Simple Terms: 650b in simple terms is the size between your standard 26″ and the newer 29″.
Detailed Terms: 650b can be viewed in a more scientific standpoint or in a more “Sheldon Brown” way where everything is taking apart.
650b is how the French size tires. (The French have to be different of course!) [...]

We’re hearing out of Michigan that Gary Fisher made a visit to a shop and spilled the beans that indeed a new G2 offset Bontrager Switchblade fork would become available by Fall of this year.
We had speculated as much after hearing Mr. Fisher muse on this very subject last summer at Trek World, the [...]

We reported in our Frostbike coverage recently about Rock Shox’s update of the Reba fork for 29″ers. Today we learn, via Bicycle Retailer and Industry News website, about the 20mm through axle that will debut with the new Reba fork.
RockShox will be debuting the Reba fork with its new Maxle Lite option. The axle, [...]

There is one thing in life that I am more passionate about than cycling and that is art. Handmade bikes blur the line of my two passions, art and bicycles, into an exciting piece that can be ridden and admired. Don’t get too excited, I don’t plan on [...]

Question: Why don’t they make the hubs for 29″er wheels with bigger diameter hub flanges so the wheels can be stronger?
Answer: The matter of wheel strength for 29″ers has been a concern ever since the modern 29″er hit the scene almost ten years ago now. Longer spokes are often times pointed at for being the [...]

Last week after Frost Bike I mentioned that a couple new tires would be released at the upcoming Taipei show from a tire maker that did not want to be named. I spotted the news confirmed over at Sea Otter so I feel pretty safe to name names.