Part of our series “Budget Build”, to be introduced soon, and also a part of our Twenty Nine Inches coverage of the Misfit Psycles Dissent review, we have the “Cod” cog here to take a look at.

What It Is: The “Cod” cog is an aluminum, Shimano spline compatible single speed cog that will fit [...]

Misfit Psycles has sent over a couple of its “funky bars” for testing here on The Bike Lab. We’ll be installing these on a Misfit Psycles Dissent 29″er we are going to build up here, and the test/review of that frame and fork will show up over on Twenty Nine Inches.

Look for more detailed info [...]

Wheel & Sprocket Announces Fixed Gear Specific Website
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: 36 year veteran retail chain Wheel & Sprocket in Wisconsin has announced the launch of eighthinch.com – dubbed Everything Fixed Gear”. The site is now live and features fixed gear frames, wheelsets, and a complete line of track components. The site boasts “Free 48 State Shipping” [...]

Editor’s Note: This is a press release concerning a new accessory line from some former Planet Bike employees.
Former Planet Bike Employees launch Portland Design Works
Portland, OR- January 19, 2009-
Industry veterans Erik Olson and Dan Powell have launched Portland Design Works (PDW), a new brand of urban bicycle accessories with a focus on simple, [...]

Santa Cruz Bicycles released their Blur XC frame in the carbon fiber variety.

Meet the new carbon fiber Blur XC. It features 105mm of next generation VPP travel (including grease ports in the lower links, angular contact bearings, large diameter pivot axles and enhanced shock rates) tailored specifically to address the hard pedaling dynamics of XC [...]

For several months last year we were all warned in the bicycle industry that prices on bicycles and aftermarket parts were all on the way upward. 15% to 20% we were told. In some cases we have already seen this. Will it continue? How can the global economy be in severe contraction and bicycle prices [...]