 2014

Spy Shot! Prototype Reynolds Black Label 650b DH Mountain Bike Wheels

This image of a prototype Reynolds Black Label DH 650b mountain bike wheel just dropped in. They were spotted while on a certain team’s tour…

Written by Tyler Benedict March 20, 2014

NAHBS 2014: Retrotec’s Monster Cross & Sycip’s Kid’s Bikes and Titanium Kickoff

Retrotec took home “Best Cyclocross Bike” honors at NAHBS 2014 for this beautiful monster crosser. Built with 40c Panaracers that may as well have been…

Written by Tyler Benedict March 20, 2014

Industry Nine Covers the Spread with Fat Bike Hubs for All, Plus Actual Weights

As if there weren’t enough “standards” to keep track of for mountain bikes, fat bikes have made things more complicated with a number of new…

Written by Zach Overholt March 20, 2014

Taipei First Look: New Tool and Clever Light Designs from Lezyne

With a name that rhymes with design, Lezyne is continuing with their design based mantra and introducing a number of new tools and lights with…

Written by Zach Overholt March 20, 2014

Found: Vecnum Moveloc Long Travel Dropper Seatpost & Leveloc Universal Fork Travel Adjuster

Vecnum is a German brand that’s making some pretty solid looking dropper posts and perhaps the most unique (only?) universal fork travel adjust add-ons we’ve…

Written by Tyler Benedict March 20, 2014

RockShox Hints at Something Big. An Inverted Fork Design? A Cyclocross Specific Fork? A Fat Bike Fork?

Let the speculation begin. There have been quite a few rumors swirling regarding new products coming out of RockShox, but this is the first physical…

Written by Zach Overholt March 20, 2014

Alex Rims Brings Extra Wide Supra 35 Mountain Bike Rim

Alex Rims has just introduced the new Supra 35 mountain bike rims. It’s their widest yet at 35mm external and a generous 30mm internal measurements.…

Written by Tyler Benedict March 19, 2014

NAHBS 2014: Independent Fabrication Gets a Chubby Deluxe & New Stainless Steel Mountain Bikes

Independent Fabrication rolled out a prototype Chubby Deluxe fat bike, literally bringing the proof of concept as the show bike. This one’s a tooling prototype…

Written by Tyler Benedict March 19, 2014

Thomson Adding More Traditional 25mm Setback Seatpost Design

Our first stop at Thomson’s NAHBS booth yielded the dropper seatpost updates. On a subsequent walk by, they mentioned their setback seatposts will get a…

Written by Tyler Benedict March 18, 2014