Good news! Salsa Cycles Fargo bikes and frames are starting to be delivered. With that in mind, and due to all of the questions I get about off road drop bar set ups, I thought it would be a good time to post my thoughts on fitting a bike with drop bars with the purpose [...]

In my first post on this subject, I got some questions in the comments section that I wanted to address in this post, along with some other related topics having to do with front end geometry. It seems that this topic is very confusing to some, of great concern to others, and some could simply [...]

In an effort to be thorough here at “The Lab”, I am scouring for every bit of news on things going on here. The weather is starting to come around a bit, so we’re gearing up for more riding and testing at Twenty Nine Inches.

More on Geax’s newest Saguaro tire versions.
Saguaro TNT and UST Tires: [...]

Due to the snow covered trails in the Mid-West, reviews and tests have been on idle. Here are some things we’re in the middle of that we wanted to point out. Look for testing/reviewing to resume soon now that the weather is turning around and headed towards Spring.

Salsa Fargo: We still are going to [...]

With limited access to much of anything rideable, I had to be a bit creative in my first few rides on the Dissent, but I think I can pass on a few initial thoughts on this flat black aluminum steed.

“A solidly designed rig” is the bottom line so far….
In an attempt to replicate certain offroad [...]

Here’s the latest on the Misfit Psycles frame and fork we recieved to test/review. The build up, which we will lay out for you in detail on The Bike Lab, is now complete. Here we’ll give you a look at it and lay out some numbers for you who like to crunch such things.

A [...]