Wrapping Up 2019
Best Of 2019 - Andrew's List
Budget bike geometry, fresh cedar, gnarly trails, rider driven companies, and feedback are reflected on in Andrew's best of NSMB for 2019.
Teardown | First Impressions
Industry Nine Hydra Hubs - Ridden
What is this sorcery? It sounds like angry bees, hooks up like a clutch system, and delivers ultra-quick engagement...
Teardown | First Impressions
Formula Cura 4 Brakes Ridden
Formula's EWS and World Cup DH proven four-piston brakes bring Italian made beauty, power, and even value to the big-brake market...
Teardown | First Impressions
PNW Bachelor Dropper Post: Teardown
This is PNW's top shelf dropper post, that comes stock with one of the best levers in the business, a solid warranty and it's fully rebuildable...
REVIEW
FSA FLOWTRON Dropper Post Reviewed
FSA uses the familiar Wintek cartridge but adds some nice features like adjustable leverage to change the effort your thumb has to put in...
Teardown | First Impressions
Formula Cura Brakes: Teardown
Formula's mineral oil Cura brake is made in Italy, features a one-piece master cylinder body, a simple plunger setup, and a competitive price.
Teardown
SRAM Reverb Stealth B1
How many beers will it take? What are the crucial points where errors occur? What is slickoleum?
Teardown | First Rides
Race Face Aeffect Dropper Post Teardown
A surprise awaits inside Raceface's reasonably priced Aeffect Dropper post - and it turned out to be more than a one beer job...
Teardown | First Look
Aaron Gwin's TRP Quadiem Brakes - Teardown
TRP's top of the line brake (Gwin spec?) gets ripped apart so we can see what slows Aaron down...
Editorial
One Headset For Life
There was a time when you could pass extra sweet components on from bike to bike because standards didn't change...
Teardown
Project 321 Hub Teardown
Project 321 Hubs display high-level attention to detail, pretty colours and CNC engraved logos...
The Hive's unique dropper for the sophisticated luddite
e*thirteen TRS+ Dropper Post: First Look
E*Thirteen's TRS+ gets two 'Best In The Industry' awards: one for their fantastic remote, and another for...
Spring Service Basics
Wrench Now, Ride Later
Your bike hates you. But it can learn to love again.
Crankbrothers Highline Dropper : Teardown
"I'm well past the 150hr/yearly service interval and the Crankbrothers Highline dropper post was starting to sound a bit crunchy..."
Internal Brake Routing?!
"Internal routing looks cleaner and it seems to fine for shifters but the rear brake line often bangs around and swapping brakes becomes an ordeal..."
True Precision Stealth Hubs
True Precision's hubs roll without even a whisper but they engage with virtually no hesitation - does that mean they are delicate and complicated?
2017 RockShox Lyrik RCT3 Teardown
The Lyrik is simple to work on and the parts inside reflect quality workmanship and engineering - so get in there and make yours sing like new...
Inside the 2017 RockShox Super Deluxe
The RockShox Monarch Debonair set a new standard for air sprung shocks but it had a couple of issues - the Deluxe and Super Deluxe sets out to solve them...
Reynolds Blacklabel Wheels: Teardown & Winterization (Updated)
"Here in North Vancouver I have the luxury of access to year round riding allowing me to maintain my sanity and ruin my bicycle..."
Formula ROR brakes: Teardown
We all know that looks aren't everything but these are an example of truly beautiful design and production...
Insides Out: SRAM ROAM 60 Wheelset
Andrew Major gets a little help busting into the guts of SRAM’s rear hub to see what makes it go clickety click…
Suntour Durolux R2C2 Teardown
"The Durolux R2C2 claims to be what a lot of riders claim to be looking for; a durable, no-nonsense, easily-serviced, affordable, and great performing fork..."
Care for your RockShox DebonAir
RockShox' DebonAir air can changed how a lot of riders thought about air shocks - but many have had a frustrating but easy to remedy issue...
Schwalbe ProCore
ProCore generated lots of hype but now that the dust has settled, and you can buy the kits, what does it do for you...