It was a big week for launches, with new road bikes from BMC, and new enduro slayers from Santa Cruz and Ibis. And some of those may have tipped everyone off to an upcoming Shimano Ultegra revision, but, um, we’re not officially saying.
We also posted a number of reviews, including the FormMount stealth out-front mount, the Rocky Mounts Split Rail bike rack, and the Norco Sight 29er.
Then we toured DT Swiss’ HQ to see how they make their spokes and rims. It’s not shown in the pics above, but we also toured Specialized’s headquarters in Morgan Hill, CA, and it’s amazing. You should check it out. Then duck below and skim the rest of this week’s headlines…
Paul Camp 2017 Builder Highlight – Steve Rex Cycles’ monstercross bike
Bikerumor Pic Of The Day: flashback to snow biking in Golden, Colorado
World Cup Randoms: unique gear and oddities spotted around the race
Assos revives Mille bibshorts, updates mid-level lines & goes mountain biking
SOC17: New goods from VP Components, Ortlieb, Park Tool & Rotor
Ibis Mojo HD 4 enduro mountain bike debuts with a team win at EWS Ireland
Transition Throttle & Vanquish offer trail bike fun in carbon hardtails for 27.5 or 29 lovers
Climb into the Moroccan High Atlas mountains with 8bar’s Mitte
Bikerumor Pic Of The Day: Bikepacking in Sweden
Plane Frameworks evolves custom carbon with a new process
Paul Camp 2017 Builder Highlight – Jeremy Sycip’s 27.5+ mountain bike
Ibis Mojo HD4 is longer, slacker, stiffer, & better in almost every way
Factory Tour: DT Swiss shows us how they make rims, spokes & premium wheelsets
Wheels Manufacturing adds Press-8 Headset Cup Press to list of U.S. made tools
Fezzari Timp Peak NX1 all mountain MTB goes full carbon for just under $3k
Paul Camp 2017 Builder Highlight – Curtis Inglis’ Retrotec “funduro” 27.5+ mountain bike
Bikerumor Pic Of The Day: Lake Minnewanka – Banff, Alberta
MET Roams into all mountain with new trail helmet
Podia x Genesis Volare 853, another custom bike project for Roadventures trips
Kinesis UK goes all-terrain with alloy Tripster AT adventure gravel road bike
Why Cycles releases more details on the Wayward 29+, pre-orders shipping mid-june
Paradigm Cycle Works and Blackburn provide new reasons not to go fender-less
Headquarters Tour: Specialized’s amazing home base, plus museum & more!
Bikerumor Pic Of The Day: Les Sables d’Olonne, France
All-new BMC Teammachine road bike is race-ready in rim or disc brakes
All-new Santa Cruz Nomad 4 mountain bike changes up VPP design, acts like a DH bike
MassifCentral print looks back on the 100th Giro d’Italia
Solvent free automatic Renegade parts washer boosts bike shop service departments
Juliana Strega stretches her legs with 170mm of women-specific VPP mountain bike
3T gets Sqaero again with new carbon Fundi road disc brake fork
Review: F3 Cycling’s stealthy FormMount cycling computer perch
Review: RockyMounts SplitRail 2+1+1 bike hitch rack
Holy Reverb! Wolf Tooth Components teases Rock Shox compatible dropper remote
Bikerumor Pic Of The Day: Madison, WI
Bold Campagnolo Bora carbon braking claims with new AC3 rim brake track
Sneak Peek: TRed Hedera grows a pseudo softail titanium XC 29er mountain bike
The Whippet takes on folding bikes with unique twin tube design
Review: Norco Sight C 9.2 is a 29″ All Mountain confidence machine
Friday Roundup: Cycling Odds & Ends
Ass Savers pops some color on your… fender, with Swedish illustrator Mander
The Separator from Fassa makes it easy to protect your bikes for your #vanlife
Aero Design Solves the Problem of Carrying Bikes in Your Helicopter
