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Redshift just announced two new ShockStop Stems, available in 55 mm and 70 mm lengths ($189.99) for progressive gravel bikes. With gravel bikes adopting longer top tubes and slacker head angles like their mountain bike kin, they require shorter stems. This includes riders in need of a shorter stem to achieve a proper bike fit as well.

Introducing the ShockStop PRO Endurance Seatpost. This new seatpost broadens Redshift’s range of suspension seatpost options giving every cyclist the perfect setup that compliments their riding style, bike type, and the terrain they ride…

Just when you think handlebars can’t get any weirder, Redshift Sports drops the Top Shelf. But after riding them for a week, Travis found they actually felt pretty normal. Whether that’s a good thing is up to you.

Our Radar Roundup compiles products and videos from the ‘net in an easy-to-digest format. Read on below for today’s findings…

Founded in 2013 by a group of mechanical engineers with a bad cycling habit (or, maybe the other way around?), Redshift Sports specializes in designing and manufacturing component systems to increase speed and comfort on the bike. In this review round-up, Hailey Moore assesses a handful of Redshift’s products—the Quick-Release Aerobars, Shocktop Pro Suspension Seatpost, Cruise Control Drop Bar Grips, and the Kitchen Sink Handlebar—and how they might benefit road and gravel-oriented riders as part of Redshift’s intended systems, or as standalone additions to any all-road setup.

With the days getting shorter, chances are your commutes are going to have less daylight. We’ve seen similar pedal designs before, but the newest product from RedShift Sports takes commuting safety lights to the next level. The Arclight Bike Pedals light up when you start pedaling and turn off when you stop. These lights also change color from white to red depending on their orientation – i.e. red always face the rear of the bike and white, the front. The details don’t stop there, so head to Kickstarter to see more!

Redshift is once again hosting a mighty fine giveaway where you can enter to win a Niner RLT 9 RDO Carbon Frame in your size fitted with:
– Redshift ShockStop Seatpost
– Redshift ShockStop Stem
– Shimano GRX Di2 Groupset
– Hunt X-Wide Carbon Wheels
– WTB Venture Tires
– WTB SL8 Saddle
– Xpedo Mforce 8 Pedals
– Stages Power Meter & Head Unit
– Free Shipping
– A Total Value of Over $8,000!

Head to Redshift to sign up!

Redshift has made a name for themselves by listening to what consumers want with their gravel bikes and the latest from the brand embodies that. The Kitchen Sink Handlebar comes in widths from 44cm up to 50cm and is designed to make your off-road experience as comfortable as posttible. Aiding in this is an option for an 150mm aerodynamic loop extension and options for their ergonomic Cruise Control Grip System.

Specs:
-20mm RISE means less pressure on the hands and a broad range of fit options.
-7° SWEEP means the bar is positioned where your hands want to be, whether your on the flats, the hoods or the drops.
-25° FLARE on a compact drop means a stable, aerodymanic drop position that is actually comfortable enough to use.
-Optional endurance loop adds an alternative aerodynamic riding position and a perfect spot for gear storage and mounting accessories.
-Retail $99
-Shipping in December

Head to Redshift to see more!

There are a few suspension seat posts on the market and Path Less Pedaled looks at two of the more popular ones, Kinekt vs Redshift, in their latest video…

RedShift’s ShockStop suspension seatpost was designed and engineered for gravel and all-road bikes, particularly for those longer rides or races where rough roads can do damage to your rear end, thanks to their patent-pending ShockStop system which provides 35mm of tunable suspension travel. Check out more information at RedShift.

-35mm of active suspension travel
-Infinitely adjustable preload stiffness adjustment
-Swappable springs included for different rider weights
-Optimized linkage geometry provides ultra-responsive suspension
-27.2mm x 350mm length (shims available to fit larger seat tube sizes)
-497g

Are you a roadie looking to get dirtier on your rides? Or a mountain biker that loves your Pivot and would like to take on some challenging gravel rides? Or perhaps you are just tired of your clapped out all-road bike? Redshift and Pivot worked on a kick-ass giveaway where you can enter for a chance to win this $8k Redshift Sports edition Pivot Vault gravel bike. All you have to do is head over to Redshift to sign up! The giveaway sign up ends June 5th so get on it!

For fans of the Redshift suspension stem, the company just jettisoned their ShockStop Suspension Seatpost onto Kickstarter, where it already has an impressive backing. Head on over to read all about it.

Fair Bicycle, the makers of DROP BEST, the saddle angle adjustment head that bolts to your seatpost, just announced compatibility for a whole range of seatposts. Included in this release are DROP BEST heads for FOX Transfer 2025, FOX Transfer Neo, Crank Brothers Highline 7 and 11, Vertical Helium, all priced at $158, and Redshift Shockstop posts priced at $134.

Check out the full drop at Fair Bicycle.

Welcome to our second installment of Wish List, where Radavist contributors share their dreams of things that don’t exist, but maybe should. Some will be slightly niche but perfectly reasonable ideas that have every right to exist. Others will be impractical, expensive, and/or dangerous fantasies that probably should remain fantasies. Travis is back with another stack of requests, some of which go well beyond the bike industry.

This week’s reader’s ride comes from Ali Becker as she rides across the Great Northern Bike Route. She talks about her journey from overstuffing panniers to her current svelt bikepacking setup and entertains us with a poem about packing her rig up…

Welcome to the first installment of Wish List, where Radavist contributors share their dreams of things that don’t exist, but maybe should. Some will be slightly niche but perfectly reasonable ideas that have every right to exist. Others will be impractical, expensive, and/or dangerous fantasies that probably should remain fantasies. Travis dives in first with a list that spans this spectrum quite nicely.

Travis‘s Otso Fenrir shows up a lot in his reviews. So does the 85mm-travel Fox Step-Cast 34 he customized for it. We’ve gotten some questions about how he finagled this hack. He’s here to give answers, but not to recommend you try it.