The FIRST Gravel Bike?
In the backroom of a quirky Sacramento bike shop that specializes in vintage utilitarian bikes, we saw what might be one of the early ancestors to the modern gravel bike – the Specialized Rock Combo….
Velo-Orange Tour!
In this video we get an exclusive tour of Velo-Orange HQ! Igor shows us the showroom, warehouse and we also get a sneak peek at some of the bikes they are bringing to the Philly…
Shop Visit: Outpost Richmond
A bike shop / grocery store? While we were in Richmond, VA we stopped into Outpost Richmond, an interesting bike shop focused on wide tire drop bar bikes as well as acting as a local…
Sausage vs. Saddlebag
To be honest, I’ve never really fallen in love with bikepacking bags. They are functional and definitely serve a specific use very well, but at the end of the day they always make me feel…
An Affordable Custom Bike?
Custom bikes are expensive. Between material and labor and long wait times, they are cost prohibitive for many people. In this video I review a relatively affordable option – the Rodriguez Phinney Ridge. While still…
Review: Bombtrack Hook ADV
Is it a mountain bike? Is it a gravel bike? In this video, I review the genre blending Bombtrack Hook Adv, a 27.5 bike with drop bars, front suspension and a dropper post. Not the…
Best and Worst Bike Industry Trends?
At the Chris King Open House we asked some of the top frame builders what they thought were currently the BEST and WORST bike industry trends. Some of their answers were surprising and all were…
Chris King Open House!
We just got back from the Chris King Open House where we filmed some truly bike nerdy videos. In this video we chat with a few of the builders and learn about their bikes. There…
Bicycle Trail Demystified
There are few things as confusing and as important as bicycle trail in bike geometry. The trail determines to a large degree how a bike will handle in the front of the bike. But what…
Review: SOMA Wolverine
The SOMA Wolverine in many ways has been the proto-adventure / gravel bike. A little ahead of its time that it has been forgotten in the stream of the latest and greatest. In this video,…