Culture & Opinion
Video: Deep Diving with Kiel & Co.
This is awesome. It’s like Wes Anderson meets SRAM advertisement. The YouTube description doesn’t do it justice: A backyard adventure with the Trek-Segafredo rider. More on this story at SRAM.
Components
Wolf Tooth Components Morse Cages Available in Limited Edition Gold Finish
The Wolf Tooth Components Morse Cage is a collaboration with King Cage. WTC provides the base plate which allows for 32mm of vertical adjustment and King Cage provides its beautiful bottle cage. The raw titanium version is one of my favorite bottle cages. Nice flexibility in spacing and great bottle
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Cane Creek eeWings Cranks Now Available in Raven Black
I don’t know who doesn’t like the look of raw titanium, but if you do Cane Creek’s eeWings Raven cranks give a new look to their titanium crank arms, giving them a deep gloss black. Weight weenies watch out, the automotive finish adds a full 3g. In
The Garage
Silca's New Super Secret Chain Lube on a Vintage Molteni Merckx
Silca just released a new product, dubbed Super Secret Chain Lube. The “secret”? NanoPlatelet WS2, a material that has less than 1/3 the dynamic coefficient of friction of PTFE and 1/4 that of Molybdenum Disulfide. In other words, it’s slick. And that bike! I’ll try to
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Wheel Steal: E11EVEN 38/50mm Tubeless Ready Carbon Clincher Wheelset Review
Tubeless ready carbon clinchers for under $300, not possible right? I didn’t believe it either, until they showed up at my door. Enter E11EVEN bike’s 38mm and 50mm carbon rim brake clinchers each currently running under $300 for a wheelset – yes, a complete laced up set, they even
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ENVE’s New Foundation Wheels, Second-Tier $1,600 Made in the USA Wheelset
ENVE is and always will be high-end in the world of wheelsets but to make the brand more accessible, they just released an all-new Foundation Wheel. Poised as a second-tier pricepoint product the wheels are built to the same standards as all their wheels, but with fewer features. Still made
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Panaracer GravelKing Tires in Limited Edition Colors
Panaracer’s GravelKing tire is dominant in the gravel scene, now there will be a little more variety in the field thanks to the tire now being available in a variety of colors. The gold, purple, and olive GravelKings are now available for pre-order at your local dealer, with either
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Zipp Launches Tangente Course G40 Tubeless Tire
From Zipp: Zipp’s new Tangente Course G40 (700x40c) is a purpose-built tubeless gravel/off pavement tire for smooth control over untamed roads. Grippy for aggressive riding, this tire provides the control and durability demanded by gravel, dirt, rocks, mud, whatever. The Tangente Course G40 is a wide (40mm) tire
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Park Tool Hydraulic Brake Bleed Kits with Third Hand to Hold the Syringe
Disc brakes are nearly ubiquitous at this point. Mountain bike, road bike, gravel bike, just about everywhere you look disc brakes are there. The stopping power is undeniable, the servicing of said brakes, however, sucks. Park Tool is adding two new bleed kit options to its lineup that might just
Tech & Data
Wahoo Update ELEMNT Range with New Look and Lower Price for BOLT and LEV Integration
With Wahoo’s latest firmware update for all its ELEMNT GPS devices, it is now possible to connect them to your ebike if it’s got an open LEV profile and ANT+ connectivity. After pairing with an ebike, ELEMNT computers with the firmware update are able to display the remaining
Bikes & Frames
Easton Cycling’s Overland Gravel Racing 2020 Team Launch
The Easton Overland team is back for 2020, and ready to take on the 2020 Mid South Gravel Race. For 2020, the team members are riding different six different brands of frames with nearly the same builds and Easton wheels and cockpits. See the full release and video below. 2020.
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Fizik Releases $400 3-D Printed Saddle
This Fizik Antares Versus Evo 00 Adaptive saddle not only looks like a beehive, the name itself has about as many letters as a swarm of them. The saddle starts with the carbon body of Fizik’s existing Antares Versus Evo 00, but builds upon it with a 3D printed