Wanted to quickly post up photos of the Schwalbe Racing Ralph.  From the rep in the booth it sounds like production is taking longer than expected and we should see a batch late fall.  Keeping your fingers crossed a larger batch of tires will be on a container full of ‘09 product that is scheduled […]

My first appointment on day one of the indoor show was with one of my favorite marketing guys in the industry, Dain Zaffke, from WTB.  The purpose was for TheBikeLab and also to get the scope on the new 650b tires and rims that I mentioned in the previous OS Bikes post.
Tires : As I […]

Mark Slate from WTB and was on hand at the Outdoor demo yesterday and confirmed many things.  Tires and rims will be a seperate post but the thing I want to touch on is the new OS Bikes Blackbuck 650b frames!
The purpose behind designing a 650b frame is when Mark was trying to design a […]

Rawland Cycles have been busy little beavers lately.  Three new products and all looking beautiful.  I hope to catch up with Sean at Interbike and take more photos of these beauties.
The Drakkar - Disc brake, fixed gear machine.
What Sean from Rawland has to say :
“Named after the most feared Viking longship, the Drakkar is a […]

Over at bike.shimano.com the question of the week is “What tire size will your next mountain bike have?”  The choices are 26, 29 or 650b. It is interesting that they are in looking far enough into the wheel size for consumer feed back.
Give your feedback!!!!

1.  Steel
Steel is real correct?  I, for one, believe this. More people are finding the benefits, longevity and usefulness of a good steel frame.  While the industry is seeing prices rise and production time lengthen the frame manufactures are still adding more steel frames to their catalog for next year.
2.  More relaxed geometry “touring type” […]