Specialized Launches Globe Sub-Brand
It was only a matter of time before Specialized brought the Globe brand back to its roots. Over a decade ago the company launched a line of european style commuter bikes with minimal Specialized branding and maximum mid-nineties do-gooderness. The idea flopped. This second attempt at launching Globe as a sub-brand certainly has higher chances [...]
Sram XX Photos Surface
From the finish of the graphics attached, the new SRAM XX will indeed be a red inspired 2×10 off-road group. The big changes? Not much other than surprisingly small chain rings, what looks to be an integrated pop-loc in the left brake lever, and an aluminum bodied disc rotor. Oh yeah, its also supposed to [...]
Not to be outdone, Rock Shox recalls Domain forks
The Consumer Product Safety Commission just made Rock Shox’s voluntary recall of Domain 302 and 318 forks formal. The recall only effects those forks with steel steerer tubes, likely original equipment on a handful of bikes. The steel can crack and potentially cause the fork lowers to detach from the steerer leading to [...]
Magura forks could potentially kill you.
Early adopters of Magura’s Durin Race suspension fork should take care to ensure their fork is not subject to a recall. According to Magura:
During our ongoing and continuous Product Evaluation and Testing Process we have discovered that the initial production batch of our Durin Race 80/100 (MD 80R, MD 100R) Suspension Fork could potentially be [...]
The Derailleur Decoded.
A few weeks ago I published some images from a recent patent filing that looks to be the new FSA 11 speed derailleur. The design was in a word: unique. In what has been described as a rack and pinion setup, the derailleur forgoes the typical parallelogram linkage and uses a single arm with internal [...]
