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SRAM Hydraulic Road Brake Recall Update – New Version Shipping in April!

SRAM is delivering mechanical disc and rim brake replacements this week to consumers and dealers affected by the recall. They’re also stating that new, MY2015…

Written by Tyler Benedict January 15, 2014

Factory Tour – Moots Titanium Cycles’ Idyllic Steamboat Springs Compound

Moots, headquarted in Steamboat Springs, CO, has been in this building for about 11 years now. Kent Eriksen founded the company in 1981, starting in the…

Written by Tyler Benedict January 14, 2014

POC Announces 3 Year Partnership with Team Garmin-Sharp

If you read between the lines with POC’s “garminum” blue colorway from our coverage of the POC AVIP launch you probably saw this coming. If…

Written by Zach Overholt January 10, 2014

Friday Roundup – Bicycle Bits & Pieces

Registration is open for Southern Cross 2014! The season opener for the American Ultra Cross Championships will be held on February 22nd in Dahlonega, Georgia,…

Written by Kristi Benedict January 10, 2014

POC Forms Exclusive Partnership with Volvo Car Group, Steers the way to Safer Roads

Early in 2013, Volvo announced a few projects they were working on in an effort to reduce the frequency of car-pedestrian/cyclist accidents. The company even…

Written by Zach Overholt January 09, 2014

SRAM to officially license its X-Sync Single Ring Technology

Just a few riding seasons ago, SRAM drastically changed the mountain bike scene with the introduction of it’s XX1 gruppo. The 1x specific drivetrain featured…

Written by Bikerumor Staff January 07, 2014

Headquarters Tour: Lapierre Cycles HQ, Assembly Line & Torture Chamber

Lapierre Cycling’s headquarters in Dijon, France, sits on the original site where Gaston Lapierre started the company in 1946. The newer offices and showroom, visible…

Written by Tyler Benedict January 07, 2014

Didn’t See That Coming- Trek Acquires Electra Bicycle Company

Trek has been known to acquire companies along they way. When they see smaller companies like Bontrager, Klein, Lemond, and Gary Fisher doing big things,…

Written by Zach Overholt January 06, 2014

The Fat Bike Company Launches Turnagain Components, FR80 rims and RS80 Rim Strips Up First

If the Fat Bike Company sounds familiar, it might be due to the fact that as the parent company of Borealis Bikes, they’ve certainly been…

Written by Zach Overholt January 06, 2014

Friday Roundup – Bicycle Bits & Pieces

An innovative idea coming out of London with SkyCycle (rendered above) – a proposed bicycle freeway suspended above London’s rail tracks to provide safe cycle routes…

Written by Kristi Benedict January 03, 2014

SRAM To Offer Free Hydraulic Brake Exchange and Install at US Cross Nationals

As the latest in the ongoing saga of SRAM’s hydraulic road brake recall, SRAM recently announced that they would be offering a free brake exchange…

Written by Zach Overholt January 02, 2014

CloseoutBikes.com Launches Online Platform for New, Unsold Bicycles, Wheels

CloseoutBikes.com is an upstart online listing service for brands and shops to post unsold inventory at a discount to help move it off the floor…

Written by Tyler Benedict January 01, 2014

Friday Roundup – Bicycle Bits & Pieces

Magnic Light is offering the first 6 of their new iC dynamo light sets, shown above, for $1! Their Kickstarter page goes live at 12:18pm EST…

Written by Kristi Benedict December 27, 2013

Found: SOMA FAB Monster Cross Prototype – the Wolverine

My recent visit to the SOMA Fabrications blog was rewarded with an image of their new test mule dubbed the Wolverine. This orange painted beauty…

Written by Nick Burklow December 20, 2013

SRAM Outlines Hydraulic Brake Replacement, Mechanicals in the Mean Time

As the latest development in the ongoing SRAM brake recall, SRAM posted an update today on their recall website outlining the brake replacement procedures. SRAM…

Written by Zach Overholt December 20, 2013

Mad Fiber Wheels Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

After shutting down manufacturing operations in October, Bicycle Retailer is reporting that the Divine Cycling Group has filed bankruptcy for Mad Fiber wheels through their…

Written by Zach Overholt December 20, 2013

Factory Tour: Race Face – Carbon Crank Manufacturing & More!

On the way up to Crankworx this summer, we stopped in to see Race Face’s new digs in Burnaby, BC, where their focus is intensely…

Written by Tyler Benedict December 19, 2013

QBP Cranks Up MSW Brand with Line of 8 Clipless Pedals

Kicking off the start of their new brand MSW, QBP recently introduced a line of pedals designed to cater to causal cyclists, commuters, and those…

Written by Zach Overholt December 18, 2013

Handsome Bicycles Moving Assembly to Minneapolis, MN Starting with the Fredward Complete

To make things cheap, it’s often assumed that they must be produced over seas. Handsome Bicycles isn’t down with that. Since their beginnings, they knew…

Written by Nick Burklow December 13, 2013

Epix vs Epic, Specialized Does the Right Thing

It seems that a little over 24 hours since Cafe Roubaix posted the personal visit and apology from Mike Sinyard himself, a new company has…

Written by Zach Overholt December 12, 2013

Stages Power Meter Hits Europe w/ Direct Sales Model

European riders can now get the Stages Cycling stick-on power meter directly from the brand. The units will still be manufactured and attached to the…

Written by Tyler Benedict December 12, 2013

Hugs and Kisses, The Big S and Cafe Roubaix Make Up

Post by Café Roubaix Bicycle Studio. Last week, Specialized found itself in the middle of a proverbial shit storm after their outside lawyers threatened to…

Written by Saris Mercanti December 11, 2013

TRP Spyre / Spyre SLC Recall Notice

Tektro USA/TRP Brakes has issued a voluntary recall notice affecting about 4000 Spyre and Spyre SLC mechanical dual piston disc brake calipers sold from April 2013…

Written by Rob Morgan December 10, 2013

The Empire Strikes Back, War Vet Threatened by Specialized Over Name

Cafe Roubaix Bicycles is a small bike shop located in historic downtown Cochrane, Alberta. Like many shops, it got it’s start in a garage. Where owner…

Written by Saris Mercanti December 07, 2013

Revolting Cogs – Give the people what they want…. In lethal doses.

Beer fueled musings on shop life and the impending death of cycling culture as we know it. A hyperbolic tirade in approximately six hundred and…

Written by Watts Dixon December 06, 2013

Friday Roundup – Bicycle Bits & Pieces

The Outsider: Graeme Obree’s Story is a new documentary about Graeme Obree, the Flying Scotsman, and his quest to break the Human Powered Land Speed Record…

Written by Kristi Benedict December 06, 2013

Companies in Limbo – Contour Coming back? Sombrio’s Future Unknown

After abruptly shutting down operations in August this year, Contour’s future has been a bit of an unknown. Now, almost as quietly as things shut…

Written by Zach Overholt December 02, 2013

Friday Roundup – Bicycle Bits & Pieces

The BC Bike Race (last years’ race pictured above) has announced it’s 2014 route. Registration is open – but already 92% full – so better…

Written by Tyler Benedict November 28, 2013

X-Fusion Introduces Women-Specific Suspension Tuning

X-Fusion has just announced they’ll be offering women’s specific suspension tunes for both new and existing products. As in, you can order a fork or…

Written by Tyler Benedict November 26, 2013

Survey Says You Need an Upgrade – 27.5 or Bust

Earlier this month, SingleTracks.com conducted a survey of just under 500 riders to try and read the markets pulse. Having sat through (and passed!) several…

Written by Saris Mercanti November 18, 2013

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