Cane Creek cycling components, located at the feet of North Carolina’s Appalachians in amongst some of the best mountain biking and road cycling in North America, are a company who represent a dying breed: manufacturer’s. In 1991 they originated the design which still remains the industry standard in bicycle headsets, the “Threadless Headset”. Today this small company still manage to find areas to innovate with designs such at the “Angleset” and “AER” headsets, keeping themselves ahead of the competition and forging a healthy path for their business. However, this successful company are the epitome of an era in the cycling industry that whose days are coming to an end.
Silverfish, the UK distributor for Turner Bikes put their chief mechanic to the test assembling a Turner 5.Spot in record time. Love the build. Love the bike. LOVE the colour!
Having recently toured South Africa, Coldplay have just begin releasing the first string of music video’s, some of which are shot on location in South Africa. Check out how the show a bit of love for all things South African by featuring a snipped of Morewood’s Makulu downhill bike.
The biggest and most significant event of the Mountainbike calendar took place this past weekend in Champery, Switzerland, the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. Below is a report from Onza tires on how their four-cross riders, David Graf and Roger Rinderknecht.
Since establishing Morewood Engineering in 2002, partners Patrick
Morewood and Richard Carter have developed one of the most respected
mountain bike brands in existence today. So it is with sadness that we
officially announce Patrick’s departure from the company. Feeling the need
for a change, he has gone on to pursue new challenges. “It has been an
honour to work with Patrick through the years,” says Richard. “He has
played an invaluable role in the business and the development of product.
We have experienced a lot together on our journey and I wish him the very
best for the future.”
Formula disk brakes were once thought to be somewhat challenging to bleed, thanks to some design changes and modifications however the new generation of R1 and The One brakes are super simple and can be blead quickly and simply without even having to remove the lever from the handlebar. MBUK put together a great snippet on bleeding the R1 and The One models, check it out:
Just so that the XC riders out there don’t feel cheated that we only highlighted Bikeradar’s review on Formula’s The One brake, here is their review on the ultralight 273g R1 brake. I’m proud to say that I have one of these bad guys mounted on each side of my handlebar, and its become a [...]
For some time now, Formula brakes have been getting rave reviews on the MTB forums and in the press. The lads at Bikeradar recently got their paws on the latest version of the revered The One brake, Formula’s “big brother” to its ultra-light R1 model.
There has been a lot of talk on the web and forums regarding the latest offerings and showcases from SRAM; X7, X9 and X0 two and three by ten groups.
Jason Nixon begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting from Sicklines caught up with the duo at Sea Otter Classic, shortly after thier trip out to the Morewood Factory in South Africa.
