Bikes & Frames
A nice little bit of bikeporn to start the weekend courtesy of u/bdgardner over on Reddit. Absolutely incredible custom paint job and a beautiful Zipp/SRAM build to boot. Photos worthy of your desktop wallpaper. As for his inspiration: this is my cannondale that I custom painted to imitate
Bikes & Frames
Trails cost money. A recent trend has been for trail organizations to raise money by raffling off a bike. The Oregon Timber Trail is working with Giant/Liv to drive donations and offer one lucky winner a new Giant Trance Advanced 29 2 or Liv Intrigue Advanced 2 carbon mountain
Bikes & Frames
Velo Orange offers five different framesets, all requiring the rider to put together a custom build. For those looking for a complete bike there wasn’t an option, until now. Velo Orange is now offering complete builds of their Piolet and Polyvalent models. “If you simply want to jump into
The Garage
Under the Big Sky is a new documentary series from The Montana Television Network, the goal is to showcase the interesting people, businesses and stories that are found under the Big Sky. Carl Strong’s earliest memories all center around bicycles. In Seattle, he raced BMX bikes through his childhood
Bikes & Frames
Building off the launch of the Cache titanium all-road bike, Knolly just announced a steel version for its 2020 lineup. The steel Cache retains the geometry of the titanium Cache and most of its other frame details. The frame only option goes for $999 and frame-set for $1399. No details
Bikes & Frames
The all-new Roadlite:ON expands Canyon’s fitness bike portfolio with an electronic assist model. The Roadlite is the “definition of a high-performance fitness bike – combining control, comfort and precise engineering with Canyon’s inimitable, unmistakable design and performance.” “Powered by the Fazua Evation drive system, the Roadlite:ON provides
Culture & Opinion
If you’re interested in bike commuting but don’t have the gear or know how to get started, State Bicycle Co. and Phil Gaimon have just what you need. State Bicycle Co. is teaming up with Phil Gaimon to give one lucky soon-to-be-cyclist a chance to learn how to
Bikes & Frames
London-based purveyors of sick kits, Romance, has teamed up with Dutch artist Parra for a one-off and very special Specialized S-Works Roubaix. The bike is being auctioned off to support World Bicycle Relief. Outside of the incredible paint job is a top of the line build with SRAM RED eTap
Culture & Opinion
I still refuse to accept the price of Specialized’s new e-bike range, but I can admit this is a fun commercial.
Bikes & Frames
In a week of $17,000 e-bikes and $6,000 aluminum road bikes, who’d of thought that a reasonably priced, gravel, speed machine would come from Cervélo of all places? While most gravel bikes come with the necessary bolts and bosses for bikepacking as well as faster rides, the
Culture & Opinion
Fourteen-thousand dollars. Let that sink in for a minute. Earlier this week Specialized launched its first-ever E-Road bike: the Specialized Creo SL. There are four models in the Turbo Creo SL line – three for road riding, and one for gravel. They are all powered by the same SL 1.1
Bikes & Frames
Nordest is best known for its mountain bikes, but the company’s newest release is the Albarda, an all road/gravel bike that is worth a closer look. The Nordest Albarda Ti M1 bike is manufactured from CrMo 4130 steel double butted tubing, with geometry designed by Pedro Jerónimo.