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Actual Weights, adventure bars, Commuter, Cyclocross, Gadgets & Hacks, gravel, Gravel Bikes, Redshift kitchen sink bar, Redshift shock stop seatpost, Redshift shockstop stem, Road Bike, touring, Uncategorized - April 29, 2021

Is the Redshift Kitchen Sink Handlebar the ultimate gravel upgrade?

Variations on handlebars are coming fast and furious — with designs that, at first, can boggle the mind. Initially, the design choices seem over-the-top, but after some time on suitable terrain, they turn out to be quite practical and comfortable. Redshifts Kitchen Sink Handlebar struck me as one of those situations, with tons of hand […]

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Rovals C38 carbon wheelset get $300 price drop and upgraded DT 370 Ratchet LN hub

Roval, fresh off the release of their affordable Control Carbon mountain bike wheel, change gears back to the pavement with more carbon. Nothing sets off the performance of a bike like the wheels. Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen carbon wheel prices drop with hopes of maintaining performance. Some have flourished, and some […]

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Tubolito PSENS smart inner tube measures pressure w/ NFC chip, plus world’s lightest gravel tube

Not content with just producing the world’s lightest and strongest inner tubes, Tubolito is back with another world first – a smart inner tube. Coincidentally, it’s probably also the world’s most expensive inner tube at nearly $50 a pop. But it does have a pretty neat trick built into its thermoplastic elastomer skin. NFC Chips […]

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Are the new Bontrager Aeolus RSL road wheels their fastest yet? Plus new Aeolus Pro 51 depth

Fresh off of the thrill of the classics, the Bontrager wheel team announces a counterpart to its lightest ever Bontrager Aeolus RSL 37 wheels. The new wheel line, better yet – let’s call it an expansion pack – offers the same hub and attention to detail as the Bontrager RSL 37 wheels and is available […]

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Cyclocross, Gravel Bikes, Road Bike - April 15, 2021

Storck GRIX carbon gravel bike adds Rival eTap AXS Wide shifting to fast CX roots

Storck’s long-proven T.I.X. cyclocross platform made the shift to gravel last year with its GRIX redesign & renaming. No, Grix takes its mixed-surface capabilities further with a wide-ranging SRAM Rival eTap AXS upgrade. At the same time, the popular aero road Storck Aerfast3 also gets a new Rival AXS build, becoming a surprising way to […]

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