The Radavist

At the heart of Niner is racing and while they’ve made a big push to expand their bikes from this lineage, they still know how to design one sick race machine. The newly updated BSB (blood, sweat and beer) 9 RDO is now available. These bikes are Di2 ready with seat post battery compatibility, feature a flat mount disc caliper design, thru axles, C5 Carbon warranty for 5 years and Niner’s no-nonsense race geometry. These are available in limited quantities, so holler at your Niner dealer for ordering. See more information at Niner!

The latest from Fat Chance beckons you to get off those busy paved roads and off onto some dirt. With two wheel size clearance options, a steel Yo Eddy or carbon fork option and plenty of paint choices to make this Chris Cross bike your own. See more at Fat Chance.

If you’re in SLC for NAHBS and want to ride your bike on Friday night with a lot of people in a somewhat competitive environment then go to this event!

This all makes a lot of sense. Minus the winged alpacas, but whatever. Check out more information on the Flaanimal at Rodeo-Labs! Also, they make such a rad fork. Anyone got one on their bike?

Niner’s tried and true RLT 9 Steel platform got some upgrades with its latest model. These upgrades include flat mount disc brakes, more bottle bosses, mounts on the fork as well as a bolt-on top tube bag attachment. These frames will fit a 1.75″ tire, as well as double and triple cranksets. The new RLT 9 Steel is available in 1-star up to 4-star builds from both Shimano and SRAM. Head to Niner to see more.

It looked like a real wet and wild time at the 2017 Cyclocross World Cup in Fiuggi this weekend.

… to go play in the desert with Jeff from All-City while he’s in town! Hope you’re enjoying this long weekend and we’ll be back on Tuesday.

I’d love to see more from this event in Budapest!

Niner took the popular RLT 9 steel model and made it a carbon RDO model. There are many reasons for this permutation, yet the overall difference is weight. I’ve seen and held one in person and it’s incredibly light. More on this to come this week, but for now check out this video and more information at Niner.

Between the snow and the temperatures falling on this year’s CX Nats course, it looked like one hell of a good time.

Racing doesn’t always have to be blood, sweat and tears…

… and we did our best to keep up.

Like many professional cyclists, Taylor Phinney heads to warmer climates in the off-season to train. It just so happens that his locale of choice is Los Angeles. Last year, he rode from LA to Joshua Tree “just cuz” and this year, he’s staying in the neighborhood, exploring the climbs throughout Los Angeles County. Yesterday, Kyle from GSC texted me a cryptic message “Cross Town Ride 11am – meet at Intelli.” Around 10 minutes prior to the meet-up, he included an additional note “I’m running late, but Taylor will be there at 11.” Meaning, Taylor Phinney.

I like the look of this one!

“We felt it apropos to circle back to last year’s finale with yet another bike featuring Zio Ziegler’s patina, this time a bit more dirt-oriented. This is Zio’s personal Open UP, a bike that since its introduction at AC six months ago has been a consistent favorite, both amongst us and our clients. Usually offered in only two colors, orange and brown, we’ve been more recently asking for UPs in a raw, unpainted carbon finish, giving us the latitude to lend an Above Category flair to an otherwise stock carbon frameset.”

… and can’t wait to see what they have in store for the other eleven. See more photos at the AC Blog.

For those of you who swooned over Kyle’s Red, White and Blue Stinner Frameworks monster cross, you can now order one from the Santa Barbara-based builders. These frames will fit either a 700x50mm ‘cross wheel or a 27.5 x 2.2 MTB wheel. What I’ve found with bikes like this is you never wanna take off the 27.5 wheels because they’re so much fun. Holler at Stinner Frameworks to see what they can cook up for you.

This looks like a good time, especially that Johnny Drum swig! Don’t miss out on future events in Denver, follow Team Meow on Facebook.