Category: Controls

  • SQlab 611 Ergowave Active Carbon Saddle Review

    The SQlab 611 Ergowave Active Carbon has an excellent ergonomic design that makes the saddle more comfortable, efficient and easier to spend longer periods of time out riding without numbness or hot spots, especially in the nether regions. The key features for SQlab’s saddles are there multiple sizing that is specific for the riders sit bone…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Review – Magura Storm HC, Storm SL and Storm Rotor Review

    The Magura Storm HC rotor is stiffer and stronger than its brethren. It offers well-modulated deceleration, enhanced cooling properties, fade resistance, improved durability, and optimized friction performance for superb brake power. The new Storm HC rotor was designed for extreme use for exceptional braking performance under high braking forces. They’re ideal for heavy-duty use, including…

  • Magura Brake Retrospect

    I have been using Magura brakes since 2008 when I first put them on my Moots Moto-XZ 29er. I tricked the old Marta SLs with braided steel lines, which improved the brake system’s effectiveness and longevity with near-elimination of hose expansion, plus they looked cool. I was hooked from day one on Magura brakes, and…

  • The MTB Lab Best of 2016 – Components

    My best of 2016 bike components include the extended range Wolf Tooth 49T cog, the silky smooth FOX Transfer dropper post with speed modulation, the highly functional ergonomic Sqlab Innerbarends, and finally the innovative TIMBER bicycle bell. Wolf Tooth Components GC 49T Cog and WolfCage Kit for Shimano 11-speed The Wolf Tooth GC49 cassette extender…

  • MT7 Danny MacAskill Signatureline Brake

    MT7 Danny MacAskill Signatureline Brake MT7 caliper with 4-piston brake power and a new HC3 brake lever with a maximum of adjustment options. And, fulfilling Danny’s wishes, all of it in MAGURA neon yellow with a Danny MacAskill signature on the brake lever. The MTB Lab Thoughts The disc brake designs for his Signatureline MT7…

  • 2016 Gift Ideas for Cyclists – Components

    SQlab 311 Handlebars and 411 Innerbarends The new Innerbarends are wicked cool and highly functional, and the hand and arm relief they provide is greatly appreciated. The 311 handlebars provide excellent ergonomics and a comfortable and natural hand orientation, along with a useful combination of back, forward and up sweep, and a soothing blend of…

  • Interbike 2016 – KS

    For 2017 KS is releasing the LEV Circuit electronically actuated dropper, bumping up most of their posts to 175mm of travel and the light weight carbon LEV Ci now comes in longer travels versions now, including 175mm. LEV Circuit The new KS LEV Circuit is an electronically actuated dropper post that utilizes a hydraulic cartridge that…

  • Interbike 2016 – Ergon

    GD1 Factory Grips The new GD1 grips were designed for downhill mountain biking and are made with a sticky custom rubber compound and utilize an inner CNC aluminum clamp. They come in two sizes, a standard version for average hands, which also offer improved vibration damping (145g) and a slim version which fit smaller hands (130g). The grips retail…

  • Interbike 2016 – SKS and SQlab

    SKS They had a bunch of new products for the coming season, highlighted by two tubeless tire filling systems, the portable air tank RideAir and the TL Head which utilizes a CO2 that attaches to a retrofitted pump head unit. They also had the heavy duty AirWorx Plus 10.0 pump, the SpaceCage water bottle system with a hidden…

  • Shimano Launches the Koryak Dropper Post

    Shimano has jumped into the dropper post fray with their new Koryak, which is part of their PRO component series. The cable actuated Koryak has 120mm of infinite travel, comes in 30.9mm and 31.6mm diameters, utilizes internal cable routing, and are offered in two remote options. The remotes can be integrated into their I-Spec II shift…

  • Review – SQlab 311 Handlebars, 411 Innerbarends and 711 SY Grips

    The new Innerbarends are wicked cool and highly functional, and the hand and arm relief they provide are greatly appreciated. The 711 SY Grips offer good ergonomics due to their boxy shape and wavy contours and three density rubber, and the wings provide superb Ulnar nerve comfort. The 311 handlebars provide excellent ergonomics and a comfortable…

  • Fox Transfer Dropper Post

    The new Fox Transfer is a superb infinitely adjustable hydraulic seatpost with a consistent and smooth stroke that offers speed modulation via the remotes lever input. It replaces their extremely dependable and durable three-position mechanical D.O.S.S. post and features an all new internal system that resides in the upper shaft. The Transfer uses a nitrogen…

  • SKS USA To Distribute SQlab Ergonomic Products

    SKS USA announced today that they’d be the US distributor for SQlab products, which include ergonomic saddles, grips, and handlebars. SKS is a German company that is best known for their excellent bike fenders and mudguards in the US, but their product suite also includes pumps, saddle bags, multitools, and chainguards and water bottle cages. I have…

  • Ergon SMC4 Saddle Review

    The new SMC4 is Ergon’s most comfortable and padded saddle in their mountain bike lineup. It uses orthopedic foam padding and gel technology in the seating area and has a deep relief channel down the center that creates a raised platform to protect the soft tissue regions. A larger seat surface space offers optimal pressure…