Rock Shox is releasing their SID World Cup dual-air revised fork in February, and it’ll weigh only 1425 grams. The bright blue fork hasn’t changed all that much since it was released in 1998 as the first fork with an integrated crown and air springs, though it does lighten up a little bit every year. [ more... ]

Leave it to Cinelli to come up with a clean, elegant solution to the salt crust that forms on your bike while winter commuting. Their 2008 Naked Rats Bike is a smooth-tired “motard style” commuter bike with a fully-enclosed chain and Nexus 8-speed internal hub. They’re giving the bike a front disc brake and a [ more... ]

Belt driven single-speeds are big this year with Carbon Drive Systems selling their conversion system for about $160. The system runs silently, engages immediately, and you lubricate it with water instead of oil. Chain line is of supreme importance, because if you don’t have the belt perfectly aligned you’ll end up walking home if you [ more... ]

There’s a year waiting list to get a Dario Pegoretti frame from the Italian frame builder who builds and paints each road frame himself. This Responsorium frame is $4300 and the special order steel fork is another $550. The bad news is that Dario Pegoretti found out that he has cancer about 3 months ago, [ more... ]

The problem with coming to these tradeshows is that I meet really nice people from companies that make awful stuff, and then I feel bad making fun of them. This bike jersey featuring a super tan Luke Skywalker is easily the coolest thing that Primal Wear has ever made, and to tell the truth, it’s [ more... ]

This thing looks like a bike you find in your friend’s parents’ basement that they got for free when the bought a washer and dryer 30 years ago. The 2008 Voodoo Agwe is a 28er (700c) grocery getter bike with large, fat tires. It’d be killer for riding in the city since the big wheels [ more... ]

When I hear Fuji I think of cheaply made bikes assembled by mall sports store employees. This bike changes that, slightly. The Fuji Obey Track Bike will feature the likeness of Andre the Giant for your city riding pleasure next year. The old-school metal toe clips are a nice touch.

The Craig Calfee Spiderweb Bike frame is made from small strands of carbon fiber, and it’s a lot tougher than it looks. I’m not sure it would hold up well to pipe-wielding bandits, but it’s not like you’d lock it up anywhere. Try not to crash it.

The San Francisco messenger bag brand founded by Timbuk2’s founder and a former executive debuted at Interbike. Rickshaw Bagworks doesn’t have prices on any bags yet, but their line looks a little different from all the Chromes, Crumplers, and Timbuk2s by using softer fabrics and muted colors. Their working-class messenger bag has a smooth design [ more... ]

This bamboo-fendered titanium Seven Cycles bike has a unique beer-case-sized rack parked on the front. The burly rack is made from scrap metal with a front grate fashioned from a stamped-out piece of titanium. The rack attaches around the steer tube beneath the stem, so removal isn’t too easy. It’s a custom made rack, but [ more... ]