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Why Felt spent years developing new non-aero road bikes — meet the new FR and VR
The 2017 Felt lineup will feature two all-new collections of carbon fiber and aluminum road bikes. The FR is a wholesale redesign of the longstanding F-Series range of traditional light-and-stiff road...
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Davis Phinney’s ’84 Olympics bike and the golden dream that almost was
Davis Phinney and Connie Carpenter-Phinney — the parents of current cycling phenom Taylor Phinney — were the runaway favorites to win the men’s and women’s Olympic road races in 1984. It was a dream...
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Bixxis Prima frameset review
Bixxis may be a new brand name to many but the man behind these custom-built frames — Doriano De Rosa — has a deep history, both in the sport and as a framebuilder. After spending 40 years working for...
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What the Specialized Venge ViAS Disc suggests for the future of aero disc...
Specialized recently unveiled a disc brake-equipped version of its Venge ViAS aero road bike. The claims of identical weight and nearly identical aerodynamic performance to the rim brake version are...
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Avanti unveils two new track bikes for New Zealand’s Olympic squad
Avanti’s track bikes have been travelling to the Olympics with New Zealand’s national team since 2004, when Sarah Ulmer won gold in the individual pursuit at the Athens Olympics. After the close of the...
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August 2016 Product Picks: BDop, Clément, Didit, Phew, Silca, Wheel Fanatyk
In this month’s edition of Product Picks, Australian tech editor Matt Wikstrom takes a look at an aluminium cassette from BDop, race tyres from Clément, winter gloves from Phew, Silca’s new range of...
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All over the map: The truth behind global shifts in component pricing
I’m sitting in a swanky restaurant across from a renegade Shimano employee who insists, tongue-in-cheekily, on being identified only as “Source Ninja.” Really. Ninja is schooling me in the byzantine...
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A tale of two bells: Spurcycle vs. the counterfeiters
Spurcycle launched its bicycle bell in August 2013 as so many companies do these days: via the crowdfunding web site, Kickstarter. When the campaign ended, the company had 8000 orders on hand — 16...
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The revolutionary Project ’96 GT Superbike — and its lasting impact on...
The 1992 Olympic Games had just finished, and USA Cycling, together with a group of top industry partners, embarked on an ambitious mission to provide its track athletes with the fastest bike in the...
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What does the future hold for Italian Bike Brands?
It seems that whenever mainstream media talks about road bikes, Italian brands feature frequently as the ultimate representation of our aspirations while, in contrast, those from Taiwan are suggested...
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Rails, channels and facelifts: what all of the options mean for Fizik’s...
Fizik is well known for its race-oriented saddles, and in recent years, the company has enlarged the number of options for any given model. Options now include different rail materials (steel,...
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The gold-medal bikes of the 2016 Rio Olympics
The Olympics is arguably the grandest competitive stage in the world that pits athlete against athlete. Yet while the men and women receive all the credit for victory (and deservedly so), many events...
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The man behind the bike: Specialized industrial designer Brian Szykowny
Industrial designers are the magical bridge between how an engineer makes a product work, and how it ultimately looks to the end user. You’re likely already familiar with the Power saddle, Venge ViAS...
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Bikes of the Bunch: Mosaic RS-1
In this edition of Bikes of the Bunch, Mark Hinsley shares the story behind his new steel bike, a custom-built Mosaic. I have been riding carbon bikes for 10+ years and really wanted a change and...
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Origins: How heart disease and a refusal to ski created Boa Closure Systems
Boa shoe closures were little more than curious oddities when they first found their way on to cycling footwear in 2003. More than a decade later, they’re arguably the system to have for high-end...
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Shimano S-Phyre RC900 road shoes: Release details and review
Ever since Sep Vanmarcke finished third in Flanders back in April, rumours were circling for exactly who produced his unlabeled footwear. Since then, a small number of Shimano-sponsored WorldTour...
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In search of the best derailleur hanger tool
Sticking out in the wind, controlling your rear gears and just waiting to be bent. The rear derailleur sits in a precarious position and so the little hanger it’s bolted to is commonly designed as a...
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Eurobike live tech coverage, day one
Eurobike is the premier bicycle trade show in the world, with nearly every brand in the industry represented and practically every bike-related component product housed under one giant roof. In other...
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Eurobike live tech coverage, day two
Our live coverage of the first day of Eurobike went off without a hitch so for day two, we’ll be bringing you much more of the same, in essentially real-time right from the showroom floor. We barely...
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Bikes of the (staff) Bunch: Matt Wikstrom’s Baum x779
In this edition of Bikes of the Bunch, our Australian tech editor, Matt Wikstrom, shares the details of his new bike, a custom-built Baum Corretto. One of the first conversations I had with CyclingTips...
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