Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Patagonia pedals into mountain biking with new Dirt Craft and Forerunner collection

Patagonia is a name that has been synonymous with outdoor pursuits since the early 70’s. In spite of their brand recognition from those who are about to climb a mountain or at least want to look like it, Patagonia hasn’t really expanded into the world of mountain bike apparel. Their new Dirt Craft line changes […]

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TPE16: New wheels from Novatec & Factor plus Control Tech’s new bars, stems and beautiful TiMania

With a carbon wheel around ever corner in Taipei, there were still plenty of familiar brands like Novatec and their Factor branded wheels to check out.  They came to Taipei with a few things to show as well as some more in the works. We also found some new road & mountain bike bars and stems at Control Tech as well as a […]

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Got new friends? Facebook spammers target cyclists & you may be your REAL friend’s worst enemy

Has your online social status been blowing with friend requests lately? Requests from suspicious characters like a male Triathlete named April or someone that just made friends with 46 other people? Are you or your friends getting spammed with ads for things like cheap sunglasses? If you or your friend(s) are, it’s likely due to someone accepting […]

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Campagnolo updates & widens Shamal Ultra C17 alloy road wheels

Shamals have been at the forefront of the pre-built wheel market for more than two decades, having been the first wheels with all components from one manufacturer, and they’d been some of the first to incorporate several unique solutions like different front and ream rim heights, ceramic bearings, oversized aluminium bladed spokes, and of course Campy’s […]

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Curve sends you belting down the road with the new 714-C2 and SRAM 22/Rohloff mashup

If you enjoy lusting over custom titanium bikes, you’ve probably checked out some of our coverage of France’s Curve Bike Engineering. Previously we looked at Curve’s MKII softtail mountain bike and their 714 road bike when it was updated last fall. The company has recently created a new iteration of the 714 which they’ve dubbed […]

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Whisky Parts Co. showcases new parts with Six Select Custom bikes

Instead of posting up all of their new parts in a booth on their own this year, Whisky Parts Co. had another idea in mind. As a premium carbon parts brand, Whisky expects all of their products to end up on high end bikes, so why not display them on some of the nicest custom […]

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NAHBS 2016 – LLLL’s yeah! Bikes from Lov, Low & Lichen

It would have been easy to confuse Lov Bikes as a custom paint provider, but the brilliantly colorful frames are theirs, too. They build in Eagle, Colorado, with fillet brazed steel and titanium. All full custom, with a big emphasis on paint. How big? Click on through to see some great examples, plus alloy road […]

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