Tips & Reviews

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Now occupying their top selling spot, the Parlee Chebacco went from launch in 2015 to their most popular model. Originally designed as a do-anything all road bike, the Chebacco has now morphed into a full fledged gravel race bike. Version 2 of the bike made the switch to flat mount brakes and fixed 12mm thru

How well is your cockpit aligned right now? It may be close, but is it perfect? Short of finding a mechanic with the perfect eye, aligning your stem and handlebar typically involves eyeballing it, maybe giving it a few taps with your hand on one side, and going for a ride to see how close

Curve’s new alloy Dirt Hoops are built to be reliable off-road bikepacking adventure wheels, able to light your way with dynamo power. And while several bikes we’ve seen rolling on these new wheels had drop bars, like those ultra-wide Walmer bars I reviewed, this is definitely not just another gravel wheelset. With big 30mm internal

State Bicycle’s affordable 6061 Black Label All-Road mixed surface road & gravel bike is back with a new stealthy look and new 1x State builds. After both steel & alloy versions of their All-Road bikes have repeatedly sold out quickly, you’ll again need to act fast to get one of these latest builds. And we

Carbon steerers allow for lighter weight forks, but they do come with some special handling instructions. One of those is not to use a starnut like you’d typically find in a metal steerer. Instead, most carbon forks rely on compression plugs – like the one that Wolf Tooth Components has offered for a while. Only

We know, there’s no such thing as a stupid question. But there are some questions you might not want to ask your local shop or riding buddies. AASQ is our weekly series where we get to the bottom of your questions – serious or otherwise. This time we answer your wheelset tech questions across Road,

Connor Macfarlane schools us in how to enjoy New Zealand’s Winter-Summer shoulder season best in a new video by Tilt Shift; Peak to Pub. A failed ski jump attempt leads Connor to take to the slopes on his Commencal Clash. Huge back flips to snow and wall rides on Rampage-like terrain are the highlights of

Is the new Farr Twin-T a mountain bike? Or maybe a gravel bike? Let’s stick with calling it an adventure bike. Built from custom-butted chromoly, Farr’s latest old school BMX & moto-inspired, double downtube Twin-T is a fully modern off-road adventure frameset that mixes the best of 29er hardtails with gravel bikepacking capabilities. Build it

Adidas is once again ramping up their Sport Eyewear brand. That means you have even more options when it comes to finding that perfect pair of cycling shades. Now, the iconic brand is introducing their newest eyewear tech – Kolor Up. SP0004 Claiming to “visually enhance your surrounding light, color, and contrast”, Kolor Up promises

Rails-to-Trails progress on Great American route, surpassing 2000mi done – First announced almost two years ago, the Rails-To-Trails Conservancy tells us of progress made, overcoming the chaos of last year. While 20 actual new miles completed in 2020 seems incremental, it does carry the project over a symbolic threshold of 2000 miles of dedicated multi-use

Dropper posts on gravel bikes? I have been a bit skeptical of them since they casually started popping up on the scene. When it comes to mountain biking however, a dropper is an absolute necessity in my mind. Regardless of my skepticism I was excited at the chance to give Easton’s new EA70 AX dropper

The GoPro Labs special Firmware Program has, until now, only been available to GoPro Hero8 Black users. Added to the sandbox are their other action cameras; the Hero7 Black, Hero9 Black and the GoPro Max, giving more users access to the experimental features on offer. The flagship GoPro Hero9 Black can now access the experimental

The two newest bikes from Bombtrack for 2021 share a name and similar urban utility vehicle intent, but the aluminum Munroe AL & Munroe Cargo couldn’t be much further apart. Developed to fill the more utilitarian gap in their city bike range, one is a simple geared runabout that will go anywhere, and the other

What has more traction than a fat bike? A fat bike with All Wheel Drive, of course. The PWR Dually isn’t the first AWD fat bike, or even the first version of this exact bike, but brings the technology to the market with a more approachable price tag. From a visual perspective, this appears to

Photo submitted by Chris Renshaw, “A bit of water flowing made great scenes and sounds on the Back 40, Northwest Arkansas.” We always love seeing photos from where you are riding and are happy to share them with our readers around the world here on the Pic Of The Day. Send in your pics with a description here.

Currently, the Consumer Electronic Show is in full swing – only, it’s gone 100% digital. Even though there’s no physical show floor to roam, there are still a number of new products launching. That includes some that the bicycle world will find particularly interesting. Especially, since one day, it could save your life. For a

RockyMounts VanTrack proposes a simple new adaptable, wheel-off fork mount system that can secure more bikes into the back of your truck or custom van build, either built-in or able to be moved around. Using a two-grove layout, VanTrack lets users offset or even angle each bike to pack them in tight, using almost any