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Bike and Frame Reviews, Product reviews, SRAM, State Bicycle Company, Tech - January 18, 2021

State Bicycle Company Undefeated Road review: Back to aluminum basics

A workhorse budget aluminum road racer in need of more appropriate build options.

Ten products I loved in 2020: Caley Fretz

Bikes are an escape. Or they should be, anyway. When they’re not, when kitting up feels monotonous and pedalling the same loop becomes wearisome, something has to change. For me, all it takes is grabbing a different bike. My riding is, if you’ll excuse the pun, cyclical. Different disciplines come in waves: a rolling tide …

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SRAM doesn’t do a 1×12 mechanical road drivetrain — so someone else did

SRAM’s Red eTap AXS and Force eTap AXS wireless electronic 1×12 “mullet” drivetrains work really well, offering quick and reliable shifting, easy wireless setup, and heaps of range in a single-chainring format that’s highly appealing to the burgeoning gravel and adventure crowd. However, both setups are also quite expensive, and while the company has long …

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Features, SRAM, Tech, Tech news - September 15, 2020

Updated 11-speed SRAM Red eTap rear derailleur adds Orbit pulley cage clutch

SRAM quietly updated its Red hydraulic disc-brake calipers several months ago, and it has now snuck another component redesign under the radar. This one comes on the drivetrain front, though, in the form of a new clutch-equipped version of its 11-speed SRAM Red eTap wireless electronic rear derailleur that began shipping August 1. Functionally, the …

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From the Top: How SRAM was built

SRAM is credited with having three co-founders, but Stan Day is the man who planted the seed. And you could very well are argue he is the man where the brand’s culture and values stem from. At least that’s what I got out of speaking with him in this episode while listening to his polite, …

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