“The abundance of metal on a group gravel ride early this spring stunned me. Between a steel All City and titanium frames from Litespeed, Lynskey and Dean, we outnumbered the carbon cohort by about three to one. Maybe it’s just among the friends I ride with, but I’ve observed a growing acknowledgement that metal may […]
It’s hard to believe the first Sea Otter Classic was held back in 1991. Over the course of 30 years, Sea Otter has attracted everything from the biggest brands to garage based startups, not to mention the countless World Class Professional racers all the way down to Cat 5 Amateurs participating in their first races. […]
When we first learned of the new XPLR groupset from SRAM and all that it would entail, It seemed like the perfect time to to move forward with someone we had been playing around with already: A suspension specific Storm King. We have known for quite some time that gravel races were getting more technically […]
This bike is a tribute to one of the greatest guitarists of my generation. This bike takes me back to a simpler time in life when the world seemed so much larger than it does today. As I was in the process of creating the theme for this bike, it was with much sadness that […]
Words by Maxx Chance with Photos by Kurt Refsnider Bike packing is so hot right now, and I am stoked to be the newest one to jump on the bandwagon. I was thinking about what might be the right kind of trip to jump into, maybe a quick weekender, maybe something longer and more committing. […]
Working with riders to build and design their dream bike is a hands-on process for the team at SAGE. We pride ourselves on building bikes with the utmost attention to detail and no detail is too small to be overlooked. One of our favorite parts of building a custom bike is the frame finish and […]
It has been almost 2 years since we last attended a bike show in person, and what a long strange trip it has been. While we have missed seeing our friends within the industry, we have stayed busy with our customer base exploring new custom finish designs and continuing to improve the products we deliver […]
For many people, a bicycle represent a personal connection to something or someone that goes well beyond the simple design of the equipment itself. It can mean so much to an individual that it can be difficult to explain. We have all had that feeling at one point or another in our lives. Your connection […]
Means to Ascend follows Maxx Chance and Johnny Egan as they strap touring skis on their gravel bikes and attempt to summit Mount Blackmore on a 100% human-powered mission. Blackmore is a peak whose northside can be viewed from just about anywhere in the city limits of Bozeman, MT, and is a classic ski descent […]
The National Bicycle Dealers Association is an organization who uses education, research, communication, and advocacy to help promote and grow the independent bicycle dealer network in the USA. The NBDA is an advocacy group that focuses on strengthening the dealer base because as the dealer base stays strong, so does the US Cycling Marketplace. NBDA […]
Video reviews are fun to watch. They bring you in as the viewer in a way that a printed page cannot. We will always love print publications as they have a way of connecting us through our imagination and the written word, but when you have drone video footage of your bike looking spectacular against […]
