Components - Cockpit

While usually blasé about high dollar super sleds made with aerospace-approved material - Andrew Major has found some uses for the 'plastic fantastic...'

Giant has come close to providing the convenience of a lock-on with the feel of a push-on grip…

Andrew was surprised by a few products this year - and he's got a new assistant mechanic...

Don't get angry about bar width articles on the internet, use the wet season to tweak your set up and then go ride...

Quality, Durability, Flexibility

Ergon has updated their original and added a new shape and new compounds to these German-designed handles…

A fancy angleset, winter boots for temperate climates and a set of cranks that won't break the bank or the scale...

Renthal's wider Fatbar also comes in black, but that's not all there is to the new alloy bar…

Mano a Mano pits two similar products against each other - and in this case two riders will also be slugging it out with their grips...

A Wolf Tooth Headset with lots of colour, some full-featured lace-up clip in shoes from Scott, and a floor pump for the end of times from Crankbrothers...

If it's from ENVE you know it's made of carbon – even the stems – but only one level in the series has been fattened to a 35mm diameter...

Wolf Tooth jumps into the colorful high-end headset game.

Need a new dropper remote? Buy the ReMote. It's simple and an awesome product…

Are you looking for grips that don't compromise grip or diameter size for any other consideration? Look no further...

The gear that caught Andrew's attention and continues to surpass expectations to this day, and some classic memories that haunt him on the trails still.

The Chester series doesn't put a big hole in your budget for grips, bars and stem - but is it worthy of your ride?

"I remember smiling as he relegated these new fangled lock-on grips with the efficient ferocity of a cornered Luddite..."

There was a time when you could pass extra sweet components on from bike to bike because standards didn't change...

The GE1 is an enduro grip - which is not to be confused with a DH grip (the GD1) - but they'll get your elbows out all the same...

High priced bikes often come with expensive brand-name cockpit parts that are rarely perfect for the Joe Or Jo rider...

Scott bikes and Syncros components were showing off some interesting components, and some very refined details in their 2018 lineup, which was partly on display at Crankworx in Whistler.

This has to be the handiest multi-tool placement ever - and perhaps the most clever...

Virtually every mountain biker rides handlebars with sweep between 7 and 9 degrees but is that actually the sweet spot for everyone?

A grip designed to complement your carbon bars with a thinness that puts supermodels to shame...