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WTP Chaos Machine Brings Disc Brakes to Freestyle BMX Bikes

WeThePeople are making waves in BMX with their new chromoly WTP Chaos Machine frame, making it the first-ever freestyle bike to get disc brakes. Or…

Written by Cory Benson December 06, 2022

Bombtrack Beyond²: Harald’s House Blend Tall Bike Takes Adventure Gravel to New Heights

Bombtrack Bikes has a YouTube series called House Blend where they highlight unique builds of their no-nonsense bikes by some favorite independent bike dealer shops…

Written by Cory Benson November 17, 2022

Prototype SRAM XX1 Eagle AXS derailleur on Nino Schurter’s Scott Spark: 10x World Champ Bike Check

Nino Schurter is certainly the single most frequent subject of our Pro Bike Checks, but we have plenty of reasons… like that he just won…

Written by Cory Benson August 31, 2022

New wider aero Miche Graff Route carbon gravel wheels on Ivar Slik’s Wilier Rave SLR gravel race bike

Wilier’s pro gravel-racing ambassador Ivar Slik won Girona’s Traka 200 a little over a month back on a Rave SLR gravel bike and an all-new…

Written by Cory Benson May 19, 2022

Ghost Lector FS Unicorn II mountain bike brings bling to the XC World Cup, plus new Bike Ahead bar!

The latest project out of the mind of Ghost Factory Racing’s team manager is this Lector FS Unicorn II full-suspension mountain bike. In between prepping…

Written by Cory Benson May 16, 2022

Orbea Oiz XC bike built MTB race-ready at just 8.85kg / 19.5lb by Brujula weight weenies

The Orbea Oiz cross-country bike is already lightweight, but the weight weenies at Brujula Bike couldn’t resist pushing the carbon XC bike further to a…

Written by Cory Benson May 06, 2022

World’s Lightest Bike at 1.8kg? Baby Light-Wolf’s tuned carbon balance bike!

It’s not often you find a 4-pound complete bike. Sure, it’s not really relevant tech to most riders. And it’s totally cheating to take the…

Written by Cory Benson February 18, 2022

Scott Addict Gravel gets Dangerholm-ed to create most custom, integrated carbon gravel bike ever!

Every time we catch wind of a new Dangerholm project we can’t wait to see how crazy custom it will end up, and this latest…

Written by Cory Benson September 04, 2021

Must Watch: Szymon & David Godziek’s wild Red Bull backyard training tracks & NS bikes

Red Bull BMX, freeride & slopestyle brothers Szymon & David Godziek have been taking sibling rivalry to new extremes with the backyard training tracks they…

Written by Cory Benson August 17, 2021

Mark Cavendish’s 4x Tour de France stage winning Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7

Can we just take a quick moment to appreciate the renaissance of super sprinter Mark Cavendish at this year’s Tour de France, and take a…

Written by Cory Benson July 09, 2021

Jaegher + Classified hid 2×11 gearing in Boonen’s new 1x road bike

Belgian bike maker Jaegher and internal 2x hub maker Classified have paired up in Flanders to build the ultimate 1x all-season, all-road bike for Belgian…

Written by Cory Benson January 26, 2021

CX Pro Bike Check: Bombtrack Tension C carbon cross bike of Gosse van der Meer

We caught up with Dutch cyclocrosser Gosse van der Meer a couple weeks back at the first round of the UCI Cyclo-Cross World Cup in…

Written by Cory Benson December 17, 2020

Festka Scalatore Samurai takes light, custom Czech carbon road bike to an artful next level

Czech custom carbon bike builder Festka creates another stunner – the Scalatore Samurai Prime, hand-painted by artist Michal Bačák for one lucky Prime cyclist. Every…

Written by Cory Benson November 11, 2020

Fair Wheel Bikes builds 19.8lb Specialized Epic EVO for less money than S-Works

It’s been a while since we’ve posted one of Fair Wheel Bike’s custom builds. But this crazy light Specialized Epic EVO proves that they’re still…

Written by Zach Overholt August 20, 2020

Must See: Build a backyard slopestyle course in lockdown like RedBull MTB pro Matt Jones!

