Month: February 2017
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Just in – Club Ride Apparel Baron Jersey, Blaze Vest and Fat Jack Pants
Club Ride sent along a set of their Winter collection, including the Baron Jersey, the Blaze Vest, and the Fat Jack pants. The Baron is a long sleeved pullover jersey that uses a midweight polyester knit fabric and has a fun cross pattern prints up and down the sleeves and has one zippered pocket. The Blazer Vest…
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Just In – Manitou McLeod Rear Shock and King Can
The McLeod is Manitou’s air spring rear shock, and its simplicity, features, functionality, and build quality are all outstanding. It’s easily externally tuned with air pressure, rebound, and 4-position Incremental Platform Adjuster, which provides everything from a fully plush to firm ride. The shock is meant for trail bikes with medium to long travel, comes…
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Wolf Tooth Releases GCX46 Cog, GnarWolf Braze-On Chainguide, 76 and 64 BCD Chainrings
Wolf Tooth Components has released the GCX46 extended range cog for SRAM XX1 and X01 cassettes, the GnarWolf braze-on chainguide for CX and roadies, along with 76 BCD and 64 BCD chainrings, the latter providing 26T and 28T sizes. GCX46 The Wolf Tooth GCX46 cassette extender cog allows you to modify your existing SRAM’s XX1 and X01 cassettes 11-speed…
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Shimano Announces Deore M6000 10-speed Group, Boost XT Wheelsets and SLX 11-46T Cassette
Shimano quietly released some new tidbits for the mountain bike crowd, including a new 10-speed Deore group, an SLX 11-46T cassette and Boost specific XT wheelsets. The new Deore and SLX components bring the trickle down technology from XTR and XT to an affordable price point. The 1x drivetrains are all the craze, but Shimano…
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Just In – Pearl Izumi X-Project PRO Shoes, Launch Shorts and Summit Gloves
For 2017 Pearl Izumi has redesigned their X-Project shoe lineup which has a new sole with improved stiffness and walkability, they upgraded their Launch short and Summit gloves and added a new Cargo Base layer with an extended back. X-Project P.R.O. Their top of line X-Project mountain bike got a redesigned and reengineered sole that…
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GoPro Karma Grip and Video of Andreu Lacondeguy Conquering King Kong
GoPro Karma Grip allows you to capture stabilized and smooth high-definition footage for professional and cinema-quality video whether you’re hiking, biking or performing any motion activity from the newer GoPro HERO based cameras. It combines a 3-axis motorized gimbal stabilizer with a handgrip and they actively isolate the HERO camera from vibrations that occur while walking, hiking,…
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Just In – Maxxis Minion DHR II Plus and DHF Plus Tires
Maxxis has released several new Plus sized tires, including the Minion DHF, Minion DHR II, and the High Roller II. The Minion are massive beasts and have large knobs and seem more like a motocross tire than a standard Plus sized bicycle tire. I am testing the Minion DHF Plus and Minion DHR II Plus in…
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DMOS Stealth and Alpha Shovels
The Stealth Shovel The 2-in-1 tool was designed for moving snow and grooming a jump to make picture-perfect corduroy conditions. Also, it makes a great snow shovel for clearing the driveway and walks and digging out a stuck or buried vehicle. I can see it being useful for the garden and trail maintenance. It offers full-sized…
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Cane Creek Introduces new AER Headsets and Bearings, eeCycleworks eeNut and ViscoSet Headsets
Cane Creek has announced new AER headsets with aluminum cartridge bearings, AER hybrid steel/aluminum bearings, the eeCycleworks eeNut preload assembly for carbon steerer tubes and lastly the ViscoSet headsets with viscous steering damping technology. Press Release Cane Creek Cycling Components is very proud to introduce four new headset products for 2017. First of which are the new 2017…
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New Products – DZR Minna LTD Shoes, Showers Pass SS Henley Baselayer and Adidas Zonyk Pro Sunglasses
DZR has the two new Limited Edition shoes the Minna Mist and Minna Cadet, while Showers Pass is releasing the short sleeve Bamboo-Merino Henley base layer shirt, and Adidas has their Zonyk Pro Sunglasses in new colorways and LST/VARiO lenses. DZR Minna LTD Shoes DZR Shoes, known for their innovative line of unique urban cycling footwear, introduces…
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Just In – SQlab 611 Ergowave Active Saddle and Cane Creek OPT Remote
The SQlab 611 Ergowave Active Carbon is an excellent ergonomic and comfortable saddle with tons of innovations while the Cane Creek OPT remote provides on the fly micro-adjustability to their DB rear shocks with Climb Switch technology. SQlab SQlab introduced their new 612 and 611 Ergowave saddles models this year. The key features for SQlab’s…