Road Bike

New Concor Saddle from Selle San Marco Combines Vintage with Lightweight

The new Selle San Marco Concor (left) saddle takes cues from the original design and gives it modern cues like a flatter nose and carbon…

Written by Tyler Benedict August 09, 2011

Geax Intro’s “World’s Lightest Mountain Bike Tire”, Others, Plus New Vittoria Cross & Road Tires

Weight weenies and show bike builders rejoice, Geax now has what they claim is the “world’s lightest knobby mountain bike tire.” Sure the knobs are…

Written by Tyler Benedict August 09, 2011

Chris King’s R45 Road Hubs Add Ceramic Bearing, Campagnolo Freehub Options

Chris King has just added two options to their R45 road hubs: Campagnolo freehub bodies and ceramic bearings. The R45 hubs with a ceramic bearing…

Written by Tyler Benedict August 09, 2011

2012 Cannondale Road & Cyclocross Bikes – Weights, Photos, Details

Cannondale’s 2012 road and cyclocross line up includes a few redesigned models and some new bits and pieces to go on the frames. The flagship…

Written by Tyler Benedict August 08, 2011

New Reynolds R2 Wheels Bring Full Carbon Clinchers, Tubulars Down to $1,000

Want the lightweight and responsive ride of carbon fiber rims but don’t wanna shell out a year’s worth of your cycling allowance? Reynold’s new R2…

Written by Tyler Benedict August 07, 2011

First Look! 2012 Litespeed L1R BB386EVO Road Bike & Cohutta Titanium 29er Hardtail

Rumored from the outset of BB386EVO’s introduction, Litespeed now has a near-production versions of their new L1R road bike. Shown above, we’re a bit light…

Written by Tyler Benedict August 07, 2011

TRP Parabox Design Finalized, Prototype Road & Cyclocross Brakes Shown

We’ve seen plenty of prototypes of the TRP Parabox mechanical-to-hydraulic disc brake converter on bikes (here and here, for example). Now, it’s got its going…

Written by Tyler Benedict August 07, 2011

New 3T Mercurio Wheels and Luteus Disc ‘Cross Fork Spotted in Final Form

Love it or hate it, the 3T Luteus disc brake cyclocross fork has kept its cable-running-outside design in its final form factor. Painted up, the…

Written by Tyler Benedict August 07, 2011

2012 BH Road Bikes – New Alloy Zaphire, Ultralight Build Options & PFBB30 on G5, RX, More

For 2012, most of the BH story is about most of their frames getting PFBB30, additional build options or both. The new BB386EVO Ultralight gets…

Written by Tyler Benedict August 03, 2011

2012 Ritchey Vantage II Carbon 29er Wheels, MonoCurve Handlebar-Stem & More

Following the debut of Ritchey’s new C260 stem, they promised more new goodies were on the way – Here they are! First, we got some…

Written by Tyler Benedict August 03, 2011

2012 Raleigh Mountain & Cyclocross Bikes – Carbon 29er, TwinSix Collaboration, More!

Raleigh has been pretty busy in the layup department lately, introducing new carbon fiber road bikes, the RXC cyclocross bike and the Talus Carbon 29er…

Written by Tyler Benedict August 02, 2011

Campagnolo Updates Shamal Ultra And Eurus Aluminum Wheels

So by now you’ve probably seen the new Bullet Ultra carbon/aluminum wheels, and the Bora Ultra full carbon wheels, so it is now time for…

Written by Zach Overholt August 02, 2011

Felt Bicycles 2012 Product Launch; Road & MTB

The Felt launch holds a special place in my heart, since it was my first ever assignment for Bike Rumor. Last year, they dropped several…

Written by Bikerumor Staff August 01, 2011

Mini-Roundup: Thought Controlled Shifting, Porsche gets into bikes (again), and the Target Missoni bicycle

So you don’t have to spend 20 minutes reading this post, I will omit the obligatory list of automotive manufactures who have decided to delve…

Written by Nick Burklow July 31, 2011

Easton Enters Road Tubeless Arena, Doubles as Perfect Cyclocross Wheelset

Easton’s just debuted their entry to the Road Tubeless market, and it’ll make a perfect cyclocross wheelset. The 2012 Easton EA90RT has an entirely new…

Written by Tyler Benedict July 29, 2011

Mmm… Mojo: Clif add new flavors

Though Clif make probably the least energy bar-like energy bars on the market, there are times when a body wants something that tastes even more…

Written by Marc Basiliere July 29, 2011

2012 Norco Road – New Valence Endurance Bike Debuts, Threshold Cyclocross Gets Official

Prior to showing off the new models, which are the Valence endurance road bike (above) and Threshold carbon cyclocross bike – plus some updates to…

Written by Tyler Benedict July 27, 2011

Review: Gore Bike Wear Xenon socks

As far as I’m concerned, GORE’s Xenon socks are the socks for summer. Though they’re barely even mentioned on the company’s website, the $18 socks…

Written by Marc Basiliere July 26, 2011

Factory Tour: Ruckus Components – Carbon Fiber Repair and so much more

What do you get when you mix a wacky engineer who specialized in composites with a guy who used to work in hospitalities but just happens to…

Written by Nick Burklow July 25, 2011

Initial Reactions: Ritchey Design WCS Cockpit + Fork

Word of warning: When acquiring a retired club team racing bicycle, expect that it is going to require a lot of work. A lot. Of…

Written by Bikerumor Staff July 25, 2011

Ride For 9/11: LA to NYC

This morning, a group of Los Angeles area firefighters left Hollywood on a six week, 3,300 mile journey that ends in New York City for…

Written by Bikerumor Staff July 24, 2011

Fun Stuff for Bike Shop Owners, Employees

Headed to DealerCamp this week? Greg Lemond would like to ride with you and chat up his sweet Revolution Trainer. Line up a bike to…

Written by Tyler Benedict July 23, 2011

Stiff, Straight, New KCNC Arrow Road Stem

KCNC just released their new Arrow road stem for roadies wanting something simple, strong, straight, and stiff. It’s also fairly light at 128g for the…

Written by Tyler Benedict July 23, 2011

Orbea Launches New Cycling Travel Program

Orbea has just added new cycling travel adventure trips that focus on experiencing an area’s culture rather than following an event or course, and great…

Written by Tyler Benedict July 21, 2011

USA Pro Cycling Challenge Introduces Millennium Promise T-shirts Designed By Tommy Hilfiger

USA Pro Cycling Challenge and Tommy Hilfiger are teaming up for a good cause at the upcoming Pro Cycling Challenge. Four different T-Shirt designs, two…

Written by Zach Overholt July 21, 2011