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Week 24
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It was another kind of a haphazard week around here and all of these things — nice weather, lots of work, new toys — have cut into my computer time. I’m running some new gear for testing — Hayes El Caminos, SRAM X0 twist shifters, some new Camelbak product — and I know that most of the others have new gear reviews in the pipe, so expect to see those things in the coming weeks.
This week, we posted up a piece by Guitar Ted that argues for the adoption of a new standard for wheel over lock dimensions (over the current 135mm setup). Dan followed that up with a preview of the 24 Hours of Summer Solstice race that is going down this weekend; if you haven’t checked it out, there’s also a good gear checklist you can use when preparing for your own 24 hour event. Yesterday, Ashwin posted up a quick gear shot of WTB’s Moto Tec clamp-on grips.
Elsewhere around the ‘net
This part of the summer is kind of a slow time for new gear news; most of the 2007 component stuff has been ‘leaked’ at places like Sea Otter, the various UCI events around the world, and upcoming events like Crankworx in Whistler. People with quick eyes can see product from most of the major bike manufacturers at local events but the ‘official’ announcements are usually saved for trade shows like Interbike and Eurobike. That being said, there’s still news out there…
2007 SRAM lineup. SRAM unveiled a bunch of its gear at a media camp down in Utah last week and other new stuff was spotted at Saalbach in Austria. Singletrack was in Austria and delivers the goods on the 2007 Rock Shox products and the upcoming releases from sister company Avid, including the 4-piston Avid Code and the xc-racer Avid Juicy Ultimate. NSMB.com has some shots of the Truvativ Noir crank, as well as some scenery pictures taken in Utah.
Others. NSMB also posted up a long-term review of the Norco Fluid 1 — the reviewer knows what he’s talking about, so an endorsement from him means it’s a solid ride! Hot on the heels of the bulletin board posting that looked at the ‘07 Kona lineup is BikeMagic, which has a better look at next year’s batch of Konas.
It’s the last full week for our Sette cockpit giveaway. For whatever reason, many of you are hesitant to drop your name in the box so those of you who have are in good shape! I’ll announce the winner’s name in the first week of July.