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Los Angeles-based Lowelifes Trail Crew is back with another native plant cap! This black corduroy cap was sewn in Los Angeles and features a Humboldt’s Lily, Lilium humboldtii, design from stalwart trail volunteer and artist Rachelle! Classic cotton corduroy provides a bit of warmth for your dome during the cooler months.

You can catch a glimpse of the rare, native Humboldt’s Lily (Lilium humboldtii) in some of the wetter drainages in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Sales benefit the Lowelifes‘ volunteer trail work efforts in the Angeles National Forest. Pick one up at Lowelifes.

If you’re looking to gift some of our Winter Merch this year for the holidays, your last opportunity to buy some with a Christmas delivery is the end of the day, Monday, December 16th. As always, we thank you for your support! Every cent from our merch sales goes to running this website and paying our authors.

Check out the full merch drop at The Radavist Webshop.

The Trek Antelopes are a great alternative to the Stumpjumpers and MB-1 of the era. For this week’s Readers’ Rides, Matt shares his 1987 Trek 800 Antelope with us…

Forager Cycles has just debuted four packs of its reusable cable ends dubbed Cable Cherries in silver and brass ($32). We love using these nifty inventions as they cut down on single-use cable ferrules and add a bit o’ bling to any build. If you’re looking for a last minute gift for a friend, roll on over to Forager Cycles to see more.

Bombtrack‘s latest House Blend video brings us to BienVélo in Malmö, Sweden. Enjoy!

Soma Fabrications now carries these S-Ride derailleurs, that are Shimano compatible. The S-Ride works for MTB 12 or 13-speed drivetrains, features a clutch, and has oversized 14t/15t aluminum pulley wheels. Its trapezoid Parallelogram design limits vertical movement and thus reduces ghost shifts and chain skips while improving shifting on large cassettes.  Best of all, it’ll run on 9t through 52t cassette clusters.

Specs:

• Extra Long Cage
• 12/13-speed
• Shimano MTB 12-spd compatible
• Clutch feature stabilizes chain movement on rough terrain
• Aluminum cage, B-knuckle, B-bolt and outer link
• Bearing-equipped Aluminum pulleys (14t/15t)
• Total capacity: 43t
• Max. sprocket: 52t
• Min. sprocket: 9t
• Wt.: 258g

See more at SOMA.

Fairlight just announced the new Secan 3 with a few key updates that take it from all-road to all-rounder. Let’s check it out…

Josh Bryceland, yes that Josh Bryceland, lands the biggest catch of his life, reeling in a whopper of the new Tailfin Long Top Tube Bag. After years of prototyping, testing and refining Tailfin is launching its newest essential bag range. Check out more at Tailfin.

When possible, we still prefer tubeless setups and even tubeless hacks, but with odd wheel sizes found on cargo bikes and mini velos, is it worth going through all that hassle? In this video John looks at a hack that has kept his Omnium Mini Max flat-free all year long here in Santa Fe…

Please, if you enjoy these videos, hit the subscribe button below! If we hit 10k subscribers, John will do a gravel race. If we don’t, Miguel has to shave his mustache!

This Monday, December 16th, Camera Corner is coming to Minneapolis, thanks to our friends at Wolf Tooth. Tickets are on sale now for $13 for the Parkway Theater showing on Monday, December 16, from 6 – 8pm CST. Don’t miss out!

Colorado bag maker San Util just announced a new hip pack called the Whirlpool ($135)…

Support an Incredible Cause and Win the Ultimate Maui Dream Build!

Kona has an extra special edition of its usual Kona Dream Build feature – announcing the Maui Dream Build Sweepstakes!

Help Kona raise the funds needed to complete Maui’s bike park, located just north of Lahaina, HI. Following last year’s devastating wildfires, the West Maui and Lahaina community has come together with friends from the mainland to create a space for all to ride, progress, and fall in love with this amazing location—just like the pros who built the park.

Thanks to the generous support of our partners SRAM, RockShox, DT Swiss, OneUp Components, Wolf Tooth Components, Sensus, and Peak Design, we’re giving away a dreamy Kona Process 134 CR DL plus an assortment of gear from Troy Lee Designs and a selection of Maxxis tires to fit any season. This incredible prize package is valued at over $16,000 USD!

All profits will support the creation of the new public West Maui Bike Park through the Maui Mountain Bike Coalition. A HUGE thanks to the brands that made this sweepstakes possible and to the entire Maui community for their hard work in making the West Maui Bike Park dream come true.

ENTER THE KONA MAUI DREAM BUILD SWEEPSTAKES HERE

See moe detailed photos at the Kona Blog.

La Chouette in Paris has teamed up with the UK’s Brother Cycles to design a singlespeed city bike called The Swoops! Let’s check it out…

Ed Litton, a Bay Area framebuilder known for his impeccable lugwork, Rivendell paint, finishing for builders like Bruce Gordon, and period-correct Ritchey restorations, which included building biplane forks, was involved in a cycling accident in Point Richmond, near his workshop. He suffered a serious spinal cord injury. He was taken to Marin General Hospital, the nearest trauma center, and rushed to surgery. Currently, he doesn’t have any feeling from his mid-chest down. He is awake and able to move his arms, but only time will tell of any long-term spinal cord damage.

There’s a GoFundMe set up to help Ed recover his medical costs, so if you have any money you can spare for a living legend, check it out.

Kris Henry from 44 Bikes just released a batch of his popular Titanium DEDBLO Hammers ($250) to his webshop. These hammers are in stock and then immediately sell out. In fact, their numbers are dwindling as this is being typed, so if you fancy one, roll on over to 44 Bikes check them out!

Specs:

• Made right here at 44HQ in New Hampshire
• 3Al-2.5V Titanium
• Choose anodized fades in Purple, Blue, Aqua, Bourbon, and RAW finishes
• Replaceable LIXIE head made in Central Falls, RI
• Custom in-house turned & domed brass head (Same thread as the LIXIE head)
• Replaceable Wolftooth Components grip made in the USA
• 10″ / 254mm long handle
• 3.25″ Length x 1.25″ OD [72.6mm x 31.8mm] Head (includes removable heads)
• Weight: 0.875 lbs / 14oz [.4kg / 397g]
• Limited Quantities for the discerning tool aficionado

Last but not least and perhaps maybe the best for last is Petor‘s Favourite Products, Rides, and More From 2024. Read on as our intrepid Gonzo journalist, and owner of BESPOKED reflects on his year one clever quip at a time…

Adam Sklar from Sklar Bikes just posted up a fun and quick video of a bike tour he and a few friends rode last weekend. Great vibes in this one, dude!

Over the past several years, Wolf Tooth has put out some really fun limited edition finishes on its titanium Morse Cages. This winter, the Minneapolis-based manufacturer has unveiled this killer “Frozen” motif. Like other limited edition Morse cages, these will definitely sell out, so if you’re looking for something fun as a last-minute gift or a final detail on your latest custom build, check out the Frozen Morse Cages at Wolf Tooth.