Road and Gravel weren’t the only categories to get new bikes this week, Marin introduced the Hawk Hill trail bike for those on a budget. OpenBike, Let Blinkers, and Lumma added new ways of lighting and powering your ride. We spoke with Alchemy about how they came up with the first U.S.-made production full suspension carbon mountain bike, and we figured out how to create GPS ride maps for free. Links to all that and way more below…
Found: JustGoRide lets you create free GPX route files, GPSvisualizer makes them useful
Bikerumor Pic Of The Day: Columbus, Ohio
Let Blinkers signal turns for your city bike
All-new Marin Hawk Hill trail mountain bike drops in with sweet spec, even sweeter price
Rotor UBB4630 spins out more secure option for PF30. BB386, and BBRight
OpenBike connects all of your bikes’ lights, shifting, computer, batteries & more
Is KP Cykler’s lugged 2-speed The Perfect Urban Bike?
Endura expands on eyewear with new Char and Snapper II sunglasses
8bar dazzles with their Rookie team edition FHAIN fixed crit bike
Bikerumor Pic Of The Day: McCall, Idaho
Help out NICA, Win a Pivot Mach 429 Trail from Tasco MTB
Put a Stolen Goat on your back
All-new Fox Transfer dropper gets 2 coatings, 2 routings, 3 travels & infinite adjustment
Video: The inimitable Claudio Caluori runs Fort William UCI downhill course
Accessories in tow: two new bicycle trailers meant to help your gear go the distance
Robot Bike 3D prints titanium, carbon tubes into 160mm DW-link shredder
Bikerumor Pic Of The Day: La Rioja, Spain
Showers Pass covers multiple pursuits with new Syncline rain jacket
Lumma lazerifies bicycle grips so you can see… and be seen
New folding styles for Dahon on tiny Curl & faster Qix D8
Rapha Pro Team Lightweight Wind Jacket has got your back
Every Day Carry: What does enduro champ Jerome Clementz take with him?
Kuat NV 2.0 tray-style hitch rack gets overhauled for bigger tires, easier use
Must Watch: Pure Darkness 3 – Going Big Will Never Die
Up for any road, any distance, Canyon debuts disc-only Endurance CF SLX
Bikerumor Pic Of The Day: newly reopened Ken Burton Memorial Trail, CA
Other ways to look at folding bikes with full-size Change, fixed FUBi & e-Pedego
Interview: Alchemy Bicycles with Ryan Cannizzaro and Matthew Maczuzak
Water Works Roundup – Filtration bottles and a wearable dehumidifier?
Hövding wants the man to give a *beep* by hearing web-connected bicycle bells
Review: Niner RKT9 cross country race rocket
BMC Roadmachine blends endurance and performance road into one
Bikerumor Pic Of The Day: Turnbull Canyon, CA
Scapin teases boosted XC marathon Oraklo 148 carbon hardtail
SR Suntour gets race ready with Auron Megavalanche Edition all-mountain fork
Fix Manufacturing creates compact wearable multi-tools for urban riders, skaters and snowboarders
Friday Roundup – Cycling Odds & Ends
Votec VE enduro mountain bike lets you switch geo, or travel, or both
3T hits the gravel+ with all new multi-surface Exploro carbon frame, and 650b+ wheels – First look
Week’s Best Videos: Pivot’s Fast is Fun, Patrol shreds the farm, Blackburn goes bike camping, etc.
Cane Creek C-Quent simplifies Double Barrel tuning for stock mountain bikes
