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Pro-Quality Tools from Abbey Bike Tools

Abbey Bike Tools started simply enough. Mechanic Jeff Crombie, a friend of Abbey Tools owner, Jason Quade, asked if he could slap a handle on a cassette lockring tool to speed up the process of maintaining his team’s bikes. The tool, now known as the “Crombie,” was an instant hit with pro mechanics everywhere. Jason …

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Watch: Weird and Wonderful Tech from Sea Otter 2017

Blake takes a look around Sea Otter to find the weirdest and more wonderful bikes and parts in the pits! Fat Ebikes, pizza cutters, chain saw wielding bikes, adaptive offroad bikes, Blake has found all sorts! Let us know what you think in the comments down below! Weird or wonderful?

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GORE Bike Wear Features Chamois Optimized for Mountain Biking, Baggy Bib Shorts

It’s a little hard to believe, but many saddle companies don’t make a distinction between mountain bike and road bike saddles. GORE Bike Wear seems to disagree with this approach, and they even have numbers and graphics to back up their claim that mountain bikers and road cyclists sit on their butts in different positions! Staring at …

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Watch: 28-mile MTB “Rollercoaster” Descends 11,500 Feet Overall

The “Tutti Frutti Epic” MTB Tour is a one day bucket-list ride that includes most of the new and existing trails at the Carosello 3000 Mountain Park in the resort town Livigno in the Italian Alps. The 45km long tour feels like a endless rollercoaster, it includes only a few hundred meters of uphill pedaling, …

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Thin Rope Full of Nails Found Tied Across Trail in Grand Forks, ND

In what might be the nastiest trail booby trap yet, a thin rope full of nails was found tied across a trail, at roughly neck height, in Grand Forks, North Dakota. According to a post on the Greenway of Grand Forks Facebook Page, “the rope has been removed and reported to the police.” The Greenway of …

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