Interbike Report Two – More Dirt Demo stuff
Come and roast with us in the desert and check out new stuff plus Peaty’s World Championship bike.
Eurobike: We’ve still got loads of stories left
More from Eurobike. This time from Lapierre, Canfield, a Ritchey tandem, a 30 speed Specialized MTB, Troy Lee and a pair of bib shorts designed just for women.
Sram XX – the low down.
Dave A reports back from the SRAM XX launch in Italy having taken the test bikes around a blistering hot Tuscan landscape. There are US prices in here too – prepare to wince a little when you see them.
Sram XX shifter close up
Last post before I pop off for dinner, here’s the XX shifter. Designed from the ground up just like the rest of the groupset but influenced by what Sram have learnt from previous projects such as the road groupsets and XO
Sram XX forks
Here’s a taster of the new XX forks, more tech information later..
Here’s the XX Sid world cups with reworked lowers, steerer and crown.
All forks feature the new X loc lockout lever.
That Sram XX cassette in close up
Dave gives us some super-closeups of the new SRAM XX rear cassette. It’s a madness of intricate machining – which it should be for over $300…
Shhh – Sram XX Updated
Dave Anderson reports from the SRAM XX launch in Italy… Ten speed, two chainrings and Centrelock? Whatever next?
Sea Otter Report Six – Team Bikes and Precious Things
Chipps delves deep into the pits, peeks behind some curtains and finds out some of the hot-tuning mods that the pros are running. A time trial shifter on a dirt jump bike, the Atherton’s prototype Saint wheels and a Mini Specialized… Oh, and are those SRAM XX brakes?


