We saw a lot of compelling bike gear at Sea Otter earlier this month. But the one innovation that sticks out more than any other is this hydraulic-shifting setup from German component maker Acros.

This is a comprehensive guide on how to change the gears on a road bike or a mountain bike. Road bike shifters can feel intimidating at first, but this guide provides step-by-step instructions on how ...

[Rich] is embarking on a fairly long bike trip in a few weeks – Seattle to Portland – and thought including some 3D printed gear on his ride would be a fun endeavor. His first idea was a printed belt ...

This new conversion kit from Ratio Technology modifies SRAM 10- or 11-speed mechanical groupsets to work with 13-speed Campagnolo Ekar gravel groupset cassettes and chains. The 1x13C kit is comprised ...

One of the keys to efficient cycling performance is a consistent pedalling cadence. To achieve this the cyclist must always be in the correct gear, which can be tricky when your legs are burning and ...

I’d like to add drop bars and narrower tires to my Niner hardtail to bodge a gravel bike rather than spend for an entire new bicycle. The Air9 RDO currently runs a 2 x SRAM XO ten-speed drivetrain. My ...

All bikes with the exception of penny-farthings are geared between the crankset and the rear wheel. Most bikes will include a range of gears, so that you can choose one appropriate to where you’re ...

Many of us are familiar with the need to maintain our drivetrains. After all, a chain and gear open to the elements rarely conceals the havoc that cyclocross mud and the grit of gravel grinders wrecks ...

Professional cycling has, in its recent history, been prone to a shocking variety of cheating methods and dirty tricks. Performance-enhancing drugs. Tacks strewn on race courses. Even stealthy motors ...

Remember Firefox? No, not the bloated open-source web browser, but Craig Thomas' sleek Soviet fighter plane which had thought-controlled weapons systems. Wouldn't it be cool if somebody, somehow, did ...