Radar Roundup: New Revel Rover Colors, Sklar PBJ Pre-Order, Cycling the World Film Tour, Philly Bike Expo Inclusivity Scholarship, and From Surfer To Cyclist
Our Radar Roundup compiles products and videos from the ‘net in an easy-to-digest format. Read on below for today’s findings… Revel Rover New Colors John loved the Rover in his review. It wasn't a stiff ass-hatchet. The fork was nice and flexy. But the bike was able to accelerate on a dime and was a hoot on singletrack too. While we don't talk about a ton of carbon bikes over here, many are still great at doing the gravel thing. New for 2023, Revel just announced a blackest ever black Black Nugget and Aurora colors. Available in two AXS specs…
2023 Bespoked Handmade Bicycle Show Part 3: Avalanche, Ballern, Black Sheep, CMG, Fern, Huhn, Rheintritt, Rossman, Repete, and Timba – Josh Weinberg
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2023 Bespoked Handmade Bicycle Show Part 3: Avalanche, Ballern, Black Sheep, CMG, Fern, Huhn, Rheintritt, Rossman, Repete, and Timba
The 2023 Bespoked Handmade Bicycle Show just wrapped after three action-packed days of talks, parties, and drooling over the heaps of amazing craftsmanship on display. Josh was on the ground at the Dresden, Germany airport where this year's event took place, and, below, shares his final gallery of bikes and a couple of interesting components. Let's get right into it! Danke Schön So here we are; it's already the third and final day of our coverage from Bespoked. Before we jump into the bike gallery below I want to again thank Petor, Josh, and all the volunteers for working so…
Putting The Guarantee To The Test: WTB CZR i30 Wheelset Review – Spencer Harding
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Putting The Guarantee To The Test: WTB CZR i30 Wheelset Review
WTB's CZR I30 wheelset touts some hefty claims with their line of carbon rims, but most importantly a lifetime "while riding" rim replacement policy. It's a quite handy thing to guarantee because, don't you just know it, Spencer Harding broke a carbon rim again. Below, Spencer outlines the ins and outs of the WTB CZR i30 wheelset, where it stands in the field or carbon wheelsets, and how the WTB rim replacement process works. First things first, I did minorly crack the CZR rim. I only noticed after getting home from my Northwoods route tour and removing the rim…
Radar Roundup: Chris King Outdoor Adventure Showcase, ACToFive Signature X Cranks, Apidura 1L Racing Framebag, State Bicycle Co Raw Phosphate 4130, How a Cheap Bike Changed a Life, 10 for 10, and Earthside
Our Radar Roundup compiles products and videos from the ‘net in an easy-to-digest format. Read on below for today’s findings… Chris King Open House: Outdoor Adventure Showcase This Weekend! Chris King Precision Components has announced the date for their annual Open House showcase. With the recent MADE Bike Show in Portland featuring the bike builder community, this year’s Open House will focus on outdoor lifestyle brands and available-at-retail bike lines. Attendees should expect to see camping vehicles and equipment, outdoor gear, bike accessories, footwear, and of course a selection of bikes with a special emphasis on gravel riding, mountain bikes,…
2023 Bespoked Handmade Bicycle Show Part 2: Auguste, Actofive, Bididu, Manivelle, Quirk, Star Fish, Tim Tas+Rek, True Love, Posedla, Gramm, and Allygn – Josh Weinberg
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2023 Bespoked Handmade Bicycle Show Part 2: Auguste, Actofive, Bididu, Manivelle, Quirk, Star Fish, Tim Tas+Rek, True Love, Posedla, Gramm, and Allygn
The 2023 Bespoked Handmade Bicycle Show just wrapped after three action-packed days of talks, parties, and drooling over heaps of amazing craftsmanship on display. Josh was on the ground at the Dresden, Germany airport where this year's event took place, and, below, shares his second gallery of bikes and a couple of interesting components. Let's get right into it! Here we are with another gallery of amazing bikes and some really cool components. There's a lot to get through again today, so I'll save my additional commentary on what a great show this was and leave you to check out…
