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With the success of the 120/150 mm travel Darco, BC mountain bike pioneers Chromag wanted a bike with a little more travel. Using the same geometric approach but with a 135 mm rear shock and 160 mm fork, the Reazon was born…

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…

Remember that sweet one-off Custom Cotic x Tailfin FlareMAX from our Sea Otter Reportage that was decked out with all the Tailfin gear? Well, Cotic is selling it as a complete at a discounted price of £6499…

Previously only available on the Beady Little Eye singlespeed, “Steel is Teal” is now available across all Starling Cycle‘s models. In other Starling news, the size  XL/XXL Murmur/BLE models now come with UK-made Mega swingarm for more balanced ride with 455 mm long chainstays. Check out more at Starling Cycles.

Cotic Bikes just announced an assortment of 18 custom A La Carte Colors to choose from on all its full suspension DropLink bikes like the FlareMax.

As well as having the service set up for Cotic’s other UK and EU made models, this grew out of helping some customers get their dream bikes towards the end of last year, putting custom colors like the Copper Orange onto a Jeht, and the Light Metal silver on a FlareMAX amongst a few others.

Best of all, iff you don’t see your favorite color, like Southwestern Turquoise (above) on the menu, just ask, but 18 options is certainly a good place to start!

Check out the full list of custom A La Carte Colors at Cotic.

Trek just teased this steel (and carbon) full suspension “PipeDream” prototype on its Instagram, designed by Trek employee and industrial designer Kyle Neuser and built in-house by Trek’s prototype lab. Inspired no doubt by the work and growing popularity of steel full suspension bikes from the likes of REEB, Cotic, Starling, Chromag, and more, Kyle was lured to experiment with the natural damping of steel with the geometry of the Trek Top Fuel.

This steel frame uses a carbon swingarm from a Top Fuel and rocker link, exposed cable routing, and bolt-on aluminum shock mounts. The PipeDream is finished with a paint scheme inspired by Trek’s steel bikes from the ‘80s and ‘90s. If Trek were to pony up and make a production run of these bikes, would it ignite a race for more metal full-suspension bikes? Hey, Specialized, you won’t! Let’s see it!

Read what our staff thinks of steel full suspensions below in our Related Archives!

Starling Cycles‘ singlespeed 90 mm travel full suspension bike just got a makeover. The Beady Little Eye V3 now comes with all of the V3 features found on the Murmur, Twist and Swoop frames. It’s a real one-of-a-kind and is Joe from Starling’s favorite bike of all time…

The Apogee One, which we featured in our MADE coverage last year, is now open for pre-order. The kit includes the front triangle, rear swingarm, Free-Float Module, and shock. The Free-Float Module is a unique aluminum assemblage that contains the frame’s kinematics and shock while freeing up the front triangle for lots of framebag space and keeping the center of gravity low. These bikes are made in the Pacific Northwest.

The Apogee One Founders Edition is a run of 25 and retails for $3,995. See more at Apogee One.

John and Josh love their Mumurs and others here at The Radavist have lauded Starling’s steel single pivots. To help get ya rollin’ on bikes, the UK framebuilders just announced complete bikes. To commemorate these slick builds, Triscombe local Toby Downs takes the Mega Twist on a proper flogging. Check out more info below!