Gear

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

Jeff Bryson prepares and fixes the bikes of EWS racers Jesse Melamed and Remi Gauvin - but that's only a small part of his job...

We don't normally do the winning bike thing but today we got lucky and we bring you the 1st and 5th place bikes...

"There is an element of this frantic change that satisfies the old school hold out in me as well..."

Topeak's ratcheting tool is so useful you'll want it in your shop but it's so compact and versatile that you'll want it on the trail as well...

A few changes have altered Andrew's impression of the Stache so dramatically that a new review was in order...

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

The system Marin and Polygon are using is so unlike other bikes that people mistake it for an e-bike - so let's take a look under the hood...

If you have trouble finding SPD shoes that fit your feet Lake might have what you are looking for...

With bikes looking more and more alike the unusual looks of the Wolf Ridge is part of the appeal - but it's NOT AN E-BIKE!

Tim Coleman does his racer-boy best to find the limits of the Box One drivetrain and the results were catastrophic...

Mavic claims that up to 76mm (3.0") tires are compatible with 28mm rims but skepticism was thick in the air around here...

"Any time a component is terminal and a rider feels they've gotten excellent value I think it's high praise indeed..."

The Reverb 1x Remote ditches the push button actuation for a nice long lever with a concave paddle for your thumb and under bar placement...

Why does Pivot spec Aeffect cranks on their US $7400 Firebird and other models? Andrew Major wanted to know as well...

Rims are the latest frontier for carbon and unsurpsingly it's proving to be the toughest application to get right...

Trek has borrowed technology from Moto GP to eliminate the internal floating piston in rear shocks and (they claim) reduce hysteresis (lag)...

Despite an early failure with the first set Andrew Major came away impressed with e13's top of the line cranks...

New for 2018 - these wheels lost a third of a pound but the big news is in the brawn department...

It may be summer in the northern hemisphere but in the mountains the rain can turn nasty any time of year...

It may not be the slickest looking post but it's simple, easy to work on and incredibly reliable, and the price blows most other posts out of the water...

The wide bar trend has some merit - and it taught Cam some lessons - but once they were learned it was time to pull things in a little...

No downtube bottle mount on your bike - or maybe you want a second mount for big missions - SKS has the answer...

A long travel 29er worthy of the Intense name? Word on the street is that it's the best non-DH Intense ever...