Last week we broke down how full-suspension mountain bike frames pivot and flex to move through their travel, most often through rotating bushings & bearings. All…
There have been rumblings of Shimano adapting clutches from mountain bike derailleurs over to their road groupsets, and now with the cobbled Classics underway that…
Ever since Danny MacAskill first appeared in The Ridge with a borrowed Bronson, the legendary trials rider has been rolling around on Santa Cruz carbon…
Shoes aren’t just about comfortably and efficiently connecting your foot to your pedal. They’re also rotating mass. So any gram savings here pays dividends over…
It’s taken three years of development, more than 10,000 design iterations, and complex FEA, CFD, and wind tunnel testing, but the newest additions to the…
Suspension isn’t limited to undamped leaf spring forks of the more mechanically complex YBB softail frames like we’ve dug deep into over the past weeks. If…
“It all started one afternoon in the Perth hills when product founder Kingsley Fiegert was enjoying a late afternoon ride. Without warning and from behind…
Prefer your XC/Trail bike with a little more attitude? If so, bikes like the Rocky Mountain Thunderbolt should be right up your alley. Initially designed…
Simple suspension isn’t limited to leaf spring forks, elastomer-equipped stems & double-decker flexing handlebars. Builders have been putting undamped suspension into bike frames for decades.…
In February, Rockshox upgraded their entry- and mid-level lineup with improvements to the Sektor, Reba, Recon, Judy, 30, Bluto, & Pike DJ suspension forks. Now,…
Win a ShockStop Suspension Stem! The ShockStop is a short-travel suspension stem that has adjustable-stiffness. It is designed for modern road, gravel, city, and e-bikes.…
As much as we love diving deep on suspension design and technologies, it’s important to get the basics straight. Last week we covered undamped suspension forks.…
When the S-Works SL6 Tarmac was launched last year, it introduced a few new design innovations Specialized had been developing for the previous six years.…
