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New cycling gear and review articles.
Review: RockShox Reverb
It’s hard to imagine that not too long ago dropper posts where an oddity found only on custom builds and made by only a handful of manufacturers. Even though the benefits were clear, the early samples were unreliable, short on drop and needed lots and lots of care. Fast forward to today and dropper posts […]
Strava Live Segments come to Wahoo’s ELEMNT GPS bike computer
Wahoo Fitness, the leader in workout apps and smartphone connected fitness devices, has just announced the integration of Strava Live Segments within its ELEMNT GPS cycling computer. Strava is easily authenticated on the ELEMNT, by simply starring a segment on Strava.com. Then, whenever a starred segment is encountered on a ride, the ELEMNT will then […]
Trek unveils Powerfly pedal-assist mountain bike
At Trek World, Trek’s annual retailer show in Madison, Wisconsin, the company unveiled Powerfly, a new line of full suspension and hardtail pedal-assist mountain bikes. Powerfly’s North American release builds on what has quickly become one of Trek’s most popular bike lines in Europe. Powerfly will allow everyone to experience more of what makes mountain […]
Garmin SA announce vívofit 3
Garmin are excited to announce vívofit 3, a daily activity tracker with one-year battery life and Garmin Move IQ. Building on the company’s popular activity tracker, the vívofit 3 adds new features including Move IQ auto activity detection and intensity minutes. Automatically capturing activities such as walking, running, biking, swimming and elliptical training, the vívofit […]
Review: Rudy Project Traylx
Rudy Project’s Traylx are the Italian company’s newest addition, having first emerged late in 2015. These sports focussed sunglasses are designed for superior comfort, efficient heat dissipation, and maximum safety all with high quality optics. I’ve been riding this test pair of Traylx sunglasses for close on a year. They feature Rudy Project’s “unbreakable” photochromic […]
First Look Friday: Lapierre Xelius, Specialized Women’s Motodiva, and Oakley Radar EV
First Look Friday is an introduction to the gear that we are currently testing for review. This week we’re featuring the Lapierre Xelius SL road bike, Specialized Women’s Motodiva shoes and Oakley’s Radar EV sunglasses. Lapierre Xelius SL 500 CP road bike The Xelius SL sits at the top of Lapierre’s road range alongside the […]
SwiftCarbon’s custom bikes for Rio Olympics
South Africa will be well represented at the Olympic Games this summer, with 137 athletes heading to Rio. But it’s not just the athletes that are Brazil-bound. South African brand SwiftCarbon will be hitting the streets too, ridden by some of the most talented athletes in the world, in the sports calendar’s biggest and most […]
Wolf Tooth launches new chainring and spider system
Wolf Tooth Components, LLC has released CAMO an exciting new chainring and spider system. CAMO, or Chainline And Material Optimization, is a configurable direct mount spider and chainring system designed with the looks and weight of one piece direct mount chainrings, and the added advantages that come with bolt on chainrings. The CAMO advantages include: […]
Transition Bikes announce Scout Carbon
The Scout has been one of our more overlooked bikes in our line. People are now just starting to catch on to how fun and capable this little bike is and now it’s available in carbon. Touting all the great features and geometry of the aluminium Scout with a large reduction in weight and no […]
Wolf Tooth Components releases GnarWolf Chainguide
Wolf Tooth Components, LLC has introduced a revolutionary new compact chain guide, the GnarWolf. Available now for ISCG-05, and coming soon in high direct mount and S3/E-type mount. According to Wolf Tooth founder Mike Pfeiffer: “We have been discussing a compact chain guide product for a couple of years but we did not want to […]
First Look: All new Trek Slash 29
The new Trek Slash 29 for 2017 is built for top-tier enduro racing with 29˝ tires, full carbon frame, and focused spec. When Trek engineers redesigned Slash to be the ultimate enduro bike, they looked to the equipment choices of the Trek Factory Racing enduro squad. Top riders like reigning Enduro World Series Champion Tracy […]
Review: Silverback Salice
The Silverback Salice is a do-it-all women-specific road bike from Silverback. It features a lightweight compact geometry aluminium frame, a full carbon fork for a fast, comfortable ride, and a reliable groupset at a palatable price. Specification The Salice is fitted with Shimano’s 105 2×11 groupset so you can expect crisp, reliable shifting and good […]