<Back to News Home | In 2014 WTB announced a “surprise” of a tire in the Nano 40. A 40mm wide version of the brand’s iconic Nanoraptor tire. The normally offered trail tires that dominate the WTB catalog are what many folks think of when they consider WTB tires, but now there was an option for […]
<Back to News Home | Bloomington, Minnesota: It wasn’t long ago that there weren’t any bicycles aimed at riding gravel roads or for racing on gravel roads, for that matter, but Salsa Cycles changed all that several years ago now with the Warbird. It was offered first in aluminum and a top of the range titanium […]
<Back to News Home | Something New: The bicycle industry has a way to entice us with new baubles every year. You think it cannot get any better, and then…….something comes along and it does. Obviously that is different for everyone, but for a lot of folks, the light, fluid forms of carbon fiber get knees […]
<Back to News Home | Minneapolis, Minnesota: Frostbike is Quality Bicycle Products dealer only appreciation open house event, but over the years, it has taken on an “industry trade show” flavor. The event doesn’t really kick off until Friday, but QBP brand Foundry Cycles has decided to preempt the festivities with a little bit of a […]
<Back to News Home | Cold, dark basements, unheated garages, and unused rooms. These are the places you might find dedicated cyclists at this time of year spinning away for hours. They are getting ready for the gravel and back road events that they have signed up for. Maybe it is because they have little time […]
<Back to News Home | More and more we are seeing gravel cyclists looking to set up their tires tubeless. one of the most critical steps in setting up any tire for bicycles tubeless is setting the bead of the tire correctly into the bead seat, or in the case of a Stan’s rim, the […]
<Back to News Home Registering: Commitment, dedication, a promise- Whatever it means to you, actually going through the process of registering for an event suddenly makes things a bit more “real”. Now you’ve gone and done it! Maybe it is an event that scares you a bit, challenges you in a new way, or is […]
<Back to News Home | In the world of longer distance gravel road riding, there is a small niche of the marketplace that caters to the needs of riders that seek more comfortable drop bar options. This need also overlaps with those of “Monstercross” riders, who ride off road with drop bars. Granted, it isn’t […]
<Back to News Home | Snow: While much of the country has escaped the effects of Winter for the bulk of 2014/2015’s season, we are seeing an appearance of snow across much of the nation right now. While for some this means fat biking in the woods, there are a few intrepid Winter cyclists that […]
<Back to News Home | Once upon a time there were mad mechanics mating different groups and road and mountain parts together to form what sometimes amounted to strange brews and occasionally something brilliant. You want a wide range free wheel with road bike crank gearing? There was a way to get there. However; as […]
