Author: Jeremy Yang

Stopped by the Formula booth and got a couple of pictures of Formula’s new brakes. The Formula people were not at their booth so I wasn’t able to get any more information on the brakes other then whats on their “flyer”. Here are Formula’s two brand new brakes. Both are for the downhill/freeride crowd. Both…

Most companies that decide to offer 29ers usually start off with a hardtail or fully rigid bike. Pivot, however, decided to come out with a FS 29er using the dw-link suspension design called Pivot 429. The Pivot 429 has 100mm of travel in the rear and optimized for a 100mm travel front suspension fork. dw-link…

RockShox has a couple of new forks rolling out, or revisions is more like it. Revelation The first is the Revelation which has more travel options, new graphics and a new axle. The Revelation goes up to a 5 1/2 inches of travel and with new graphics & the Maxle Lite. The Revelation now goes…

If you’re here at Sea Otter with your 29er you gotta stop by Mavic’s booth and have them swap out your wheelset with a set of Mavic Crossmax 29er UST rims. You borrow them and ride around to test them. One of the first booths we stopped by this morning was Mavic’s and I got…

Alright… my attempt at showing off the cool color of the new Ibex Ignition 3. I got the bike from Lance to test today and I couldn’t help but want to throw up a couple of quick pictures of this bike before I get it all dirty. The color is called “Emerald Sand”. It’s a…

For our trip to the Sea Otter Classic this week we needed to bring along 3 bikes for the festvities. SO is a huge “Celebration of Sport” with tons of riders, exhibitors and people spread out over a huge area. Just getting from the media center, located on a mild hill on the far west…

It’s almost here. At this time a week from now, we’ll be perusing bikes, bike components, bike accessories, bike everything. And we’ll be bringing it all to you via pictures, commentary, video interviews and more. I know, I know we’ve got an insanely tough job ahead of us, just check out the weather: What!?!? No…

I’ve got a couple of quick impressions on some items I’m testing. Each one has been on the test bike for about a little over a month and I’ve been able to put in a lot of rides on them since there has been excellent weather here in Southern California. eXotic Carbon 29er fork, light,…