Editor’s Note: This piece first ran on The Bike Lab recently. We re-post it here for your consideration.
Recently there has been a flurry of rumors and products that might indicate that the triple ring crank may be in danger of becoming extinct. Not only on road bikes, where the move to compact cranks has been [...]

Note: This opinion piece originally appeared on my blog: “Guitar Ted Productions” on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
With the news that 2009 bicycle prices were going to be significantly higher, I was left wondering how much it might cost now for someone to get into mountain biking, and 29″ers in particular. Of course, it never has [...]

My local shop is slowly rolling in the new 2009 product, as Trek or Gary Fisher hasn’t released their new 2009 catalogs I wanted to show the bikes that catch my eye as they come in until the catalogs are released in a few weeks.
The first that came in is the Gary Fisher Marlin.  The [...]

Bikes : ‘08 Trek Fuel EX 5.5 & ‘09 Fuel EX 8
Tester: 23 years old; 151 lbs; “XC” dirt lover.
Where? Charlotte, NC & Pisgah, NC
This past weekend I woke at o’dark 30 and made the drive west to the mountains of Western North Carolina. There was a need to ride something with some [...]

A month ago I needed a couple CO2 refills.  There is a shop that is a couple miles away so I stopped in on my way to grab coffee.  Quickly I was hit by sticker shock for the little CO2 cartridges.  I hadn’t purchased CO2 and full retail, nor had I bought any in almost [...]

Masi-Guy wrote an awesome post of where the cycling industry is currently going and how it is getting there. The US economy is in a fritz with taxes, gas and the housing market. Recession is the talk on most news channels and being a small fish in the cycling community can be pretty [...]