Having a publicly available email address means tons of spam. I often find myself cleaning out our BikeRumor email box and trashing everything from messages…
Prolific inventor/hacker/modder Ben Heck has turned his talents to cyclists with a sonar-like proximity sensor that alerts cyclists when they’re in the “door zone.” The…
Though it’s often difficult to spot (let alone photograph) interesting bikes in crowded exhibition booths, BMC’s new Speedfox SF29 caught my eye for its good…
Both eye-wateringly lovely and eye-wateringly expensive, Fulcrum was proudly displaying this Red Carbon XRP wheelset at Interbike a couple of weeks back. The high-flange straight-pull…
Parts of Passion started as a distributor of lightweight parts and, since 2008, has slowly morphed into a product manufacturer. This year, they brought out…
If you’re pressed for time or you’ve got a helicopter parent for a boss, here’s a collection of highlights from the 2011 Oregon Manifest Constructor’s…
For this year’s Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Challenge, an additional category was opened that paired design houses with builders. The point of the contest is to…
After parting ways with (now defunct) distributor Veltec back in May, Vredestein were at Interbike this month announcing their partnership with Move Sport and showing…
At Interbike this year, James from US distributors Ibex Sports was showing the British company’s full range of updated lights. Adding about 7% to previous…
You may recall the startup Firefly brand founded by ex-Independent Fabrications folks. Their European importer (or at least a great shop that sells their wares),…
TwinSix had their usual array of pretty colors and kitschy/cool designs on display, but they were also showing brand new knicker shorts and women’s jerseys,…
Specialized has issued a recall of 14,200 bicycles spec’d with carbon forks manufactured by the Advanced Group of Taiwan. The issue, shown above, is that…
VP Components brought the innovation with a new trail-side adjustable angle headset and the new Pilot, an axle-less flat pedal. The Pilot uses a house-ground…
