First Impressions/Rides
2019 Santa Cruz Chameleon Carbon
Does the Chameleon live up to the name now that it's hewn into smooth lines and arcs of carbon fibre?
Product Release
Introducing the 2019 Kona Big Honzo
Even if you have no interest in this bike - a a big wheeled or Plus tired hardtail - come for the wicked video...
VIDEO & DEVELOPMENT
The One-Off Santa Cruz Danny Mac Bike
The unique bike that saw the beginning of new techniques at the in-house R&D facility…
Dear Santa
Be Bicycle Santa - Andrew's List
Merino next to his skin and some bike designs that aren't recycled versions of last year's bikes are a couple of items on Andrew's list...
Bike Preview
2018 Marin Pine Mountain 1
It's rare for a bike under 2K to catch our eye but the Marin Pine Mountain 1 has much to offer at $700 under that mark...
Dirt Demo Day 1
OTSO VOYTEK
Carbon utility in three wheel sizes and more bolts than the tin man.
REVIEW
2017 Trek Stache 7 29+
While it's clear the Stache wasn't designed for the nastiest, steepest terrain, for trails where it shines it lights up like a near-sighted goalie...
Kona's Brilliant Plan
An E-Bike You Can't Hate
Kona has done a side run around e-bike opponents - and it's (almost) impossible to be mad...
First Impressions
2017 TREK STACHE 29+ Hardtail
Not just a wagon-wheeler but a Plus wagon wheeler - Trek's Stache 29+ hardtail getting ready for North Shore testing...
First Look and Early Ride Thoughts
2017 Santa Cruz Chameleon
Up For Anything; Down For Anything
TRIPLE TESTER REVIEW
2017 Kona Wozo
Three testers had the chance to ride Kona's hardtail fatbike during the snowiest North Shore winter in years - and on good old dirt as well...
Bike Review
Chromag Primer 27+
Going back to a hardtail – even one with progressive geometry like the Primer – required patience. The payoff was well worth it.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Chromag Primer
“Is this some kind of masochistic manifestation of mid-life in crisis, or just the next phase in my infatuation with bikes?”
2015 Rocky Mountain Blizzard
Rocky Mountain’s Blizzard is now a fat bike with a RockShox suspension fork.
Long Term Review: Ragley Bagger 288
“This frame has a perceptible compliance I’ve not experienced with previous aluminum frames…”
Banshee Rampant Review
“I purchased my frame a couple of years ago, and fell in love with it right away. Since then I lost my love…”
Project Dekerf – Done
She was a hand me down that sat in my basement for years – and now she’s become a favourite in my stable