Rali Chain Mag Chainstay Guard Quiets Your Chain Noise with Magnets
Ever since the first multi-gear drivetrain was added to early mountain bikes, riders have been looking for a way to quiet chain slap and protect their frames. This pursuit gave rise to a cottage industry creating everything from neoprene wraps, to modern injection molded rubber guards as well as home-brew solutions including wraps utilizing bar […]
Cane Creek GRX Chainring Spider Allows 1x or 2x Shimano Builds w/ Ti Cranks
Cane Creek just added a new chainring option for their titanium eeWings Cranks. Well, technically it’s a new spider option that will allow you to run a new chainring option – either 1x or 2x Shimano GRX to be precise. There are a lot of different chainring options out there, but few can match the […]
Shimano Cues Adds Drop Bar Levers for Extra Durable 9, 10 & 11sp LinkGlide Road & Gravel Bikes
New Shimano Cues drop bar levers with hydraulic flat mount disc brakes now bring the same affordable and more durable LinkGlide drivetrains to gravel, road, and every adventure bike in between. Including both 1x and 2x possibilities paired to 9sp, 10sp & 11-speed cassettes, dropbar Cues opens up a lot of more affordable build options, […]
2025 Salsa Fargo Updates Brakes & Carbon Fork, Adds Protection Against Abrasive Mud
Salsa modernizes the Fargo – their original affordable adventure bikepacking bike – giving it a few simple tweaks to make it a better bike than ever. The Fargo is one of the longest-running dropbar 29er mountain bikes, built for all types of off-road adventure riding. And now it gets a long-awaited brake update, plus an […]
First Look: State Bicycles Updates 4130 All-Road Bike w/ Impressive Spec at $1000
There’s nothing like a good bike for an affordable price. And that’s been State Bicycle Co’s jam from the get-go. For 2025, they’ve done it again by updating their award-winning 4130 All-Road bicycle. The new updates include some new colorways and the 4130 All-Road’s additional new features are plentiful. (Photos / State Bicycle Co) State […]
New WTC EnCase 30cc is the Smallest Pump with Internal Storage We’ve Seen
Would you be more inclined to bring a pump if it was smaller and lighter than a CO2 inflator? What if that same tiny pump also included storage for a tire plugger? Sounds good, right? It does to us, which is why we were excited to check out the latest EnCase pump from Wolf Tooth […]
QO Carbon Cranks Launch New Road, Gravel & MTB Components from Founders of Rotor
Over the weekend a new premium component brand popped up, as QO debuted three lightweight carbon cranksets and chainring combinations. With dimpled aero tech for road Race & gravel Grava and reinforced impact protection for both Grava & MTB Rocks cranksets, QO is already working with top small-batch bike builders and will have aftermarket cranks […]
All-New Roadfinder Collection from Pashley Cycles Blends Classic Construction & 3D Printing
As it approaches its 100th anniversary and claims to be the “longest-established British bicycle manufacturer,” UK-based Pashley Cycles is launching its new Roadfinder Collection. Founded in 1926, Pashley is dedicated to hand-building high-quality bicycles, tricycles, commercial carriers, and cargo bikes for riders of all types. (Photos / Pashley Cycles) Today, they unveiled the Roadfinder collection, […]
Rose Hobo Returns with Dropbars & Narrow Rack for More Steel Gravel Bike Versatility
A new Rose Hobo Dropbar reimagines the consumer-direct bike brand’s affordable steel urban gravel bike as a proper bikepacking and adventure rig. Featuring the same tough chromoly steel frame upgraded to a mechanical GRX 1x groupset, a wide flared VentureMax dropbar, and an updated frame-mounted mini porteur front rack… this is an affordable adventure gravel […]
5DEV 8 Bolt Spider Mounts Dura Ace 2x Rings on Their Ti + Other 8-Bolt Cranks
Midway through last year, 5DEV introduced us to their new titanium cranks. The sleek crankarms are made with laser-welded titanium to create a hollow arm that’s both light and durable. The arms also feature a SRAM 8-bolt chainring interface, making them compatible with Quarq power meters, SRAM 1x and 2x chainrings, and 5DEV’s own aero […]
