Month: September 2020

Liv’s new gravel bike is far more than just a gravel bike. The 2021 Liv Devote Advanced is worthy of other names too; adventure bike or bikepacking bike, for example. That’s thanks to its hugely increased capacity for carrying kit. At a glance, this looks to be a very well thought out women’s gravel bike

Joining the ever growing oil slick trend are absoluteBLACK, creators of some of the most scientifically-proven oval chainrings on the market. They begin by rolling out rainbow ovals for SRAM direct mount. If bling is your thing, now is not the time to back down. Check out the new AbsoluteBLACK PVD Rainbow ovals and consider

Have you ever been in a new location wondering where the best roads and routes are? You know, the ones the locals ride? Heatmaps are a great way to home in on the most popular routes as they aggregate data from all of the users available, and highlight the most trafficked areas. Now, Ride with

The days of the super heavy dirt jump fork are long gone. Instead, thanks to Marzocchi’s rebirth at the hands of Fox, the Bomber DJ is back. Borrowing heavily from the longer travel Bomber Z1, the new DJ claims to be super stiff and impressively light. All photos c. Marzocchi Like the Z1, the DJ

Teased last week as a project of road racing icons Alberto Contador & Ivan Basso, the upstart Aurum Bikes brand debuts with a single lightweight carbon road bike named Magma. Said to have started with the idea of adapting a race-ready climber’s bike into more of an endurance all-rounder, the Aurum Magma looks to mix

What a finish for the 2020 Tour de France! For a race that risked being completely overshadowed with the threat of coronavirus, the Tour delivered with incredible racing that didn’t see the overall winner decided until the mountain time trial of the second to last stage. Photo provided by Prologo. With that, Tadej Pogacar rode

I wouldn’t be a good Millennial if I didn’t think that brunch > lunch. There’s booze, bacon, eggs, you know – all the major food groups, and it’s all served at leisurely hour in the day. It’s no wonder that Revel is calling their newest Ranger build, the Brunch Ride Edition. Likely a good-hearted take on

It didn’t take long for Patrol to decide that their new 691 enduro bike needed to evolve. Just launched last year, the bike is already undergoing a geometry evolution. But that’s a lot easier to do when you own your own factories and are building bikes out of aluminum. Instead of having to modify or

Photo submitted by Natalia Croomhill, “Here’s a shot of my custom Kona Process 153 27.5, leaning on the inside of one of the berms in our backyard trail system. Right now we’re just enjoying it ourselves while COVID is going on, but someday we might do some events out here with our local SORBA group.”

Culprit showed us their CSR Carbon Speed Rest aerobar setup as a concept last summer, promising more comfort and adjustability in an aerodynamic position on time trial, triathlon and even endurance racing setups. Now those extra-long CSR arm pads are available, and they will improve your comfort on whatever aerobar cockpit setup you are already