Parlee just announced the first disc brake equipped production triathlon bike on the market – the 2017 Parlee TTiR – and it is a truly beautiful piece of equipment from both an engineering perspective and simply in how attractive it is to the eyes! 2017 Parlee TTiR Frame Geometry The Parlee TTiR has always been…
Giro is running a promotion to get new helmet technology (like MIPS) onto the heads of more people. We’re going to make this promotion as simple as possible for our clients – “Take 25% Off Any In-Stock Giro Helmet” from now until October 31, 2016. Remember, helmets break-down with exposure to UV light and bodily…
Bike Radar recently did a video on Moots and why they build their stock and custom titanium bikes the way that they do in Steamboat Springs, CO. Moots pays attention to more engineering details than any titanium builder we have found and this video helps explain why double pass welds and U.S. sourced tubing help…
Cervelo C5 = High Performance All Road Bike For some time Cervelo has teased us with pictures and information about their new disc brake endurance/adventure bikes labeled as its “C” line of bikes, comprised of the Cervelo C5 and the Cervelo C3. We first saw the Cervelo C5 last summer at Brainbike (Cervelo’s dealer training weekend)…
Why the Moots Vamoots RSL? I’ve owned a number of titanium and titanium/carbon bikes through the years and we like to have at least one metal bike built up light in the shop. Why? Just to show that carbon isn’t the only game in town and because the acceleration and climbing feel on a light bike…
Just some eye candy in the form of a no-nonsense caliper brake equipped Moots RSL road bike with Campagnolo Super Record, Reynolds RZR wheels, THM brakes and some other goodies that we just built. We’ll try to have a full overview/review soon on this bike. In the interim, who says metal bikes are heavy or that the traditional…
While Felt makes some of the fastest, most exotic triathlon bicycles available anywhere, such as the Felt IA and DA series of bikes, not everyone is willing to make the investment necessary for one of these speed machines. This being said, Felt has an answer for those seeking a high performance, entry-level tri bike that…
The JTek Engineering Shiftmate matches otherwise incompatible components for lower gearing made easy for a relatively low price. Over the past 15 years, maybe more, there has been one pretty universal rule in cycling components: You cannot mix and match drivetrain components from different manufacturers. For example, Shimano shifters will not work properly with SRAM…
The Parlee Z-Zero XD is designed to be a “quiver killer” – a capable bike that can take the place of many others and take on any road (and even some trails) and win. Does it succeed? More Roads. More Rides. Over the past few years I have found my riding more varied than ever…
The Eagle has landed! Well, not really, more like it has been announced. On March 24, 2016, SRAM announced two new mountain bike drivetrain groups, a new XX1 for cross country riders and X01 for trail riders, dubbed SRAM XX1 Eagle & SRAM X01 Eagle. The most significant features of these two new 1X drivetrains…
Fit Werx founder Ian Buchanan presented a workshop at the 2016 TriMania Expo in Boston titled, “5 MPH Faster Without Working Any Harder”. The presentation explored and prioritized the time savings that are available for triathletes and TT riders going from a standard road bike to a triathlon specific bike. As the title states, there…
In 2015, the Reynolds ATR Disc Wheels, a new carbon disc brake wheelset intended for the adventure bike market, was introduced. “ATR” is short for “All Terrain Road” and I recently completed the build of a Moots Routt 45 adventure bike that used a set of these new Reynolds ATR Disc Wheels and I found…