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,…
Our First Live Stream!
We’ve been curious about live streaming for the last few months and finally took the plunge! On our first live stream Russ builds up a review bike from Thesis Bikes. Things didn’t quite go as…
How to Pronounce Pannier
Pannier is one of the most mispronounced words in the bicycling lexicon and its origins are often misunderstood. Where does the word come from? Is it a French or English word? What is the correct…
2019 Sea Otter: New Gravel and Bikepacking Gear
In this video we search out all the interesting and quirky new gravel and bikepacking bags and accessories at Sea Otter. Although it is primarily a mountain bike event, with the demise of Interbike, it…