SimWorks just announced a pre-order for the 2025 batch of its High Plains Drifter klunkers. Let’s check it out…

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SimWorks just announced a pre-order for the 2025 batch of its High Plains Drifter klunkers. Let’s check it out…
We’re so lucky to have Guy Stone from Relstone Cycles display his beautiful Ghidorah rigid MTB for this week’s Readers’ Rides. Inspired by Kaiju movies, this gilded steed features a King Ghidorah theme. Read on for a brief description and a gallery of photos by Daniel Iroh…
The first production run of the PBJ, or Performance Basket Jammer, arrived at Sklar Bikes in San Francisco. Now this versatile, rigid mountain bike is available directly from Sklar and their authorized dealers. We have covered the PBJ extensively since its earliest prototypes over five years ago, and we are excited that the latest ultimate iteration of this beloved bicycle is available to all. Read on for more…
Ritchey just announced a P-29er Team Edition frameset ($1,319), featuring the classic P-22 paint scheme reimagined for a modern chassis…
Jay from You Bet!, a Nevada City, California-based bike shop, has assembled a number of stunning builds over the past year, and the first we’re showcasing is his La Marche Bike Co. single-speed 29er. Read on for a detail-packed Beautiful Bicycles gallery!
We’re coming up to the 2025 Melburn Roobaix on June 29th. To commemorate the social ride and bike party’s 20th anniversary, FYXO got to work on a pair of stunning Surly Karate Monkey builds. Read on for words and photos by Andy White himself…
Reno, Nevada-based Manzanita Cycles just announced its Manifesto hardtail model. Featuring 130 mm of travel and heaps of details. Let’s check it out…
The Surly Karate Monkey is a fan favorite and for today’s Readers’ Rides, Neil shares his longest standing, most ridden bike with us…
Mason Cycles first launched its InSearchOf drop-bar 29er mountain bike in 2019 and it quickly became an in-demand bike for gravel, mountain bike and touring disciplines for the brand. Now, in 2025, the suspension corrected drop-bar mountain bike got a few concerted updates, along with a new name, the ISO2. Let’s check it out…
Viral Bikes kicks off the season with its Dérive CR, a 4130 triple-butted chromoly version of the titanium hardtail with a Pinion gearbox John reviewed last year…
Today, Neuhaus Metalworks has announced its Core Collection, consisting of production frames made in Taiwan, and the first model to roll out from this new endeavor is the Hummingbird 29er hardtail ($1,199 frame). Let’s check it out…
The PBJ, or Performance Basket Jammer, has been a model in the Sklar Bikes lineup for some time now. But today, the San Francisco-based framebuilder and bike company announced that the pre-order is live for these veritable “do it all” framesets ($1,399), so let’s take a more in-depth look…
Cotic Bikes just received an early shipment of its new Solaris, the UK brand’s flagship hardtail, in Gloss Ember and Gloss Forest. These two colors really pop with a gloss finish. The Solaris frames are now UDH, Sram Transmission compatible, and are built in Czechia from Reynolds 853 tubing. Optimized for a 100-130 mm fork and 29er wheels, Cotic has size C4 in stock now; other sizes are shipping in January.
Roll on over to Cotic Bikes to see more.
Teased in the Campandgoslow Shop Visit and Trout Tape post, John got to shoot Casey’s delicious rigid 29er klunker Manzanita Cycles mountain bike while visiting Great Basin Pottery in the foothills of the Easter Sierra. This bike is a perfect mix of vintage throwback and modern mixed-terrain sensibilities. Check out a detailed photo gallery below with words from the bar tape/potter Hemmingway, Casey himself, along with a Q&A with Nick from Manzanita…
While John was hanging with Whit from Meriwether Cycles in the Nevada City area, he shot his Silk-Ti Flex Pivot bike. Whit calls this bike the Luddite. While we already featured this bike and the following write-up as a Readers’ Rides, John and his mindful eye have cataloged and fully documented it. Read on for the full story on the Luddite, along with some stellar photos of this titanium dream sled!
After seemingly years of teasing, including in our Mason Cycles Shop Visit, Mason sneakily announced that the Macro has finally landed in its Instagram Stories this morning. Let’s take a closer look at this rigid or hardtail 29er mixed-terrain bicycle below!
Wilde‘s latest bike, the Dark Star ($1,200 pre-order), is a 120 or 130 mm travel hardtail 29er MTB with clearance for a 2.6″ tire and the option to run it with a rigid segmented fork Wilde calls the Future Proof Fork ($250 pre-order). What’s most interesting about this bike is how Wilde launched it to dealers…
The Tumbleweed Sunliner ($3775 complete) continues a long-held tradition of equipping a mountain bike with touring accoutrements. Since the mountain bike’s inception, people have been bolting racks and strapping bags to them, taking advantage of its beefy chassis and wide gearing to pedal deeper into rugged terrain than ever before. John has been riding the Sunliner all year in the Southern Rockies, both unloaded as a trail bike and loaded on camping trips. Read on for his thorough assessment of this timeless touring bike…