WTB announces Tough/Light 29+ Ranger
January 6th, 2017 | 29+ | Comments Off on WTB announces Tough/Light 29+ Ranger
From the Press release:
MILL VALLEY, CALIFORNIA - January 5, 2017 - When we introduced our Ranger 2.8/3.0 tires, we knew bikepackers would be using them to explore rugged singletrack in ...
Salsa Unwraps 2017 Lineup
July 26th, 2016 | 27+ | 5 Comments
I have been waiting to see what Salsa was going to do with their new lineup, having heard lots of rumors of big changes. I saw most of it yesterday, ...
Trek Goes Long: The New Slash 29er
July 20th, 2016 | 29er | Comments Off on Trek Goes Long: The New Slash 29er
Trek Slash 9.9 in Squamish, BC, June 2016
Trek has been rolling out some pretty nice bikes as of late and most of them have been Fat bikes or Plus ...
Niner Bikes: RIP9 RDO and JET9 RDO all new
As the parade of new 29/27.5+ capable trail bikes has been rolling out, I had to wonder, what about Niner Bikes? With the 29er trailbike market morphing into a dual ...
Shimano and the Path of MTB Di2
April 25th, 2016 | Components | Comments Off on Shimano and the Path of MTB Di2
The day I landed in the general Sea Otter area was the evening of the press launch announcing two significant upgrades to both XT and SLX. Unfortunately my travel schedule ...
Sea Otter Impressions Day 2
April 22nd, 2016 | 27+ | Comments Off on Sea Otter Impressions Day 2
Just before Sea Otter week, Rocky Mountain bikes announced the Pipeline, a 150/130mm travel, aggressive 27.5+ bike running 2.8" tires. There were a lot of them here for demo through ...
Rocky Mountain Bikes shows the new Pipeline
April 11th, 2016 | 27.5+ | 4 Comments
Last year at a press event, I spied a Rocky Mountain employee riding a prototype 27+ FS bike based on a converted Rocky Mountain model. I was sworn to take ...
Ready to go Viral?
Domahidy Designs, as in Steve Domahidy from Niner bikes founding fame, and most recently of the bike brand of the same moniker, is rebranding and tweaking some things with his ...