Posts tagged with 'industry-nine'

For some this may be early, but the supply chain is troublesome. Get ahead of the game with domestically made parts, a session with a photographer, or stocking up on consumables like fresh lube.

For the young and the old, for the busy and the bold. Here's my attempt at a helpful list of gift ideas for the mountain biker in your life.

Many months on WTB's excellent answer for riders sticking with aluminum rims for the price, ride quality, or application.

Andrew Major can justify almost every part of his bikes, even the Gucci ones, according to the doctrine of min-maxing. Almost...

Hydra comes to the trail with lightning-quick engagement, quality construction, simple service, tuneable noise & volume, and very low drag right out of the box.

When an April Fool's day prank goes really, really right.

What is this sorcery? It sounds like angry bees, hooks up like a clutch system, and delivers ultra-quick engagement...

Some pro bikes, fancy Italian brakes and even a suspension handlebar...

"Take these things, rough 'em up a little and see how you like them," was the directive from Cam when he handed this Reynolds wheelset over to me...

"Here in North Vancouver I have the luxury of access to year round riding allowing me to maintain my sanity and ruin my bicycle..."

Reynolds wheels designs rims, manufacturers molds, makes prototypes, and builds early production runs in the U.S.A…”

“29er wheels can be prone to feeling a touch floppy with their longer spokes, so the stiff rim and high spoke tension counteract that….”

Sure they are pretty, and loud, but can they handle some abuse?

“Hiding within a nondescript industrial unit in Asheville in North Carolina is an engineering geek’s…”