The Salsa Warbird was one of the first “gravel specific” race bikes, designed largely to tackle the types of riding their midwest employees and designers…
“We are more than riders… We are risk takers, engineers and innovators, driven by our love of cycling. We are a dynamic collection of skilled individuals…
Missing from their lineup announcement earlier this year, which included the new youth-sized gravel adventure bikes, was the Jamis Renegade Escapade. Slotting in at the…
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.…
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.…
Most modern suspension includes hydraulic damping, but we wanted to know more about how undamped suspension functions – to better understand its benefits & limitations.…
The Lauf True Grit has quite a different development story than most gravel bikes. For those unfamiliar with the brand, Lauf actually started out with…
Building off their Routt adventure drop bar bike frame, this prototype Moots Softail gravel bike shows where they think the segment is headed. Designed to…
With the fairly surprising announcement of American Classic’s halt to wheel production just last week, we’ve started to see a bit of reshuffling in the…
I’m kicking myself for not installing this sooner. The Redshift Sports ShockStop suspension stem has been sitting in our office for about a year. Technically,…
Bionicon reaches beyond their on-the-fly adjustable enduro rides with a couple of affordable prototype bikes targeted at their own riding style. The Byke is a playful…
Walking around the show, it’s easy to spot obvious trends. But we talked to product managers, brand ambassadors, and the marketing folks at hundreds of…
Walking around the show, it’s easy to spot obvious trends. But we talked to product managers, brand ambassadors, and the marketing folks at hundreds of…
When we visited Specialized’s headquarters (check out that tour here), we also walked through their concept bike museum. The collection there proves that long time…
Barring the new inverted gravel suspension fork and the budget, fully rebuildable dropper seatpost we saw at Taipei, X-Fusion’s line carries over with little changes to…
