Priority Bicycles Enters UCI World Cup Racing with the Priority Race Team Priority Bicycles announces the Priority Race Team, who will take their Vanth enduro bike to the UCI World Cup circuit in 2026. Written by Steve Fisher May 08, 2026
Shimano Gives us Two New GRX Chainring Sizes and Two Shorter Crank Arm Choices Shimano gives us bigger GRX chainrings and smaller GRX crank arms Written by Ron Frazelle May 08, 2026
Ursus Arya G All-Road Wheels Are the First to Get New Sapim RC-1 Flexible Spokes They’re made with flexy spokes, but the good kind of flexy. Written by Zach Overholt May 08, 2026
Portland Design Works has You Covered with New Watch Your Back Mirror XL PDW has the commuter’s back with its new Watch Your Back Mirror XL Written by Ron Frazelle May 08, 2026
RMU Officially Launches the Nighttrain Enduro Bike With Dave Weagle’s Orion Suspension and Dual Idler They’ve been teasing it for weeks, and now the RMU Nighttrain has officially hit the market with big travel and a unique suspension design Written by Jeremy Benson May 07, 2026
Mert Lawwill, Motorcycle and Mountain Bike Pioneer, Has Passed Away Sadly, the mountain bike and motorcycle industry has lost a pioneer… Mert Lawwill has passed away at 85 in his home state of Idaho Written by Travis Reill May 07, 2026
Specialized’s New $550 S-Works Recon EVO Mashes Up Ares 2 Fit & Recon Dirt The new S-Works Recon EVO takes Specialized’s top off-road race shoe and gives it a PowerHug from the top-tier watt-saving S-Works Ares 2. Written by Jordan Villella May 07, 2026
Otso Launches New Versatile Fenrir Steel, Same as the Ti Version But $1,500 Less Otso Cycle’s versatile Fenrir bikepacker, is now available in an affordable affordable steel frame (and the stainless version is on sale)… Written by Ron Frazelle May 07, 2026
American Titanium Frame Manufacturer, Lynskey, Files for Bankruptcy Lynskey Performance is a Tennessee-based bike manufacturer building titanium frames and components. Unfortunately, they just filed bankruptcy Written by Travis Reill May 06, 2026
Bluegrass Venture Vest is New Fav Protector, Plus Arto Protection Baselayers, Too: Review Review: All-new Bluegrass Venture Vest combined hydration pack plus chest & back protector is my new favorite piece of mountain bike protection gear. Written by Cory Benson May 06, 2026
Is Your Bike Rack Ready for 32″ Wheels? Here’s All the Compatible Hitch Racks We Found at Sea Otter Buying into the 32″ wheel hype? If you’re lucky, you might not have to buy another 32″ compatible rack as well… Written by Zach Overholt May 05, 2026
DRIFT Enters the MTB Scene With the ARC Waterproof Clip-In Shoe DRIFT shoes joins the MTB realm! Their debut ARC model is a waterproof lace-up, full grain leather clip-in mountain bike shoe. Written by Steve Fisher May 05, 2026
Unior Introduces 32” Compatible Pro Truing Stand 2.1 and Upgrade Kit for 2.0 Like it or not, 32” wheels are here, and Unior is rolling out a new Truing Stand and upgrade kit to build and work on… Written by Jeremy Benson May 04, 2026
Adios Sea Otter Classic, Until Next Year: Parting Words & Some Random Photos Saying goodbye to the 2026 SOC, with some parting words and a photo dump Written by Ron Frazelle May 04, 2026
Zach’s Sea Otter Randoms: A ‘Pregnant’ Rim, BLUE Ponds, Performance Enhancing Sunscreen & More This year at Sea Otter, we learned that Jordan has to work on his Brompton folding skills… Written by Zach Overholt May 04, 2026
Specialized S-Works Epic 9 First Ride Impressions: $15k Buys a Very Fast, Light Bike A super fast ride – Specialized Epic 9 takes the place of three bikes in the Epic lineup. But can the XC race world stomach… Written by Jordan Villella May 04, 2026
Dave Weagle Teams Up with RMU for New Mid-Pivot 6-Bar Suspension Enduro Bike Suspension guru Dave Weagle and RMU Skis are teasing a new enduro bike with a 6-bar suspension design, dual idlers, dual chains, and flex stays Written by Jeremy Benson May 01, 2026
Controversy at the DH World Cup, and It Involves Hardtail Guy At the first round of the 2026 World Cup DH season, one guy is attempting to race a hardtail and causing a stir…and not in… Written by Travis Reill May 01, 2026
2026 Canyon Lux World Cup CFR Drops In On More Travel, Lower Weight for South Korea WC Canyon’s all-new Lux World Cup CFR sneaks in longer travel, lighter weight, and more modern XC capability into a much more affordable cross-country race bike… Written by Cory Benson April 30, 2026
New BMC Kaius 01 Attacks from All Angles to Become Next ‘Ultimate Gravel Race Bike’ The new Kaius 01 is more aero, stiffer, lighter, and adds more tire clearance. Impressive. Written by Zach Overholt April 30, 2026
Simpler Colnago TT2 Prototype Breaks Cover at Tour de Romandie for Tadej’s Time Trial Tadej Pogačar raced a wholly redesigned Colnago TT2 time trail bike at Romandie this week, saving 1/2kg with a much simpler design! Written by Cory Benson April 30, 2026
Hutchinson Expands Gravel Line with Three New Tires, Brings GridSkin Tech to Gravel Hutchinson adds 3 new gravel tires, Touareg, Touareg Race GS, and Caracal Race GS for mixing and matching Written by Ron Frazelle April 29, 2026
Pedal a Pair of SMITH Gravel Shoes or QUOC Sunglasses & Helmet in LTD Strata Collab SMITH x QUOC limited edition Strata Collaboration brings together popular gravel shoes, sunglasses & helmet with some new sock and more… Written by Cory Benson April 29, 2026
e*thirteen Expands the Grappler Tire Platform, Adding a Radial Casing e*thirteen expands its Grappler tire to a three-tire platform: the Grappler, Grappler RS, and Grappler TR, also adding a radial casing Written by Travis Reill April 29, 2026
New Full Suspension Kid’s Bikes from Prevelo & Kona Will Help Kids Go Full Send If you were already jealous that kids’ bikes are getting better than the mountain bikes YOU started out on, you’re really not gonna like this… Written by Zach Overholt April 29, 2026
Campy Record Expands Italian Wireless 13sp Gruppo Platform at 37% Lower Price than SR! Campagnolo is back with a new wireless Record 13 groupset family for your road, all-road & gravel bikes at 37% less than Super Record! Written by Cory Benson April 29, 2026
Light & Electronic Roundup: Outbound’s eMTB Hardwired Light, Heated Handlebars, & More Yes, all of these new electronics are compatible with 32″ wheels! Written by Zach Overholt April 28, 2026
Specialized’s New Epic 9 Might Be The Only Epic You Need Specialized just killed three bikes with one… Epic 9. So say goodbye (for now) to the Epic EVO, the Epic World Cup, and Epic 8… Written by Jordan Villella April 28, 2026
Hammerhead + Flight Attendant = A Boosted Automatic Suspension Experience: First Rides New Hammerhead Karoo plus RockShox Flight Attendant integration means a better, more connected automatic suspension control experience: First Rides Written by Cory Benson April 28, 2026
Ari Cache Downtube Storage Pouch Looks Great for Any Bike Sure, it’s made for their bikes, but it’s a great-looking accessory that probably fits most downtube storage compartments. Written by Zach Overholt April 27, 2026
