The Ragley Carnegie’s Bar is an “alt bar” for aggressive riding that I introduced here, and did a First Impressions post on here. Now that I have trail tested the bar for awhile, I am ready to give my final thoughts on the Carnegie’s.

The bar was on my Salsa Cycles Big Mama for the [...]

Last summer I conducted my test of CaffeLatex sealant. (You can find my final review here) In short- I found CaffeLatex to be an excellent sealant for tubeless use and that it worked well in tubes also. It was found to be easy to use and install with the CaffeLatex injector system. All was pretty [...]

For those who are not close to, or in the cycling industry, you may not be aware that the industry trade magazine of highest respect in North America is “Bicycle Retailer and Industry News“. (Commonly referred to as “BRAIN”) It sometimes reports on how bikes are selling in North America in certain categories. For [...]

Our European correspondent, “c_g” has landed a set of the new P-35 rims from Velocity and has been riding them already for a bit. Here he gives us the low down as well as his opinions on the new hoop from Velocity.
New kid on the block – the Velocity´s P35 rims:

While I am still [...]

Editor’s Note: This week we let Grannygear loose on the subject of what is the perfect amount of travel for a 29 inch wheeled bike in “The Sweet Spot”
There has been some loud clamoring for bigger travel 29ers lately, and in some cases, the response has been the development of five, six, and even [...]

Now I have the frame in hand and I have taken a close look at it. It is pretty impressive looking! I will detail out my thoughts on it in relation to some of the claims Gun Kote makes and give a pre-view on my build plans.

The frame was sent up with its original finish [...]