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Over my couple-of-tens years of cycling, I have custom built many bikes, from BMXes to street/DJ to mountain bikes. I have used frame materials from chromoly to steel to aluminium and carbon. Till now, I have refrained from choosing titanium frames or components for a few reasons: (1) pricey (2) they didn’t match the look I was planning for my custom builds (3) these products last forever! And that would make me feel “guilty” when vanity craving strikes and I want to change a frame or components. Fast forward to present day, I am now even more sentimental with metal frames than before. I still enjoy my carbon-frame builds though but metal frames give me that added nostalgic feeling. (Ed: it has personality) And so it goes … one of my latest build uses the 7005 aluminium custom-built Canfield Lithium frame. To build it to my intended weight range, I went “motley” and used a mix of material for it. Here’s the outcome

The streets are our playground. BMX STREET IS THE EASIEST WAY TO START BIKE LIFE. This is especially true for kids who have limited budget to buy bikes for themselves. Read on for the full list of benefits.

Ed: We got this circulated by Pinkbike. This article crystallized what Bikezilla has been telling everyone – High Pivot design is too much bike even when it comes to downhill bikes. In our opinion (Bikezilla’s only), the cons of running high pivot outweighs its pros. Somewhere along the pivot height chart may lie a sweet spot where that extra idler should be. Enter the Mid Pivot design! Read on for Pinkbike’s take on this topic.

If you’re beginning to look into physiotherapy for yourself or a loved one and find yourself with similar questions, read on. This article will start you off with five basic reasons it’s a good idea to seek physiotherapy as part of your healing process.

On 15 September 2021, an electric bicycle tax credit and a bike commuter benefit might get into full swing in Washington, D.C. This action would further empower governing leaders to prioritize bikes as part of the solution for the climate crisis, mobility equity, public health and economic growth. The benefits of such legislations are obvious. To apply them locally, we would need to make some adaptations. And the questions, at the moment, to answer would be …

The Ultimate Trail Bike has to be the best flow finder, and the best gnarl slayer. How do we achieve that? How about TWO bikes? A dynamic duo designed to complement each other, ready to tackle just about every type of trails out there.