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This Bike Will Make Standard Hardtails Obsolete
The complaint with 29+ to date? The wheel size can feel unmanageable and the bikes that use them ride like monster trucks. Three years in development, the new Trek Stache—a nimble hardtail built around...
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Salsa Cutthroat: The 200-Mile Test
A month ago, on the same day that 150-odd riders set out from Banff for the 2,745-mile Tour Divide, I pedaled off on a three-day, 200-mile ride through some of the course’s northernmost miles. The goal...
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Tested: Rocky Mountain Sherpa
Bikepacking, where you load what you need onto your bikes and set off on a trail adventure, isn’t new. Events like the Arizona Trail 300, the Colorado Trail Race, the Tour Divide (and many precursors),...
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Santa Cruz Nomad Review
Santa Cruz launched this revised Nomad in spring 2014, but we were so busy—and enthralled—with the bike’s little brother, the Bronson, that we didn’t get on this tester until late last fall. The two...
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XTR Di2: The Best MTB Drivetrain Money Can Buy
Last September at Interbike, Shimano showed its first working samples of Di2 for the dirt crowd, and the 30-odd minutes we got to ride the prototype left us captivated. Shifting was fast and accurate,...
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The $2,000 Roof Rack
Oregon-based Yakima acquired New Zealand rack manufacturer Hubco and its Whispbar brand back in 2010. Ever since, Yakima has been positioning Whispbar as a premium offering for those seeking sleeker,...
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Our 3 Favorite Hydration Packs for Mountain Bikers
It used to be that any manufacturer could make a rucksack, stuff it with a bladder, and market it as a hydration solution. These packs were fine for the everyday recreationalist but didn’t work for...
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Tested: Eddy Merckx Mourenx 69 Endurance Road Bike
Eddy Merckx, the most decorated cyclist of all time, was always on the attack and unafraid of being out front alone. Take the 1969 Tour de France, when the Cannibal (as he was then known) rode away...
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First Look: The New Yeti SB4.5C
Eurobike starts today, and Golden, Colorado-based Yeti is launching a new 29er to kick off the show. We’ve been riding the SB4.5C for a few weeks, and so far, it’s one of the most versatile trail bikes...
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SRAM Goes Electric and Wireless
SRAM, the Chicago, Illinois-based bicycle component manufacturer, announced its first-ever electronic drivetrain, eTap Red, on Wednesday.Coming six years after Shimano launched its first Di2 system,...
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The 6 Best Bike Shades for the Dirt and the Road
Cycling sunglasses do more than shield your eyes from sun. They're also the only defense between you and every bullet-like projectile that gets kicked up by the wheels and blasted at your face. We...
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The 3 Best Mountain-Bike Kits of the Season
The mountain bike market continues to segment and specialize, encompassing everything from drop-bar rigid rides for events like the Tour Divide to bikes with 200-millimeters-plus of travel for hurling...
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First Look: Trek Fuel Ex 29
Trek launched a squad of new mountain bikes earlier this summer, including the 29+ Stache, a hardtail called the Pro Caliber that uses the IsoSpeed decoupler from the Domane, and a new race platform...
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6-Month Review: Norco Search SR
Well-known and loved in Canada, Norco has been quietly racking up an American audience with its refined but not-too-expensive line of bikes, including the Range and our 2014 Gear of the Year winner...
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Vittoria Mezcal G+ Tires
Technology Photo: Berne BroudyGraphene, the thinnest, strongest material ever discovered, is a nearly transparent sheet of pure carbon that, in its extreme form, measures just a single atom thick....
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Diamondback Haanjo Trail: The 6-Month Review
Two years ago, Diamondback, known mostly for its budget mountain bikes, took the road market by storm with the Podium 7, a surprisingly refined high-performance race machine that sold for a fraction of...
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Can a $7,000 E-Bike Replace Your Car? We Spent 30 Days Riding One to Find Out.
Earlier this fall, I performed an of-the-moment transportation experiment. Several days every week for a month, I ditched my beloved hauler of a minivan for an electric bike. Aside from an e-bike’s...
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First Look: 9:Zero:7 Slider
The Godzilla El Niño everyone predicted is already bringing snow to the West, but fortunately I’ve been riding the new 9:Zero:7 Slider for the past couple weeks, which has proven to be the perfect bike...
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6-Month Review: Niner Jet 9 RDO
The FrameFounded in 2004, Niner is the longest-running bike company dealing exclusively in big wheels. That might sound like a liability in today’s 27.5-crazed market, but the decade-plus of experience...
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Six-Month Review: Pivot Mach 429 SL Carbon
The Mach 429 SL is racecourse fast but feels almost as confident and comfortable as a trail bike. It kept pace with bikes that had and inch more travel in the rear. Of course, we couldn’t help but...
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