Our Radar Roundup compiles products and videos from the ‘net in an easy-to-digest format. Read on below for today’s findings…
Fabrica De Rosas Bike Shop Grand Opening
Our homie Jamie has been hard at work opening his new shop, Fabrica De Rosas in Los Angeles and November 17th is the opening night. If we could be there, we would, so if you can be there, you should!
Fabrica De Rosas
159 S Anderson St
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Follow @Fabrica.De.Rosas on Instagram for all the fun!
Cedaero Moon Lander Hip Pack Comes in 27 Colors $79.95
After orbiting for some time, the Moon Lander is ready to make a landing on your moon! This hip pack is a perfect crew mate for everything from getting airborne to roving around town. Perfectly sized around three 12 oz cans, there’s just enough room for essential sundries plus a little more. The back panel is fully padded to ensure a soft landing and the interior key clip keeps your really important stuff from taking an untethered space walk.
- 1000D Cordura nylon, 15oz waxed canvas, or RX30 X-pac exterior
- Fully padded back panel
- #8 YKK zipper
- Daisy chains on wings
- Paracord side hang loop
- Interior key clip
- Dimensions: 9″W x 5.25″H x 3.5″D
- Capacity: 2 liters
- 100% Made in USA
See more at Cedaero.
Ride With GPS QuickNav
The Ride with GPS mobile app just rolled out a powerful new way to get from point A to point B. It’s called QuickNav. It’s incredibly simple, effective, and is poised to redefine everyday cycling navigation. From quick trips to the grocery store to the daily commute, simply plug your destination into the Search bar or long-press anywhere on the map – QuickNav automatically generates a route to your endpoint including estimated time to your destination.
Should you stray off course, QuickNav automatically updates your routing in real time based on your current position. Change your plans? Simply tap the Search icon or long-press anywhere to update your destination. Your route and estimated trip time will auto-adjust accordingly.
To use this new feature, simply update your RideWithGPS app on your phone!
Tout Terrain Announces North American Sales
Tout Terrain has officially launched the sale of its bikes to customers in North America. Award-winning touring, bikepacking, gravel and commuter bikes designed and assembled in Germany are now also available in all US states through direct sales.
For almost two decades, Tout Terrain has stood for the development and assembly of high-quality bicycles and trailers in Germany. With a team of true bike enthusiasts and driven by the motivation to build bikes that accomplish any goal, the brand sets the standard for quality and style. Tout Terrain North America is headquartered in Tucson, Arizona.
A few of Tout Terrain’s products we find interesting and are looking forward to testing in the future include:
Scrambler Xplore GT One of only a few dropbar Pinion bikes available. It uses custom TRP shift levers and a special shift unit, rather than electronic shifting, to achieve a sub-$6,000 price point. The Scrambler also features Tout Terrain’s carbon fork with replaceable inserts.
Mule Trailer While not available in the US quite yet, this trailer uses a suspended single-wheel for hauling gear. It can carry up to 100 liters on a variety of terrain from pavement to singletrack.
Cinq Plug6 Plus Made to fit in a steerer tube and is charged via a dynamo hub, this battery also offers pass-through charging from a USB-C port on the top cap so can charge a phone, GPS, or additional battery pack. This will still allow the use of dynamo light and, at 195g, is pretty lightweight.
Check out the full lineup at Tout Terrain!
King Cage Titanium Dust Pan $120
We don’t usually do Holiday lists because every day is full of neat-o products you didn’t know that you might kinda sorta need. Here’s one of them! The King Cage Titanium Dust Pan. Handmade with love by Ron Andrews himself.
The Titanium Dust Pan has all the qualities you love in our cages but for all your cleaning needs…
- Super strong!
- Highly Functional
- Beautiful
- Lightweight
Available with the King Cage branded display stand, and your option of brush. Check out more at King Cage.
MASON Winter Solstice Social
The team at Mason Cycles is dead keen on keeping your wheels turning through winter, so as a bit of an incentive to keep riding during those darker months, they’ve devised a bit of a competition. Ride anywhere on any terrain during the winter solstice week from December 17th to December 22nd with friends and share a photo on Instagram using the hashtag #masonsolstice
By participating, you’ll have a chance to win :
- MASON Sustain Sweatshirt
- MASON Sustain T-Shirt
- MASON MadeForMiles & Sustain Bottles
- MASON Bar Tape
- Tailfin Top Tube Pack
- Albion Gift Musette
- Two tickets to the Wild Cycles X MASON South Downs Way 2024
Big thanks to our friends for supplying such awesome gifts!
There are no particular judgment criteria, but we will say that the more creative, the better!
Big ups to Mason Cycles!
Kool-Stop Triplelight Compound
Kool Stop makes some of the best brake pads for rim brake applications and just announced, its new triplelite compound is the US-maker’s most aggressive compound combination for superb braking and controlled stopping in all weather conditions.
So if you have a ‘cross bike, MTB, road, or touring bike and want all three of Kool-Stop’s legendary compounds in one, well, now’s your chance!
See the full spectrum of offerings at Kool-Stop!
Princeton Carbon Works Wake 6560 Evolution Rim Brake Wheels
People are always lamenting the disappearance of rim brake carbon wheel options so when a set of rim brake carbon wheels comes across our radar, we’ll do our best to share them! As such, the latest from Princeton Carbon Works, the Wake 6560 Evolution wheels, are the 5th iteration of the Wake series and the largest step change in performance the brand has made yet. You know the drill. Faster. Lighter. Stiffer.
What’s interesting about these wheels are not only the flashy build kit options (disc only) but that they are available in a custom rim brake special order. For custom sets and rim brake, please contact info@princetoncarbon.com.
Bikes or Death: Kurt Refsnider, Continental Divide Trail by Bike
Kurt Refsnider just became one of only a handful of people to have ever successfully traversed the Continental Divide Trail by bike. The trail is 3,300 miles long and spans the length of the United States along the Continental Divide. In many ways it’s similar to the popular Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. However, there is one big distinction, the CTS is primarily singletrack. And much of it is unmaintained, overgrown, and sometimes nonexistent trails.
See our Reportage from Kurt’s journey here:
- Updates From the CDT: 1,000 Miles of Singletrack Across Montana
- Updates from the CDT Part 3; Wyoming – The Easiest and Toughest of Miles
- Updates From the CDT Part 4: Resistance and Enchantment Through the Final Miles
- Following Decade-Old Tire Tracks: Kurt Refsnider Sets Out On the Continental Divide Trail
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Stuff we see on the ‘net that causes pause…
Photo by @Fabrica.De.Rosas
We’re real proud of you, Jamie!
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