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Today, Black Sheep Bikes from Fort Collins, Colorado, is offering a first for the framebuilding operation: a production hardtail mountain bike. Photographer Josh Hicks penned a few words and delivered a fun gallery showcasing these new bikes Black Sheep has dubbed the Speedster Project. Let’s check it out…
Chris King Precision Components has released a limited quantity of Titanium Dropset Headsets ($300). This is the first time the category-defining headset is available in titanium. Like all King’s headsets, the titanium DropSets™ feature King’s patented GripLock™ bearing cap…
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!
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Chumba Cycles is selling the size XL SLACKR hardtail John reviewed for a heavily discounted sale price of $8,995. See all the details of the deal at Chumba Cycles and if you buy this bike, we’ll send you some free Radavist water bottles of your choice for it! Mention it to Chumba and we’ll get ya sorted.
New York’s Horse Brand teamed up with Washington-based Rat King Frames on a run of Titanium Pack Knives ($165), which weigh only 27 grams and are perfect as an EDC item, box cutter, apple slicer, or to haul along on your next camping trip. We got our hands on one ahead of today’s launch, so let’s check it out…
We took Friday off over here at The Radavist and opted to share this news on a post-holiday Monday morning instead. Sklar Bikes just announced a pre-order for a SuperSomething titanium frame made in California ($2,850). These bikes have some changes from their steel siblings, so let’s check them out…
John took a Chumba Slackr hardtail home from the 2024 MADE Bike Show to review. Since then, he’s squeezed every bit of riding potential on the bike before winter set in early in Santa Fe, putting it and himself through a multitude of rides in the Southern Rockies. Find out what epiphanies he’s had while riding this Austin, Texas-welded titanium hardtail below…
The Flaanimal is Rodeo Labs‘ multi-category cycling platform and the titanium version just got its sixth notable upgrade. Let’s check it out…
Hinted in John’s review of the Viral Derive earlier this year, the all-new 2025 Viral Bikes Derive is based on 29er wheels only and has a bunch of other updates. Read them all here…
When Esker Cycles released their new Smokey hardtail, initially in titanium then shortly after in steel, they proclaimed it a hardtail with “big travel for big days.” With a 160mm travel fork and aggressive geometry, is the Smokey a wildfire or does the spark not catch? Find out in Spencer’s review below…
While John was hanging with Whit from Meriwether Cycles in the Nevada City area, he shot his Silk-Ti Flex Pivot bike. Whit calls this bike the Luddite. While we already featured this bike and the following write-up as a Readers’ Rides, John and his mindful eye have cataloged and fully documented it. Read on for the full story on the Luddite, along with some stellar photos of this titanium dream sled!
Contributor Nic Morales is back with a more in-depth look at State Bicycle Co.’s titanium offering. In this long-term review of the recently released Ti All-Road frame, he digs deep into the discourse around titanium as a real-world frame material, how it exists in the zeitgeist, and other philosophical pondering. Read on below for Nic’s Titanium All-Road long-term review!
Tyler from BTCHN Bikes has a pre-order running for his titanium bullmoose bars ($480) he debuted at this year’s MADE Bike Show on his Geoshift hardtail. When John saw them, he had to have them and forked out some cash to take a pair home. We’ve got a review coming up next week but we wanted to alert our readership that they do indeed rule, offer just the right amount of flex, without being too springy, plus look the part, even mimicking Tom Ritchey’s OG Bullmoose with just the right amount of shaping/ovalizing on the twin struts.
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See more at BTCHN Bikes!
Cane Creek’s eeWings are a staff’s favorite over here and if the beautiful raw titanium finish normally offered isn’t what you’re looking for, the Asheville-based brand just announced two new finishes: Raven Matte black and Aegean turquoise. These cranks are pricey but after many years of abuse, show little to no wear; they’ll last for decades!
Roll on over to Cane Creek for more!
Check out a selection of bikes with eeWings below in our Archives!
What makes you smile while riding a bike? This question, and many more, brought our European correspondent – and big-time Star Wars aficionado – Petor Georgallou to purchase a Sturdy Cycles Cilla gravel bike (£8000) last year that he’s now dubbed an X-Wing. Did this futuristic titanium rebel alliance fighter-of-choice live up to his expectations? Read on to find out…
Daniel Yang from Neuhaus goes over what makes the EPYON gravel bike so unique and how this titanium bike meets his highest standards. Check out the EPYON in our 2024 MADE Bike Show coverage.
Carving mountain descents and sprinting up short rises, Morgan Taylor rekindled a love for zippy road bikes with the Chumba SOCO SL Ti All Road. In this long term review, Morgan reflects on what makes the SOCO a bike they’d like to keep just a little bit longer…
Today, in conjunction with our first Ti Talk, we’re excited to pull back the curtain on No.22‘s development of the brand’s new aero, performance-forward titanium road bike. Constructed from 3D-printed titanium and countless hours of post-printing hand labor, the latest iteration of the Reactor is set to launch in 2025, with this prototype debut at the MADE bike show in Portland, OR, August 23-25th…
