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Gadgets & Hacks, News - November 16, 2022

Found: MoonBikes Snowbike is More Electric Snowmobile Than Bicycle, But Still Super Cool

From the start the MoonBikes Snowbike is not a bike. By the most liberal definition, it’s a snow motor-bike. But seriously, this things is pretty rad, so I couldn’t really resist digging more into it. What it actually is… a reimagining a lighter, smaller & more eco-friendly motorized tracked snow machine for blasting around all

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Spotted: Ratio Prototype Direct-Mount Derailleur Could Beat New SRAM Eagle DM to Market

Spotted overnight on Ratio Technology’s Instagram, it seems they are developing a prototype Direct-Mount rear derailleur kit to work with SRAM’s latest UDH dropout/hanger standard. And in true Ratio fashion, it is a straightforward upgrade to old mechanical shifting gear that will likely bring much of the performance of SRAM’s as yet unreleased latest &

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Body Rocket’s drag measurement kit claims to be a “wind tunnel on your bike”

The Body Rocket is a new sensor kit that’s designed to measure drag in real-time, helping you achieve optimal positioning on your bike in any situation. By combining sensors at the seatpost, handlebar, and pedals, it measures speed, weight, power output, and more to give you a live CdA figure right on your Garmin cycling

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First Ride: Canyon Spectral KIS adds light steering stabilizer to climb & descend faster

Canyon’s new steering stabilizer-equipped Spectral KIS all-mountain bike holds your line, taking some of the work out of climbing, then smoothing out and speeding up your descents by automatically returning your handlebar back-to-center. But don’t call it a steering damper. Instead, it is something much simpler hiding inside this Spectral’s carbon toptube – Syntace K.I.S.

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Syntace KIS bike steering stabilizer aims to Keep It Straight, Stable & Simple for Canyon & Liteville

Let’s all give Syntace & Liteville founder Jo Klieber a bit of the benefit of the doubt when we talk about his new KIS steering stabilizer concept for just a moment. This odd-looking little mousetrap attached to the top of the toptube of some prototype mountain bikes we’ve had a chance to test out… it

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Found: MoonBikes Snowbike is More Electric Snowmobile Than Bicycle, But Still Super Cool

Spotted: Ratio Prototype Direct-Mount Derailleur Could Beat New SRAM Eagle DM to Market

Body Rocket’s drag measurement kit claims to be a “wind tunnel on your bike”

First Ride: Canyon Spectral KIS adds light steering stabilizer to climb & descend faster

Syntace KIS bike steering stabilizer aims to Keep It Straight, Stable & Simple for Canyon & Liteville

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