Last year, I wrote about the Monster Gravel bike concept, even considered how to design one and the challenges they present. Since then, Iāve thought a LOT more about this fat tire, drop bar mashup. And, being a bike nerd, continued thinking about how Iād actually design one. Which really had me thinking four things: […]
Editor’s Choice Awards are nice ways to round up the entire year and look at what products stood out in a crowded field. They let the reviewer give a “final thought” on what had the biggest impact on them over the course of the year and after countless reviews and test rides of other products, […]
In Part One of this Monster Gravel series, I showed you how we went from a simple gravel bike to having a version for everything from racing to exploring to bikepacking and more. And how all of that quickly led to this latest category, āMonster Gravelā. Drop Bar MTB vs Monster Gravel Below, youāll see […]
Gravel used to be easy, right? Take a slacker road bike, mount bigger tires, and hit the backroads. But the category split into niches faster than anything before it. Where mountain biking took decades to have XC, downcountry, trail, all-mountain, enduro, and DH, gravel branched out in just a few short years. Now we have […]
Print and online reviews serve a valuable purpose for both the manufacturers and the consumers. For the manufacturers, they allow us to share our products with a wider audience than would be possible if we did not engage with media outlets at all. For the consumers, it allows them to learn more about a product […]
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 ādid itā? 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 […]
