After two years of development Scott released their new descender, called The Gambler, with a host of versatile features making it equally adept on a downhill course or a freeride park.
5-2-08 // Previewed: Tomac DB10 Limited Edition Here's a look at the story behind the super limited-edition Tomac DB10. The modernized remake of John Tomac's 1991-era World Championship winning Yeti C-26 race bike.
4-25-08 // Previewed: 2009 Shimano Saint M810 Shimano Saint components have been around since 2004 and since that time have become renown for their strength and reliability under extreme use. It's very exciting then to announce the second generation of Saint.
4-24-08 // Previewed: Diamondback Scapegoat Diamondback's Knuckle Box suspension design, used on their Mission and Sortie mountain bikes, is being expanded into the slopestyle and all-mountain arena with a new and very limited edition bike called the Scapegoat.
4-10-08 // Previewed: Kona's New "Magic Link" Bike Brian Berthold, the man behind Therapy Components, which makes custom floating brake arm kits for full-suspension bikes, has teamed up with Kona this year to develop the brand new, highly unorthodox “Magic Link” bike.
3-18-08 // Previewed: Shimano's New SLX Group New Shimano SLX parts are designed to be tough and lightweight at an affordable price and include some unique options that are ideal for the all-mountain riding crowd as well as the cross-country set.
3-6-08 // Previewed: e.13 Direct Mount Bashguards e.thirteen continues to push the envelope of product development with the release of more groundbreaking products for 2008. e.thirteen is proud to announce the worldwide aftermarket availability of its direct mount bashguard technology.
3-5-08 // Previewed: Freelap Timing Comes To America Developed in Switzerland, the Freelap timing system allows athletes to accurately measure their personal performance progress without the need of complex and expensive timing equipment.
2-29-08 // Previewed: SRAM Teases Reba and Colors The Sea Otter Classic this April 17-20 already promises to be chock full of new product goodness. SRAM has even decided to give everyone a sneak peak at some of the hardware they'll be debuting.
2-22-08 // Previewed: Santa Cruz Blur LT 2 A first look at the new and completely redesigned Blur LT. By listening to its customers, and obsessively sweating the details, Santa Cruz seeks to make a good bike even better.
2-20-08 // Previewed: Cannondale Rize and Moto After nearly two years of planning, Cannondale last weekend called a global summit in Gran Canaria to announce the release of two new bikes: the 130-millimeter travel Rize and the 160-millimeter Moto.
2-6-08 // Previewed: Riding SLO with WTB and Rocky One's Canadian, the other American, but Rocky Mountain Bicycles and WTB are two companies with a lot in common. We hung out with both companies recently for some product release info and, more importantly, some riding in San Luis Obispo.
2-1-08 // Previewed: 2009 Fulcrum RedCarbon Wheels Fulcrum has just announced the details of their 2009 RedCarbon wheelset. This cross-country wheelset was designed with racing in mind as Fulcrum is aiming to build a lighter and faster wheelset than the RedMetal Zero models ridden by Julien Absalon.
12-28-07 // Previewed: Magura's MX-Series Air Shocks So it seemed Jude was really digging this quiet morning puttering about his souped-up home on wheels. But after coffee he pulled out a prototype shock he had just been sent for testing.
12-14-07 // Tested: 8 New LED Trail Lights Thanks to advances in bulb, reflector, lens and battery technology, ripping your favorite trails in the dead of night has never been better. More than anything, LED technology has been lighting the way, so we tested eight new LED trail lights to see what all the fuss is about.
11-30-07 // Previewed: Twenty20's New VholdR About a year ago, Jason Green and Marc Barros, owners of Twenty20 helmet cameras, paid a visit to the Bike magazine SoCal Romparoom. They were checking up on their video camera unit that we were testing for last year's March issue, but they also came to tease a new product in development - the $350 "VholdR".
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