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Grand Prize for FindTheGo Contest

It’s that time of year again and SylvanSport is giving away a MASSIVE amount of prizes with their FindTheGo contest/giveaway. For the mountain biker, expect a grand prize like you see to the right that includes a Niner Bike, Yakima rack and more outdoor gear than you can handle. Here are some insider facts on [...]

New From Santa Cruz Bikes: Blur TRc, Tallboy AL and Highball

Santa Cruz Highball 29er Mountain Bike

There have been rumors flying around the Santa Cruz camp with several spy shots hitting the web, but it is now official…Santa Cruz has 3 new bikes to add to their already impressive lineup. Santa Cruz Highball Probably the most anticipated addition to the Santa Cruz lineup is the 2.4 pound full carbon 29er hard [...]

Race Face Is Closed: The Shot Heard Around The Bike Industry

Race Face Turbine LP Purple

After over 18 years of providing the mountain bike industry with high quality OEM and aftermarket components, Race Face is officially being liquidated. This Canadian manufacturer has been a staple in the industry almost since the mainstream adoption of mountain biking. With legendary components like the square taper Race Face Turbine cranks to one of [...]

How The Game Is Going To Change In 2011 And Beyond In The Bike Industry

2011 and Beyond In The Mountain Bike Industry

The past couple of years in the mountain biking industry have been exciting. The mountain biking public now has more high quality frames and components to ride than ever before and it is almost to the point that we are asking…so what is next? Unlike the early days of mountain biking when the industry was [...]

The New Bike198: Getting Ready for 2011

The New Look of Bike198.com

As you may have already noticed, things have changed a little bit here at Bike198.com. This week, we went live with a new design that has been in the works that has drastically changed the look and feel of the site. The goal…make all of the content easier to access and easier to read with [...]

Breaking News: On One Purchases Titus Cycles

Titus Cycles Bought by On One

On One, a popular manufacturer of affordable hard tails that range from 29ers to titanium to AM 26″, purchased Titus Bikes in the recent liquidation of Titus and all of its assets. This is an interesting move from On One as their core audience is used to quality at more of a budget price when [...]

Titus Cycles: Goodbye To A Legend and An End Of An Era

Titus Cycles Out of Business

The rumor mills have been stirring and they are true. The long standing premium bike brand Titus Cycles is closing its doors and liquidating all assets. In an official email sent out to dealers and business partners, Titus Cycles writes: “To All Titus Business Partners: As many of you know, Titus has been working through [...]

The New Look, The Livestrong Foundation and Bike198

There have been some big changes and releases over at Bike198.com, so I wanted to give you a heads up on each. Bike198.com and The Livestrong Foundation Starting today, we are releasing Bike198 jersey’s and shorts for purchase. However, we didn’t want it to be just another “me too” website cycling jersey. We wanted the [...]

Here Is Your 29er Mr. President – Niner Bikes Goes Presidential

Niner Bikes and Former President George W. Bush

I just received a pretty cool email from the crew over at Niner Bikes. The attached press release (below) and picture (credit: C.A. Smith | casmithphotography.com) you see above is Chris Cugai and Steve Domahidy of Niner Bikes delivering a Niner Jet 9 to former President George W. Bush. President Bush has been known for [...]

Specialized S-Works Epic Carbon 29er Mountain Bike Revealed

Specialized S-Works Epic 29er Carbon Mountain Bike

The Specialized Epic Carbon 29er marks a new entry point for Specialized Mountain Bikes…a race worthy 29er that is going to see podium spots. Up until this point, Specialized only had the Stumpjumper HT available in carbon for those that loved the big wheeled platform. If you wanted full suspension carbon, you had to settle [...]

DT Swiss Wheels, Crankset Installation and Race Coverage

DT Swiss Wheelset - 240s hubs with RR465 Rims

This is a quick checkin to let you know what is going on around the Bike198.com camp lately as we continue to expand the other disciplines of the site. DT Swiss Wheelset – Electric Red and White Chris over at Built To Last Wheels hooked up the Road.Bike198.com site with an electric red and white [...]

2010 Tour de France Coverage on Bike198

2010 Tour de France

The 2010 Tour de France is shaping up to be an exciting hammer through the streets of France. With Lance Armstrong riding in his last Tour, Alberto Contador chasing his 3rd Tour victory, Andy Schlek looking to take Contador off the podium and exciting finishes that will be shaken up by Mark Cavendish’s crash at [...]