The first Storm King was designed in 2019 with the concept of clearing 700×50 tires. This was an evolution of the Barlow gravel bike (originally conceived in 2016) with its 700×40 tire clearance. Gravel courses were getting more demanding and customers were looking to explore further into the backcountry. The Storm King was created to […]
For many of us, bicycles are a passion that develops early in childhood as the thrill of pedaling creates opportunities to explore beyond where your walking legs can take you. Some people come to cycling later in life due to circumstances that force them onto the bike as they must give up another sport, while […]
Who does these sorts of things? I mean, what kind of person do you have to be to undertake an endeavor such as this? Is it the pleasure or the pain? Is it the challenge to say you “did it”? Or do you want to have a fun time doing something that you love very […]
When the title of a review starts with the headline “The Sage Skyline Could Be the Last Road Bike You Ever Buy”, you know some lofty goals have been set. From the sound of things, it does not look like we failed in that endeavour. We sent a Skyline road bike to our good friend […]
The Powerline has been in the Sage MTB stable for a few years now. In its first two incarnations, it was a super versatile trail bike that could tackle everything from marathon racing to bikepacking adventures to short trail days with some fun/ flowy sections. In 2023 we updated the Powerline with a slacker head […]
The show may be over, but the media coverage will live on for the life of the internet. One thing that separate Sea Otter from other shows is that amount of media that descend on the show. There is no shortage of bike industry specific magazine and media outlets, but now, there is a proliferation […]
Sea Otter 2024 is done and dusted and what a show it was! Perfect weather, great friends, two really fun rides, and a few cold beers after work each day made the time fly by. The show dates for Sea Otter 2024 were 4/18/24 – 4/21/24 (Thursday through Sunday). However, the actual work for the […]
How do you compare one bicycle frame size to another? Geometry charts for bicycles can be quite confusing – there are so many numbers and measurements! And not every brand shares every measurement. Or they may list them differently. For example, some brands may tell you Bottom Bracket Drop while others will tell you Bottom […]
2 of our very own Frontier Team riders (Quoc Vo and John Lee) drove from SoCal to the high desert of Arizona to tackle the BWR AZ Wafer ride. The Wafer ride is a shorter version of the Waffle length ride, but keeps all of the fun stuff while dispensing with some of the more […]
Gravel racing is near and dear to my heart. I was first bitten by the gravel racing bug back in 2017 when I competed in my first Belgian Waffle Ride event (the California race was the only one at that time). It was 125 miles and 12,000 feet of climbing with temperatures that were getting […]
Designing bikes is not as simple as just picking a few tube lengths, selecting some angles and calling it a day. A bike design should be focused on creating a specific experience that will enable the rider to get the maximum enjoyment out of their adventure. While some numbers are specific to the fit of […]
Aloha (/əˈloʊhɑː/ə-LOH-hah, Hawaiian: [əˈlohə]) is the Hawaiian word for love, affection, peace, compassion and mercy, that is commonly used as a greeting.[1][2] It has a deeper cultural and spiritual significance to native Hawaiians, for whom the term is used to define a force that holds together existence. (Carrol, Bret (2000). The Routledge Historical Atlas of Religion in America. Psychology Press. p. 19. ISBN 9780415921312) It could be said that the Barlow is a […]
