The Radavist

The originators of bicycle touring routes in the USA, Adventure Cycling Association, creators of the Great Divide MTB Route, Idaho Hotsprings Route, and more, just announced four new routes in Arkansas, California, and Wyoming, added to its United States Bicycle Route System…

This week, President Biden announced the designation of two national monuments in California, Chuckwalla National Monument and Sáttítla National Monument. These Colorado and Mojave desert lands are some of our favorite to visit in California, so this comes as amazing news! Read on for more from our friends at Outdoor Alliance…

The Crust Bikes Bombora ($1,125) is a steel chassis with versatility in mind. Call it an all-rounder, S24O chariot, or a gravel bike. It fits big, fat tires, but it is not a mountain bike. It uses a 68 mm bottom bracket shell, is non-boost spaced, and made from an ultralight tubeset. It is a sportier version of the heavy-duty Evasion touring bike with 27.5″ wheels.

It is designed around a 650b/ 27.5″ wheel with a 2.3″ max tire size. Think about it as a “plus” size tire gravel bike. Crust wanted to keep the tube set light to keep the ride quality opulent and snappy. It’s perfect for all forms of roads, but don’t go smashing down a rocky jeep trail on it. Enjoy the cushioned, billowy ride quality instead.

New for 2025, the Crust Bombora comes with a new “matte clear” finish and the updated Crust cable guides. Check it out at Crust Bikes!

Adam and our buddy Nick took off on their PBJ bikes for a fun ride in the latest Sklar Bikes video.

1″ threaded, needle bearings, and three stack heights, what is this, a 1978 Stronglight catalog? Rene Herse has announced its Ultimate headsets in three stack height configurations, but is there something else going on here?

ENVE’s Aero In-Route system keeps cables out of visibility and now Wolf Tooth has expanded its catalog to include its own IS52 upper and lower bearing set and caps. The Wolf Tooth ENVE In-Route Headset caps are machined with aircraft-grade 6061 aluminum at Wolf Tooth in Minnesota, USA. Each of the six color options match Wolf Tooth’s other anodized components for a consistent hue match.

Check out more at Wolf Tooth.

PAUL would like to encourage each and every one of you reading The Radavist to take part in the Ride to Work Challenge! Simply download the PDF here, print it out and keep tabs on which days you’ve ridden to work. If you work from home, ride to get a coffee, or out to pick up groceries. Just ride!

First previewed in an exclusive first-look back in April of 2023, the Monē Bikes Hachita frames ($1,625) have finally landed! Cjell just took delivery of a shipment of these cool ‘n’ kooky double-butted Chromoly frames that take 650 or 700 wheels in rim or disc brake configurations. The Hachita has many possibilities for build configurations and Cjell lays it alllllll out at Monē Bikes or you can read all about Bailey from Sincere Cycle’s configuration (above) in our Archives.

Tailwind Cyclery just announced its made in the UK stainless steel Bag Stopp, a minimal support for various handlebar bags. The support bar is 240 mm in length and features threaded mounts on each end. The height and reach of the support bar pictured is 80 mm x 80 mm from the fork crown. The Tailwind Bag Stopp retails for £65. Roll on over to Tailwind Cyclery for more information. 

Stainless steel is a remarkable material for chainrings. This is why Tumbleweed Bicycle Co, the makers of award-winning touring bikes, made its first-ever chainring out of the material. It’s designed for Shimano direct mount cranksets except for 12-speed Shimano HG+ chains. Tumbleweed chose this platform because the crank design is great for touring since preload is easily adjustable, and you can remove the cranks with just an Allen wrench and a small plastic preload cap tool, and the 24mm steel spindle is strong and stiff.

The Tumbleweed Wagon Wheel Chainring is available in both stainless ($110) or black alloy ($85) and in 32t sizing only right now.

Check out more at Tumbleweed Bicycle Co.

In the second installment of a four-part series looking Inside / Out of the BESPOKED SRAM Inclusivity Scholarship winners, our European correspondent Petor Georgallou joins ‪King Fabrications in the San Francisco East Bay.

Petor recently took a gonzo-style roadtrip through North America to visit four framebuilders who were awarded SRAM’s Inclusivity Scholarship to attend Bespoked in Dresden, Germany, last October.

Take a peek behind the walls in a special Inside / Out look at Li King’s King Fabrications.

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The PBJ, or Performance Basket Jammer, has been a model in the Sklar Bikes lineup for some time now. But today, the San Francisco-based framebuilder and bike company announced a production run of these veritable “do it all” framesets ($1,399), so let’s take a more in-depth look…

Ignite Components, makers of sweet drivetrain parts, announced on its Instagram that it’s just closed up shop…

We swear, as much as everyone likes to curse the Instagram algorithm, sometimes it delivers weird and funky gems like this to us! If you setup your own tubeless tires and don’t like to use the Park Tool Syringe like John does to inject the sealant into the valve stem, these Straz Components Sealant Funnels look like a real treat! They thread on to your Presta valves and reduce the amount of spillage. Best of all, they clean up easily, too. Available in three different colors and at a retail of $17.99 at Straz Components.

After almost four years of development, Berlin’s Fern Bicycles are super proud to finally present the Swiss Army Knife of carbon forks, the ALLYGN M.U.D. fork ($513). Let’s check it out…

Tubing benders worldwide, unite! La Marche Bike Co just released this super fun “Get Bent” Mockneck long sleeves ($60) featuring art by Bill Rebholz. These are sewn and screen printed in the USA and shipping today from La Marche Bike Co. While we’re on the subject, someone buy this amazing bike he’s selling!!