We want to let you know why we carry Niner Bikes, true mountain bike pioneers who know more about 29″ wheel dynamics than just about anyone. When selecting mountain bike brands, a few things really distinguish one company from another for us. While we carry a few big bike brands (including Trek and Specialized) who…
We get it (and have preached it for years). Sustainable full-vehicle (bike and rider) aerodynamics is really important for triathletes looking to maximize their performance. This being said, there are a lot of aero tri bikes on the market. Making a decision based on one being slightly more aero than another in a wind tunnel…
The North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS) comes each winter. The NAHBS showcases an array of bikes and bike builders, ranging from one person builders working out of garages on a few frames a year to the biggest specialty bike builders in the country who employ dozens and build thousands of frames. While the NAHBS…
Since the invention of the “safety bicycle” in 1885, there have been few times in history that have seen the types of monumental advances in road bike technology as we have seen in the past few years. The changes might not be quite as monumental as the advent of steering, gears and pneumatic tires in…
Great Road, Gravel/Adventure and Tri Bikes at Great Sale Prices Shimano has been late to delivery the new Dura Ace components and now they are sounding like they are going to be earlier than the industry anticipated with the ’18 Ultegra R8000 components.The net result is that manufacturers are heavy on some of their most…
SRAM eTap WiFli Hydro for Road – Wireless Shift. Hydraulic Disc. Wide Range Gearing.: SRAM’s entry into the electronic shifter market offers riders something truly different than Shimano Di2 and Campagnolo EPS. For example, wireless derailleurs and “Blip” buttons allow an eTap shifter to be placed just about anywhere on the bar. eTap works great on a…
If you are like me, you sometimes fantasize about exotic, high-end products. I long for a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta or an Aston Martin Vanquish, neither of which I could ever afford. I drool over articles about high-end audio components, imagining how I could possibly fit a pair of Magico Q5 in my living room. Like…
The bicycle world is changing so rapidly it is hard to keep up at times. Hydraulic disc brakes are appearing on more bikes, as is electronic shifting, but these are not the only developments. Genre’s of bicycles are being blurred; a road bike is no longer just a “road bike”. There are now traditional road…
Learn more about Moots Cycles here Materials: U.S. Made 3/2.5 Seamless TitaniumGeometry: Stock Moots Vamoots Road Race geometry. Available variable headtube length or Full Custom geometry.Price Category: Frameset: $3500-$4500. Built bikes from $4700+Components: Factory Spec or Fit Werx Rider Matched. Who is it for? A steeper, quicker and more aggressive Vamoots, the CR rider likes…
The SRAM Red eTap electronic shift system, while technically “available” since early ‘16, was in very short supply for much of the ’16 season and almost impossible to get. Thankfully, SRAM has now begun to produce this system in higher volumes, and availability has improved greatly. I have just finished building our two bikes equipped…
A few months ago we posted an article about the new Cervelo C5, Cervelo’s top-of-the-line entrant in the hydraulic disc brake endurance/adventure bike sweepstakes, and we mentioned that there was soon to be a lower priced Cervelo C3 model available. Well, we now have had a substantial number of Cervelo C3’s pass through the…
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)…