Are you being productive in lockdown? British mountain biker Matt Jones has been – getting the all clear from his fiancé, then hauling in 100…

Written by Cory Benson July 15, 2020

Fuel your thirst for custom steel with free Battaglin “Here’s My Dream Bike” book

While Officina Battaglin closed their doors to customer visits for the past few months, they were still working… compiling this “Here’s My Dream Bike” book,…

Written by Cory Benson May 15, 2020

Adventure Hydration CrankTank4 fills your frame with water to extend bikepacking & racing adventures

The CrankTank4 from the Australian cyclists at Adventure Hydration puts 4L of water into the same space as two regular water bottles, keeping you hydrated…

Written by Cory Benson March 17, 2020

AMR Gravel Gallery: What off-road bike setup you need for adventure bikepacking racing?

Last month’s Atlas Mountain Race, saw 192 cyclists on 192 different adventure bike setups. Our friend The Chimp was one of them and documented more…

Written by Cory Benson March 13, 2020

Atlas Mountain Race bike setup: What’s it take to endure epic off-road adventure gravel racing?

Last month almost 200 cyclists lined up on the start line in Marrakesh, Morocco to attempt the 1150km Atlas Mountain Race, a self-supported off-road adventure…

Written by Cory Benson March 12, 2020

Pro Bike Check: Scott Addict RC of road World Champion Annemiek van Vleuten

Tour Down Under racing is set to kick off this week, and Annemiek van Vleuten’s Mitchelton-Scott is looking for a fifth consecutive women’s win. But…

Written by Cory Benson January 14, 2020

Bike Check: Mason InSearchOf shows how they tackled The Tour Divide

Ultra-endurance rider & Hunt wheels Beyond adventure product manager Josh Ibbett spent two & half weeks this summer, taking on the challenge of The Tour…

Written by Cory Benson January 06, 2020

Dlouhy Cycles’ The Mule is a modern handcrafted steel bike for all-roads

Having worked together developing & building bikes for a couple of years, I’ve spotted more bikes from Dlouhy Cycles this fall, a colorful mix of…

Written by Cory Benson December 27, 2019

Orbea’s orange Orca OMX, the Basque beauty of Fundación Euskadi, coming to you?

Orbea already updated their excellent all-rounder Orca carbon road race bike earlier this year with the latest OMX. Now, as the Fundación Euskadi development team…

Written by Cory Benson December 19, 2019

Must See: Festka Spectre Porcelain is a $35,000 hand painted, 24k gold leaf road bike

The latest unbelievably detailed, handmade carbon road bike to come out of Festka’s Czech workshop is this Spectre Porcelain dream build. The lightweight & stiff,…

Written by Cory Benson December 17, 2019

Light Wolf dream builds first lightweight carbon Unno Horn XC mountain bike <9.5kg

In mid-summer we got a first look at the limited edition, ultralight carbon Horn full-suspension XC race bike of premium Spanish bike builder UNNO. Within…

Written by Cory Benson October 01, 2019

Pro Bike Check: Thomas Vanderham’s Rocky Mountain Instinct

Amongst the world of pro bikes, there live some that are just meant for play. By which we mean Thomas Vanderham doesn’t really race, but…

Written by Tyler Benedict July 29, 2019

Custom Merckx steel MyCorsa road bike raced in Tour finale, plus polka dots & more!

It’s not every day you see a steel bike raced in the pro peloton. But last night after racing for three weeks, Oliver Naesen rolled…

Written by Cory Benson July 29, 2019

World Superbike Champ Jonathan Rea’s custom Vitus ZX-1 Disc carbon road bike

What road bike would a 4x World Superbike Champion ride to match his championship winning Kawasaki ZX-10RR? Well, Vitus Bikes makes a semi-aero carbon ZX-1…

Written by Cory Benson June 26, 2019