El Lobo Lupus is a 412 mile route in Eastern Arizona touts 32,360′ of elevation gain. It crosses subalpine meadows lined with conifers and aspens, through dense ponderosa pine forests. You’ll ride along trout-filled rivers and lakes, and get endless high-elevation views…
If you have long legs and want to slacken your seat angle, or if you live somewhere that has nearly vertical climbs and want to steepen your effective seat tube angle, the Fair Bicycle Drop Best (CHF 109) allows you do to that with a Reverb seatpost. With 27 mm of offset you can change your seat angle by 2º. Or slide it to the rear offset and slam the saddle right back to give your long legs more room. The Drop Best is precision machined in Switzerland and is tested to ISO MTB standards and beyond. Check out more at Fair Bicycle.
Why is this sort of product important? Read Travis’ Dust-Up on seat angle measuring!
Search and State’s limit edition jerseys continue into the spring of 2024 with the High Viz Woodland Cam0 print ($195). These made-in-New York City S2-R cycling jerseys are a true performance jersey featuring SAS’ innovative 5-pocket design (3 rear and 2 side-seam stash pockets), a slimming, athletic cut, a full-length Riri zipper, inside neck tape, rear locker loop, silicone waist gripper, and a sublime trim package to match.
Check out more at Search and State.
Czech Republic cycling manufacturer Raketa, known for its track and road hubs, just announced a pre-order for its all-new road/gravel cranks ($450). Let’s take a look at these new cranks…
John here with an exciting announcement!
The Radavist has great content dating all the way back to 2008 (there are even our 2006-2008 archives floating around on the ‘net still!), and now, our once-missing 2010-2015 image bucket has been uploaded again! Back in 2018, we lost it in a website server migration, and while doing some digging through our convoluted image bank, web lord Ian Register uncovered our lost image server!
All 150+ GB of images are back, including some of my personal favorites like a 2012 Fuji XPro-1 Review, Robin’s Dirt Drop Highball, Erik from Peacock Groove’s Evil Dead Tribute Bike, NYC Shop Visits, Austin, TX, shenanigans, a lot of Austin, TX shenanigans!, Blackburn Ranger rides, Ryan Wilson’s road bike rides, Bandit camping on Diablo, Peacock Nük, the original Oregon Outback Reportage, Aussie Bush Rides, and the Head Shots and Head Tubes NAHBS article!
I’ve been covering bike touring, framebuilders, and maker culture for 18 years now and in that time, each of these sub-genres has grown more and more. It’s nice having a deep catalog of this content on The Radavist!
Many thanks to Ian for kicking ass on our refresh, which includes a lot of backend maintenance.
One note: when you search through the archives, if the title image is still missing, don’t fret, the entire gallery is back up and running, we’re working on the title image break fix.
Today, we’ve got a fine selection of used goods from the Rad Bazaar, our Group Ride subscribers‘ selling platform, featuring some unique offerings. Let’s check it all out!
If you follow Ron’s Bikes on YouTube and are subscribed to their newsletter, then you have already hear but Arya and Ronnie closed their Nutmeg Needleworks factory. We won’t go into the details, that’s why we’re sharing the video, and it’s best to hear if from the bare-chested horse’s mouth anyway. Although, this paragram hit hard:
“So if you purchased any of the small or big things (frames especially) off the site in the past 2 months, we can’t thank you enough. you have kept us floating and out of debt through all of this. We are so lucky to have an established brand, and so many of you with such good taste!”
As a small, independent operation, we back this wholly. Thank you to everyone who has supported Ron’s Bikes and yeah, The Radavist over these past few months!
Sometimes, when we open the Readers’ Rides inbox, we exclaim, “WE GOT A LIVE ONE HERE!” and that certainly is the case with this submission from Peter, who sent in his tracklocross bike made from a Standert “Stichsäge” frame…
Continuing our 2024 Philly Bike Expo coverage with more Reportage with words and photos by Brad Quartuccio, featuring Fine Bikes, Royal H Cycles, and La Marche Bike Co. Let’s get to it!
We brake for great cycling books. Cycling journalist Peter Flax pinged the Grubers, John, and others to submit photos for his new book, LIVE TO RIDE. We got our hands on a few extra copies of this beautifully written and laid-out book, so we’re going to give two away!
As seen in our Philly Bike Expo Reportage today, Chumba Cycles just announced an all-new SOCO SL titanium all-road…
There are many ways to carry bikes on road trips or on shuttle weekends and the Swagman Summit ($1,099.00 CAD) is the latest vertical rack to come across our radar…
Continuing our 2024 Philly Bike Expo coverage with more Reportage with words and photos by Brad Quartuccio, featuring Chapman Cycles, Chumba Cycles, and Doom Bars. Let’s get to it!
Designed for the Allygn Components Grill Rack, the Gramm Tourpacking Grill Bag is a state-of-the-art rando bag that allows rapid access on the go…
Recently there has been yet another round of news about road tires blowing off hookless rims. For concerned owners of hookless road wheels, Lōgōs Components is stepping up with a trade-in rebate offer of up to $600 toward wheels with the proven margin of safety and peace-of-mind of hooked rims…
As the elusive “quiver killer” bike continues to be on the minds of many cyclists, the one bike that can do it all, brands will continue to throw their hats into the ring, offering their take on what that bike might be. One such brand is Germany’s Puros, who builds frames in Germany, built with many EU components for what they think is the ultimate gravel bike.
If you’re a cyclist of a certain age, you may be able to trace the genesis of your obsession to the campy 1986 classic, RAD. The story of one talented BMXer’s cliché-ridden rise from paperboy to pro, RAD was famously in limbo for decades as a battle for the rights kept it off the shelves. But that’s been settled, and there’s finally a 4K remaster back in circulation. And on Thursday, March 21st, marking 38 years to the day since its original release, that 4K version is being shown in theaters across the country. The re-release is being run by Fathom Events, where you can find a screen near you that’ll take you back to Helltrack. Just don’t over-rotate.
