The Radavist

Ronnie from Ron’s Bikes and Matt from Queen City Footwear set out to design the ultimate New England hiking bike boot and from those conversations, the Taconic Rambler Boots ($475) were born. This collaboration melds Ronnie’s intimate knowledge of trail riding and Matt’s expertise in footwear design and engineering.

The boots are made from scratch at Queen City’s shop in Vermont on it stitchdown platform, which allows for easy resoling and great durabilty. The upper is a thick, 5-6 oz leather tanned from US hides that will hold up well and breathe nicely, and it’s trimmed with 4mm merino wool felt in the tongue and collar for cushion and great moisture regulation. Other details include a fiberglass shank in the midsole for support, solid brass hardware that will never rust, and a reflective pull tab for visibilty.

They ship with 2 insoles: our breathable molded ortholite footbed and 4mm merino wool insole so you can try them both out.

Queen City Footwear and Ron’s Bikes are capping this first batch at 50 pairs. Check out more at Queen City Footwear.

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

Fans of Ornot‘s Cargo Bib Shorts had an interesting request for the brand: Can you make regular bib shorts from this material? Meet the Not-Cargo Bib Shorts. Same recycled fabric, supportive compression, low-profile grippers, and the all-day chamois you know from the brand’s Cargo Bibs. The only difference is that there are no pockets…

Once again, Btchn Bikes is back with more titanium drop bars, announcing today that a new batch is on the way on November 1st, 2025. The real magic of these bars is the 3D-printed corners. These ultra-refined parts enable the team at Btchn to create ergonomic shapes that traditional manufacturing cannot achieve. And the best part? You get to customize it fully—pick your width and flare, made just for you. This is your bar, made to fit exactly the way you want it because you’re gonna spend countless hours riding with it. It should feel like a second home.

Specs:

• Made by hand and bee bee boop bop robot in Chico from $620
• 31.8mm Clamp Diameter
• 73mm Reach
• 107mm Drop
• Custom Width: 34cm – 50cm (Hood to hood width)
• Custom Flare: 8°, 15°, or 25°
• Weight
  • 40cm: 370g
  • 42cm: 377g
  • 44cm: 384g
  • 46cm: 391g

Sell your 1993 Magic: The Gathering Alpha Shivan Dragon card and buy your whole squad a set of bars from Btchn Bikes.

Over the past week, we’ve been alerted to several T47 square taper bottom bracket options. We’ve already looked at Stayer Cycles’ adapter and Liminal Machine Works‘ options – including Liminal’s Made Bike Show Bike – but now it’s time to give the OGs in the sealed bearing game some love: Phil Wood. These T47 cups thread into your T47 shell, allowing for one of Phil Wood’s sealed bottom bracket spindle units to be installed. With spindles ranging from 102 mm to 185 mm and in ISO, JIS, and JIS Low Profile, these cups open up a world of possibilities for you.

As with all Phil Wood components, these are made in the USA and are shipping today via your local dealer. Check out more at Phil Wood.

Chris King Precision Components is proud to unveil Matte Jade, the newest addition to its inline color lineup…

San Francisco-based Outer Shell just dropped a limited fabric run for its entire bag line. These bags are all cut and sewn in SF and now come in a duck camo fabric. That includes our favorite on-the-bike camera bag, as well as the brand’s frame bags, saddle packs, and various other smaller items. Roll on over to Outer Shell to check it out.

Alas! After watching John strip the anodizing off countless Wolf Tooth chainrings, the brand has delivered on its promises and rolled out the first batch of silver aluminum chainrings for gravel! Mountain bike rings are on the way soon but for now, both SRAM 8-bolt ($94.95) and 110 BCD ($89.95) silver rings are in stock and shipping direct from Wolf Tooth’s Minnesota facilities. Roll on over to your local dealer today for ordering and see more at Wolf Tooth.

Tay and Spencer have been talking all week about wearing matching outfits to this year’s MADE Bike Show. The conversation began with these Pa’lante edition Bedrock Sandals. Pa’lante and Bedrock are longtime admirers and wearers of each other’s high-quality hiking essentials. This spurred them to make a mauve colorway of Bedrock’s best selling PRO sandal line with two footbed options. The release is limited to 500 pairs and once they’re gone, they’re gone. So if you dig the look, roll on over to Bedrock to see more!

Our collaborative project with San Util Design, the Mini Panniers, have been restocked. John contacted Adam from San Util back when he was restoring his Ritchey Everest for a simple, no-hardware, no-hassle pannier design that would fit the functionality of everything from lightweight to expedition racks like Tumbleweed’s offerings. These panniers retail for $125 each, totaling $250 for the pair. The Mini Panniers capacity varies from rolled tight at 4.5 L to overstuffed at 7 L. Each pannier weighs 227 grams for the EPX200 fabric, or 339 grams for waxed canvas.

Panniers are perhaps the oldest bag designed for carrying things on your bike, and these new designs offer a stripped-down functionality everyone ought to try.

Black, Coyote, or Grey Waxed are in stock and shipping today from San Util, or you can order custom colors, too.

REEB Cycles and Industry Nine are offering limited edition Bronze Project builds available on the award-winning SST and STEEZL – read our reviews, linked there – models for August, 2025 only…

Our favorite Cam Straps, Belt Buckles, and Ladder Pin Locks on the market that we use for bike camping, 4×4 trips, around-the-home use, and more, just got a flash of new buckle and strap colors. Austere Manufacturing‘s Cam straps now come in Ranger Green and Black, the buckles in Orange, Green, Gold, and Raw Silver. There’s a flurry of activity over at Austere, so roll on over to check it all out.

After SimWorks ogled the bronze Taco pedals and the bronze Bubbly Pedals, the brand decided it NEEDED to have a Bronze version of its Standalone 001 rims by Velocity.  These stunners are available in all your favorite wheel sizes, 26”, 27.5”(650), 29” (700), and in Machined sidewall AND Non-machined sidewall. They will be priced at $139 for the Non-Machined option and $149 for the Machined option, and available as of July 25, 2025.

See more at SimWorks.

John loves his San Util Mini Pannier bags and just today, the Winter Park, Colorado-based bag maker announced its Micro Pannier system that utilizes the Old Man Mountain FLIP system, which Travis recently reviewed…

Stinner completes its made-in-house stock offerings with the Gibraltar Podium titanium ($2,895 frameset) and Select steel ($1,695 frameset) models. Handmade in Santa Barbara, both bikes are fabricated and finished by hand in Stinner’s production facility by the same team responsible for Stinner’s custom offerings…

On top of restocking its Power Air Hoodies for Men and Women, Ornot is running a special edition collaboration to celebrate The California Mountain Biking Coalition‘s (CAMTB) 5th anniversary. It’s a way for the brand to support the important but often unseen work they do for cycling, trails, and public lands around California.

All proceeds from the sale of the CAMTB edition Power Air Hoodie will be donated to CAMTB to support advocacy and trail-building efforts. Available in Stone Blue. Preorder today for October delivery.

Produced from Polartec Power Air, this limited-edition Hooded Pullover keeps you warm and comfortable, whether riding ridgelines in the alpine or winding down at the trailhead.

Check out more at Ornot.