santa cruz noma

Santa Cruz Nomad

Santa Cruz has been on a tear lately launching new bikes. I’m still happy to see both the Superlight and the Jackal as part of their lineup with their new 29″ and 27.5″ wheelsize. I’m also excited to see the company constantly innovating their bikes and now with the completely revolutionized Nomad enduro bike shipping in…

SRAM Guide R

SRAM Guide Mountain Bike Brakes

SRAM has been pushing out new products rather rapidly in the first quarter of 2014 with the Force CX1 Cyclocross group coming out earlier this month with a lot of fanfare. This time SRAM has chosen to give their mountain bike disc brakes some love. The new line of brakes are called the “Guide” with…

SRAM Force CX1

SRAM Force CX1

Today, after months of speculation and photos of pro cyclocross bikes on the secret 1.×11 setup, SRAM has officially launched their new Force CX1 1×11 drivetrain. The drivetrain is meant to be super durable, but also 205 grams lighter than the 2×11 Force group. The group is not at the very top of the line for…