The Bontrager Inform RL Saddle is a completely new design for Bontrager and I decided to dig behind the technology of these saddles to see just what it is that makes the Inform different.

It’s pretty well known that much saddle reasearch has been undertaken and that much of that research has focused on the blood […]

A few weeks back a couple chain rings rolled into my bike lab. A couple months ago I reported on e.13 producing odd size chainrings. Chain rings of this type were available but they were often heavy or super expensive. These beautiful rings are made out of 7075 aluminum and priced between […]

I have gotten a few rides in on the new Inform RL saddle and I now will list my first impressions of the saddle. I will say that the installation wasn’t any more difficult than it should be and that the set up was pretty straight forward. The rails are graduated for referance and […]

The Bike Lab has recieved some components from BBB, a company well known in Europe, but maybe a brand you’ve not heard from here in the States. We recieved some grips and bar ends, (amongst a few other things we’ll detail later) that are really interesting. The ErgoFix grips and the ErgoSticks bar ends

These bear […]

Truvativ Stylo SS Cranks
Price: $139-155
Specs: 848 grams; 170 or 175mm;
These cranks were mounted up to my single swizzle roughly three weeks back. So far they have been ridden bottom bracket deep in water, been beat pretty hard on rock gardens and dropped, crank arm down, into a creek bed.
It is hard to say if […]

Awhile back I introduced you all to the Onza Tensile freewheel for single speeding enjoyment. Oh, and I do love to single speed! I slapped that Tensile freewheel on one of my 29″ers and set to riding it right away.
I was fairly impressed with how it engaged and also on how quiet it was. […]