For those truly obsessed with shaving a little weight from their road machines... there is the super light road cassette Ceredure's.

Now available (by auction only because there is only one in existence....) you can have a 86gram diamond incrusted version of that very same cassette for your ride.

Time will tell how much this little "GEM" will go for at the London Bicycle Show.

Let the Rumors fly... currently the rumor points to the Athertons signing with GT for the 2012 race season. Could Dan, Gee and Rachel be riding the carbon fury to world cup domination?

Lets hope so, the GT brand and their bikes are killer right now and deserve an addition like this to the alrea

ok.. watch the video and them imagine this while mountain biking, launching gaps, dropping huge elevation, running dh runs.. wow. I WANT ONE NOW!!!

Using a 428×240 LCD micro display, it visually registers as a virtual 11″ monitor about five feet in front of you. They show real time elevation and speed, tracks your ascent and descent and even shows your jump data. This last bit could put to rest any arguing over who caught the most air, and it could show you where you’re falling short when practicing for those gaps and doubles before you have the neck brace to prove you came up short.

Both units build in GPS tracking, but the MOD Live links up via Bluetooth with your Android smartphone, tracks your buddies, provides navigation with preloaded trail maps, plays music from your phone’s playlist and connects to third party cameras as they’re developed.

source: Bike Rumor

Visit: http://www.reconinstruments.com/products/mod for full details and where to buy. Dirt version_

This little beauty was on display at Interbike along with a white incarnation of the same stem.
The body of the stem is made using their exclusive RTM (Resin Transfer Molding) technique, white the 4bolt face plate use their CMT (Carbon Matrix Technology).

What this means to you...light weight and stiff with a beautiful finish inside and out. A masterpice of bicycle technology. However, bet on this beauty hitting the $500+ range.

I will say it here.. first person to or not, this is going to change the trail bike market... for ever.

18 lovely gears housed in a sealed gearbox, no cassette or derailleur at the rear end to effect unsprung weight in suspension travel. No more torn up derailleurs and no more hassles.

With minimal weight change through the use of the pinion gearbox trail riders and all mountain riders need to really take notice here. I myself would love to get my hands on a bike built around this concept (Nicolai has built one) in the near future and give her a rip. imagine coming around a corner at speed and seeing a huge climb and being able to dump al your gears to hit the climb with the right gear. No fussing over shifting two independent sides and waiting for a few pedal rotations to get there... it has already happened. Or you are coasting through super highspeed section of your favorite trails, it gets rough and you can not shift because you can not pedal... with the pinion you can easily change gears as your speed changes without pedaling instantly getting you ready for the pedaling section to come.. SAWEET!!!

If you want to discover more... hit up the Pinion Website.

If you want to see what others are saying about the riding feel... check out this PINK BIKE ride review.

The all mountain, or do everything bike is the buzz right now in the mountain bike world… or at least that is what I am reading between the lines with product launches and from what I get whilst talking to clients.  Not more than 5 years ago we (mountain bikers) were very happy and content with owning two or three different bikes. One to XC (Cross country) ride, one to knarl through the trails and one to DH (Downhill) when we got a chance. But it seems, and maybe because it is a by-product of the economic climate, that we are now hunting for the one bike to do it all… or come close to doing it all.