Hutchinson Rolls Out New Overide Gravel Tire, Adds CX+ Category
Nearly every tire company now has a few gravel tires in its line nowadays, and France’s Hutchinson Tires can now check this box with its new Overide tire and the now-available Sector 32. The company...
View ArticleWhy Cycles Answers One Bike Dreams with the Titanium R+Bike for Road, Cross...
Titanium bikes, with their typical bare metal finishes and without flashy or trendy paint jobs, often get overlooked at a trade show fighting for media or consumer attention. The brushed grey metal...
View ArticleHead Turner: Turner Bikes’ Cyclosys in Custom Colors, with Fat 650b Rubber
The Turner Bikes Cyclosys is not a new model, having been in the company’s line-up since 2015 and spied as far back as 2011, but it’s Turner’s only hardtail and only drop bar model and it certainly...
View ArticleSuspension in Cyclocross: Fiction or Future? – A Race Report by Craig Richey
Two weeks ago, we had an opportunity to take a big first ride on the new Fox Step-Cast AX Adventure Cross suspension fork, dedicating 2,400 words to dissecting the polarizing yet bump-smoothing fork....
View ArticlePolygon Goes Straight for Gravel Recreation with its Bend RV
Polygon Bikes might not be a household name, but the Indonesian brand produces a million bikes a year and is seeking to build its name as a consumer brand. It’s taking a new angle with a selection of...
View ArticleIn Review: Fezzari Shafer Gravel Bike
Fezzari is a direct-to-consumer bike company with a mission is to deliver a perfect bike purchase experience with a love it or return it pledge. The company will build up a bike for you, ship it to...
View ArticleSage Titanium’s PDXCX Gets Updated Geo and the Barlow Introduces New Custom...
David Rosen, owner of Sage Titanium, never seems to sleep. When you talk to him he’s always thinking aloud of what change he’ll make next to one of his bike models and to a bike-tech nerd, it’s...
View ArticleKTM Revelator Sky Disc Can Pull Gravel and Pavement Duty
[caption id="attachment_100522" align="alignnone" width="750"] The KTM Revelator Sky features a monocoque carbon frame, clean lines and reliable Shimano disc brakes. 2017 Sea Otter Classic. ©...
View ArticleWant to Get Away? Jamis’ Renegade Adventure Bike Is Boarding Now
When Mondays roll around, ever have the feeling that you just want to get away? Jamis aims to help you do it, without boarding zones or security lines. [caption id="attachment_100577"...
View ArticleRidden and Reviewed: Dean Bikes’ Antero Titanium Cyclocross Frame
Dean Bikes has been building titanium cyclocross bikes for almost as long as anyone, from its Boulder, Colorado shop. John Siegrist started the company and welded up every frame until a few years ago,...
View ArticleOpus Bikes Spark a Canadian Gravel Invasion – Affordable Gravel Bikes for the...
The Canadians are coming! Opus Bikes is a Montreal, Canada-based company that has been around since 2001 but now is taking the gravel road into the States. The brand started with just five road bike...
View ArticleTBT: Eric Rumpf’s John Tomac Raleigh Signature Ti/Carbon Drop Bar Mountain Bike
We’re currently riding a category-busting high-end carbon drop bar bike with fat tires and a 40mm travel suspension fork and are having a blast. Yet we’re fully aware that this bike is certainly not...
View ArticleScott Gets Lacy and Racy with the MTB RC Lace Shoe
It’s Footgear Friday today, as we take a look at some of the new kicks recently released by cycling shoe companies. While we already previewed the top-of-the-line Sidi Tiger, today we’ve got looks at...
View ArticleGarneau Adds Flex for Run-Up Success with Copper T-Flex Shoe
It’s Footgear Friday today, as we take a look at some of the new kicks recently released by cycling shoe companies. While we already previewed the top-of-the-line Tiger from Sidi, today we’ve got looks...
View ArticleAll Eyes on Montana: Sklar Bikes Unites the Red and Blue, Eschews Hard Lines
All eyes have been on Montana for the last two days, with red and blue candidates in a heated battle to win the rights to time in one critical seat. More than elbows were flying on Wednesday when one...
View ArticleDrop Bar Mountain King? McGovern Cycles Climbs into Contention
Chris McGovern of McGovern Cycles is a busy guy. He builds carbon frames by hand, runs a wheel building business, helps put on a premier gravel event, coaches some of the top cyclocross racers in the...
View ArticleAnother Year, Another Dose of Dirty Kanza Gravel – A Pre-Race Diary by Neil...
The biggest weekend in gravel is upon us. Out west, a new Lost and Found gravel race course awaits racers, delivering rocky roads, major climbs and the thin air of elevation. While in Kansas, the...
View ArticleLive: Tech Talk at Dirty Kanza Hosted by Maxxis, ENVE and Orange Seal
We’re just hours away from Saturday’s Dirty Kanza gravel race. Neil Shirley weighed in with his prep and equipment, but many first-time attendees are still debating their final choices. Maxxis, ENVE...
View ArticleFollow Live: Dirty Kanza Results, Leaders and Time Splits
The Dirty Kanza gravel race is underway, and you can follow along with this day-long race below via Chronotrack timing. Click on the “Results” tab for a configurable list of the leaders. Select the...
View ArticleMat Stephens Wins 2017 Dirty Kanza 200 Gravel Race – Men’s Results
Mat Stephens got aero to drop Jake Wells and Menso de Jong to take the 2017 Dirty Kanza 200 gravel race. Dirty Kanza 200 2017 1st place winner Mat Stephens on the last stretch, climbing Highland Hill....
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