Radar Roundup: Yeti Goes Direct to Consumer, ORNOT Daily Alpha Vest, Studio51 Cycling Jewelry, 7mesh and Ciele, Wolf Tooth Color Shop Pops, and Bicycle Upcycle Cycle
Our Radar Roundup compiles products and videos from the ‘net in an easy-to-digest format. Read on below for today’s findings… Yeti Cycles Goes Direct to Consumer Though Yeti bikes will still be sold at independent retailers, consumers will now also be able to buy them directly from the Colorado brand’s website. Direct-to-consumer prices will be the same as those offered by Yeti dealers. And those dealers will be given another chance to make the sale when a customer shops through Yeti’s site. Before checkout, a feature on the purchase page will automatically tell the customer (whose browser location permissions are…
The Radavist is Once Again an Independent Website
You may have noticed some changes on The Radavist over the past few weeks. Well, it's because we've parted ways with TPC. Here's TPC's official press release announcement on the split: "After two years in partnership, working together under the same ownership, TPC and The Radavist have made the decision to part ways. The publishing brand was transitioned back to its previous owner – and founder – John Watson. The two brands accomplished much together these past two years, including the development of a lucrative content-commerce business and an increase in material that the publication’s loyal followers were hungry for.…
2023 Bespoked Handmade Bicycle Show Part 1: Atelier Pariah, Boucif Custom Bikes, Cicli Bonanno, Dlouhy, Drust, Meerglas, Sour, Ingrid Shifters, and Cyber Cycles Forks – Josh Weinberg
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2023 Bespoked Handmade Bicycle Show Part 1: Atelier Pariah, Boucif Custom Bikes, Cicli Bonanno, Dlouhy, Drust, Meerglas, Sour, Ingrid Shifters, and Cyber Cycles Forks
The 2023 Bespoked Handmade Bicycle Show just wrapped after three action-packed days of talks, parties, and drooling over heaps of amazing craftsmanship on display. Josh was on the ground at the Dresden, Germany airport where this year's event took place, and, below, shares his first gallery of bikes and a couple of very interesting components that will be launching soon. Let's get right into it! After historically being held in UK, Petor, his partner Josh, and the Bespoked team decided to expand the show to an additional Central European event, which was in Dresden this year. Ideally, there will be…
Bespoked 2023 Prologue: A Tour-Ready Titanium Randonneur from Wheeldan – Josh Weinberg
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Bespoked 2023 Prologue: A Tour-Ready Titanium Randonneur from Wheeldan
I'm in Germany for the 2023 Bespoked Handmade Bicycle Show, which is taking place this weekend, October 13-15 in Dresden. Prior to traveling to Dresden, I was in Berlin with Flo and Tine of Fern/Allygn Bicycles and Gramm Tourpacking where we had an action-packed day visiting various makers around their workshop in the east side of the city. One of our visits was to meet Dan Pleikies of Wheeldan Custom Bicycles. Dan isn't able to make it to Bespoked, BUT I was able to pull aside a client's stunning randonneur bike he had on hand to document. Let's check it…
Readers’ Rides: Alessandro’s Nevi Italian Titanium Vintage MTB
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Readers’ Rides: Alessandro’s Nevi Italian Titanium Vintage MTB
Today's Readers' Rides features a wonderful example of an Italian mountain bike brand called Nevi and was sent in by Alessandro who shared a bit about himself, his journey through cycling, and this sick build. Let's check it out! I've been following this website for a very long time; I remember it often showed photos of "private" bicycles made at home by their owners. At the time, fixed-gear bicycles were very fashionable, and as an Italian looking at the American cycling panorama through a screen, I was amazed at how components for racing road bicycles (Campagnolo, Masi, Colnago, Cinelli, etc...)…
