The Commencal Team is ready to start the 2021 World Cup onboard a new Supreme prototype! Check inside to see some of what they’ve changed. Continue reading →

Santa Cruz has developed a 29″ version of their V10 for World Cup duties this year. How will things fare for Greg Minnaar and Luca Shaw onboard this new prototype?

Devinci is celebrating their 30th anniversary and have came up with a neo-retro project – YYZ.

e*thirteen sent over some news moments ago about their new partnership with Aaron Gwin and the YT Mob team. Check out some of the e*thriteen parts Aaron will be testing out including, carbon wheels, guides, chainrings, and some prototypes.

To honor its athletes, SRAM has equipped a limited number of Worlds bikes in Vallnord, Andorra, with special, ‘World Championship Use Only’ 1x™ drivetrains. Meant as a token of appreciation for the hard work and dedication these athletes display throughout … Continue reading →

Cesar Rojo of Cero Designs has posted up a picture on their facebook page of a new downhill bike they’ve been working on that looks quite stunning. You may be familiar with his work on Mondraker bikes, Fabien Barel, and … Continue reading →

It’s always fun to see new bikes being developed. Check out the video inside of a new Commencal Supreme V4 as the team gets some testing done in California. Check out their video inside and see what their new bike … Continue reading →

Interested in seeing Aaron Gwin’s latest Specialized Demo? Red Bull takes us behind the scenes with Aaron Gwin, Mitch Ropelato, and Troy Brosan as they perform secret research and development sessions in order to create the fastest downhill racing bike, … Continue reading →

Devinci Global Racing has been testing out a new 650b/27.5″ equipped Wilson on the World Cup circuit. You can see some of their progress inside on their latest prototype and hear from Gabe and Stevie have to say about it.

Learn more about the Foes FFR inside. It has an adjustable travel to allow for 8 or 9″ of travel in a 27.5″ wheel chassis. The design is still a work in progress but they’ve come a long way already.

We’ve posted up another update from Sea Otter including new stems from Spank along with their new Oozy Pedals. We also take a look at the Biknd Jetcase that has some neat features to securely transporting you bike and more.

As we approach the first World Cup of 2014 many teams are preparing their bikes for the Pietermaritzburg, South Africa track. As there is a considerable amount of pedaling and speed on the course many riders are experimenting with different … Continue reading →

Last week Steve Smith stepped it up big time and took the win at Leogang as well as the overall Elite Men’s title for 2013. SRAM sent through a little detail about his BoXXer though an official channel and we’re curious to see if the Charger damper makes it into the next iteration of the BoXXer for consumers.
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Wyn Masters has been racing on a prototype Bulls downhill bike this season and Daniel snapped some pictures of his new ride.  Check out more of the Wild Core Prototype inside with Wyn.

Magura discontinued making the Gustav some time ago and it appears a new brake is on the horizon for them to fulfill the gravity void.  Check out the prototype brake inside.

The Ohlins boys were at Val Di Sole testing out a shock.  Will we see a new shock on the market later this year?

Prototype parts are always fun to spot and we saw this Renthal prototype stem this weekend at Sea Otter.

The guys at Point One Racing showed me a new pedal they’ve been working on. It’s still a prototype at this stage but the changes they’ve done to the pedal are impressive from the looks of it.

Check out Jill Kintner’s Prototype 27.5 Carbon Norco Sight that she’ll be racing on this weekend.

Norco has had a lot of interest in the aluminum 650b/27.5 Sight trail bike they released last year. They brought out a carbon prototype Sight at Sea Otter that we snapped a few pics of.

Evil is back on the hunt this year and Token Creative has produced a teaser video for a new carbon 150mm Evil trail bike they’re been developing called the Uprising. They handed over the Uprising to Luke Strobel to shred … Continue reading →

It looks like the guys at X-Fusion will be coming out with a downhill fork soon. They posted this photo on their instagram feed of them riding this new prototype fork. Check out a riding video inside with it.

Connor Fearon received a new prototype from Kona recently that will be turning heads this season. Kona has given this lucky lad a prototype carbon fiber Kona Operator Supreme downhill bike.

Intense’s in-house fabrication gives them the ability to rapidly test new concepts. We saw it with their 2951, Tracer 2, and most recently their adoption at last years’ Sea Otter of some of the first 650b / 27.5″ bikes. Well … Continue reading →

Check inside for a video walk through with the new Nukeproof Pulse.

Nukeproof passed along details of their new Pulse downhill race frame. Learn all about it inside.

SRAM sent along some pictures along with a few details of thier new XX1 family of components.  Aimed at the 1x setup, this new family of components is aimed at enduro and xc riders.

Nukeproof launch prototype dirt jump frame Less than a month after the release of our Rook slopestyle bike we’re excited to bring you news of our prototype dirt jump frame which will be unveiled at this week’s iXS Dirt Masters … Continue reading →

Tucked away on a Shimano display bike was a prototype chainguide that they’ve been working on. Check it out inside.

SR Suntour has a new fork they’ve been working on for the gravity and freeride crowd called the Rux.  Learn all about it inside as we get a video rundown and some detailed pictures on their new prototype fork.