Components - Drivetrain

"One of the most beneficial suspension upgrades available, and it’s not a suspension part…"

SRAM's MatchMaker mounting system and Shimano's I-Spec have spawned an entire branch of the bicycling industrial complex for riders trying to keep their bars uncluttered...

Making some smooth shifting improvements to my kid's 20" wheeled mountain bike, and ditching a couple of cogs in the process...

What is less than a trickle? Maybe this is seep down tech? Drool down? Either way - it's AXS for less...

Going from testing Shimano's 12-spd HG+ to a custom 14-spd drivetrain assembled from a min-maxed mix of old parts on hand...

Did you know Shimano's clutch mechanism is serviceable? This service could improve your drivetrain's performance…

The price is plebeian and the promised performance is premium. A longer look at M6100 | M6120 Shimano 12-speed Deore drivetrain.

Shimano HG+ compatible chainrings for Race Face CINCH cranks are showing up on complete bikes equipped with Shimano 12 spd. drivetrains, and in your local shop...

Silence may be golden but the sound of rubber slapping across the ground is platinum…

It's a technological marvel, but how will that technology fare after a year of use on the North Shore?

Wolf Tooth is seeing demand for crank-mounted bash guards – and perhaps their time has returned for our longer, lower, faster bikes...

Do you own any used parts with a value significantly above what they would fetch in the Buy & Sell?

SRAM AXS shifters can require time to get used to - the Rocker Paddle is closer in shape to a conventional SRAM shifter.

Mix things up on your mountain bike, for the price of a friction thumb shifter and become a better rider in the process.

How close can the third tier drivetrain come to XT - or even XTR?

Shimano's second tier group has never been closer to XTR.

Could the Shimano Deore M6100 12spd be the only drivetrain that really matters?

"Generally speaking there will always be some small company there waiting for the big boys to drop the ball..."

SRAM's new XX1, X01, and GX drivetrains represent mostly incremental performance and cosmetic updates, and one big change: the new Eagle cassette is the tooth count leader with 52 teeth.

Where I talk about the off-the-shelf, 409%, ultra-reliable gearbox that's available for less money than a high-end 12spd cassette...

Options are a beautiful thing for mountain bikers - and we've just been through a period when drivetrain choices were narrower than ever...

Some good news and some bad news - several months or years after first reviewing these products...

The coolest feature of AXS is the DATA; which of the 12-cogs get the most use and shifts-per-Kilometer and, on the North Shore, do we need more gears or fewer?

You can buy fancier sh*t, but the Race Face Aeffect R 7050 aluminum crankset and 170mm dropper post are really all anyone needs...