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Shimano shows some all-mountain love with new SLX
A few years ago, in the heat of the bike industry’s shift from XC weight obsession to mid travel, go anywhere all-mountain bikes, Shimano unveiled a new line of components called Hone. The Hone parts were generally viewed as “Saint Lite”, and tended to be cheaper, a little lighter, and weaker than their full-bore Saint […]
Alphabet soup: the new MRP XCG, FTW!
MRP has announced the release of a new chainguide, the XCG. The XCG is aimed at all-mountain riders who want a bash guard to protect the big ring, but don’t want the extra weight of a big aluminum or polycarbonate dinner plate stuck to the cranks. The XCG mounts directly to the bottom bracket or ISCG […]
Kenda Nevegal now available in 650B
Kenda’s Nevegal is widely held as one of the best tires going for all-mountain riding. The Nevegal is light, has a nice, high-volume casing, grips well in most conditions, and is among the fastest-rolling full knobby tires. I’ve personally put a few seasons on Nevegals, and have been quite impressed with their performance.
So what about […]
Truvativ fires up the hype machine: the Hammerschmidt is coming
Truvativ has launched a teaser site for the “Hammerschmidt”. The problem is, being a teaser site, there really is no useful information to help us figure out what exactly Hammerschmidt is, so we’re forced to use our brilliant skills of rampant speculation. Popular opinion, and the prediction that we’re most inclined to agree with, is that […]
Gatorbrake’s eight piston disc brake
Are your measly Magura Gustav or Hope M4 brakes, with their four hopelessly inadequate pistons just not living up to your expectations? Gatorbrake hopes so, and thinks that their biggest model, with double the pistons (and therefore double the awesome) of other downhill brakes will satisfy your need for motorcycle-level stopping power.
The apparently unnamed eight-pot brake has a CNC […]
The Red Bull Wings for Life auction: really cool stuff for a really good cause
How fast have you been on your mountain bike? 50 mph? 60 maybe? Well, Markus Stoeckl has you beat… by a lot. Stoeckl is the rider who hit 130.7 mph, the world speed record for a mountain bike, blasting down the Chilean Alps. Sure, the full skinsuit and 45 degree slope had something to do […]
Recycled coolness: the cassette bottle opener
It’s no small secret that there’s never a better time to enjoy a cold beer than after a day of riding, and there’s also no better way to impress your friends than by using something bike-related to crack open that beer (assuming your friends are easily impressed, of course). There have been a number of clever […]
e.13 answers a question nobody asked
e.13 has posted a press release today hyping their introduction of odd-sized guide rings. These rings (not surprisingly) are available in odd sizes, and you can take your pick of 33, 35, 37, and 39 teeth (compared to the more common ‘even-sized’ rings at 34, 36, 38, and 40 teeth). No doubt that these rings will uphold the […]
BOS Suspension 2008: meet the Idylle and the Stoy
BOS is a name in suspension that is often overlooked, but by the looks of their 2008 lineup the engineers at BOS are working overtime to change that. Besides having the inherent cool factor of almost never seeing another one on the trail, the Idylle fork and Stoy shock bring some pretty clever innovations to […]
Thin is in: the FlyPaper Pedals
At the outdoor demo at Interbike, a few people got up close and personal with these trick FlyPaper pedals, and the level of buzz building around these is amazing. The designer, posting by the tag of “Bike Doc” on the mtbr.com forums, has released some further details on the pedals, and it sounds like he’s on […]
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