The Radavist

Amid the circus of Trojan hangers and load-bearing derailleurs, few of us paid any mind to SRAM Transmission’s humble front chainring. All it got was praise for its two removable bash guards, and scorn for its eight-bolt interface. But the T-Type chainring reflects some fascinating choices. Choices that prevented you from using any competitor’s chainring, and by extension, any competitor’s crank … until now. Wolf Tooth recently released Transmission-compatible chainrings that can be paired with many common cranks. Travis Engel talks about why that matters, even though his Cane Creek eeWings aren’t exactly common.

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

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

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

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

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

There’s a question you’ll inevitably hear while in Santa Fe: “Green or red?” and while this is referring to our chile color, it applies to the holidaze as well. Wolf Tooth just released two limited edition anodizing colors for its ReMote dropper levers just in time for the holidays. These are in stock and shipping today from Wolf Tooth, so act fast!

… oh and the answer to the above question is “x-mas”.

Wolf Tooth Components makes some of the nicest cycling componentry on the market and now you can save some extra cash on these products at their scratch and dent sale. With drivetrain, accessories, and merch all at discounted rates, there’s something for everyone. Head to Wolf Tooth to see what’s available.

If you have an Otso frame that is begging to be run as a singlespeed, then look no further. Wolf Tooth and Otso are within the same umbrella company, so it was easy for the two brands to work together on tricked out hardware kits to convert their popular frames. These kits are available in post and flat mounts, with instructions on Otso’s blog. Both the flat-mount and post-mount kits are $94.95 and shipping now from Otso.

Modern mountain bikes have low bottom brackets. There are many reasons for the push for lower bottom brackets but like each technological or geometric advancement, there is always an effect. One of which is you’re very likely to smash your chainring on rocks with a low bottom bracket and while there is a multitude of bash guards out there, I’ve recently tried out the Wolf Tooth CAMO BashSpider and chainring. Read on below for a quick review of this system on my Starling Murmur with Cane Creek eeWings cranks…

I love seeing component manufacturers working together to improve upon each other’s catalogs. Wolf Tooth worked with White Industries to bring their Camo spider system to the boost M30 cranks. The boost offset optimizes this spider for the M30 cranks with a 52mm chainline or with the G30/R30 cranks will make a 49.5mm chainline.

This spider, combined with a Camo chainring offers:

-Perfect chainline for wear and shifting precision
-Optimal material usage for weight, stiffness, and wear
-Spend less for chainring swapping by buying only the chainring, compared to chainrings that have an integrated spider
-Swapping chainrings is very fast with only five small bolts and no nuts
-Availability, as Wolf Tooth has many direct mount options: round or oval, stainless or aluminum, for several cranksets.
-Color options add a bit of style to accent other colors of your bike or components
-Wolf Tooth’s patented Drop-Stop®  wide/narrow tooth profile for the ultimate chain retention and mud-shedding ability

Check out more at Wolf Tooth and please, more of this collaboration between manufacturers!

Fat grips aren’t for everyone and we all know that grip preferences are like saddles in that they vary widely between riders. While super thick grips don’t benefit everyone, a growing number of people actually benefit from the larger diameter, softer durometer grips being offered by many brands. These grips spread the load on your hands to reduce pressure spots, which is a huge concern to cyclists who have experienced finger numbness due to too much pressure on the ulnar nerve.

Wolf Tooth’s newest grips, the 11.5mm thick Mega Fat Paw and the Mega Fat Paw Cam grips look to offer their fattest diameter year. On top of the other issues they can alleviate, the fat diameter also provides excellent vibration damping. For even more tunable comfort the Fat Paw Cam grips can be rotated to fit your preferred grip patterning. All this with a 40mm diameter.

Head to Wolf Tooth Components to read more.

Cycling is all about millimeters. A few too little and things rub, a few too many and things rub. Modern mountain bikes play this game all year long and as shocks improve and frames get shreddier, space is on the rapid decline for things like water bottles. Wolf Tooth’s new B-Rad Shift moves your bottle cage outboard by 9mm and 10º to clear most resi shocks, keeping you hydrated without having to wear a pack on your ride. See more at Wolf Tooth.

I love seeing collaborations like this. Wolf Tooth components had an idea and could have probably sourced their own fabrication means themselves to make a cage like this, but instead, they reached out to King Cage, because that’s what King Cage does better than anyone. That idea is a cage with various mounting points, to make the best use out of your limited space. The result is something that adds practicality to a tried and true design. Hats off to all parties! Swoop up a Morse Cage at Wolf Tooth.

Not all frames have third bottle cages or means to carry extra water bottles. Wolf Tooth’s new B-Rad system allows the option for installing more bottle cages by using a series of Mounting Bases. You can even use a Double Bottle Adapter for your downtube bottle bosses and even a B-Rad Accessory Mount to carry a spare tube, a riding light battery or other accessories. Check out more information at Wolf Tooth.

If there is one company that has made our lives easier in terms of gearing options, it’s Wolf Tooth Components. Everything they’ve introduced to the market has been smart, innovative and has opened the door to new, affordable drivetrain systems. It should come as no surprise that the guys behind Wolf Tooth have a few opinions as to how bicycles should be designed, which was the motivation for launching Otso Cycles.

Their introductory framesets are the Voytek, a carbon hardtail and the Warakin, a stainless steel all-road. See more details below and be sure to check out Otso Cycles!