9-21-08 // Previewed: The Gary Fisher Roscoe
Among mountain bike companies, where "innovate or die" is the rule of the jungle statements like, "This is the best mountain bike we've ever made," are a dime a dozen. But when that quote comes from Gary Fisher, one of mountain biking's originals, it makes your ears perk up.

9-8-08 // Previewed: Mavic's Whistler Wheel Debut
Mavic introduced some significant improvements in its mountain bike wheel line at Crankworx last month. All the usual suspects are there--decreased weight, increased performance, new graphics. Expect to start seeing these wheels on bikes and in shops soon.

9-2-08 // Previewed: Specialized 2009 Product Launch
The new Epic is lighter and stiffer. No big surprise there, right? I mean, aside from having more travel, that's kind of always been the aim of mountain bike design. The real story, however, is how they got there in the first place.

8-18-08 // Previewed: Aaron Chase's Proto FS Street Bike
Aaron Chase was showing off his prototype full-suspension street bike at Crankworx so we had to take a closer look.

8-12-08 // Previewed: Unveiling Truvativ's Hammerschmidt
Since spring, we've been subject to a barrage of ambiguous ads and various clandestine activity from the folks at Truvativ all in the name of Hammerschmidt. Thankfully the veil of secrecy has been officially lifted and Truvativ is publicly revealing its secret product.

8-5-08 // Previewed: The 2009 Norco Lineup
The Whistler Bike Park recently played host to the 2009 product launch from Norco Bicycles. As expected, Norco took the opportunity to show off their more aggressive, gravity-inspired bikes. Extended sizes and models highlight the upcoming catalog.

7-30-08 // Previewed: Salsa El Kaboing and Big Mama
Since the early fillet-brazed frames of Salsa Cycle’s heyday, the brand has enjoyed success in niche markets with its cyclocross, commuter, 29-er and steel hardtail frames. But Salsa has developed two new frames--one built around 26-inch wheels and the other 29ers--that should have mainstream riders salivating. The El Kaboing and Big Mama may have colorful names, but the 4- and 5-inch travel trail bikes are engineered with many innovative features.

7-23-08 // Previewed: The New Scott Genius
The Genius is back. A patent dispute with Specialized had prevented Scott from selling its Genius bikes in the U.S. for years, but the company has completely redesigned the bike for 2009 and will soon offer six versions of this new 150-millimeter trail bike.

7-22-08 // Previewed: Fox The Main Goggle
Fox is an established brand in motocross eyewear, and now they want to offer mountain bikers the same goods. The Main goggles have features that will appeal to the DH crowd but are still tough enough for the 250cc on the weekend.

7-15-08 // Previewed: Santa Cruz Nomad "Redux"
The Santa Cruz Nomad frame design broke new ground by practically defining the "all-mountain" category of mountain bike. Now Santa Cruz has redesigned the Nomad using many of the same revisions that we saw them use on the new Blur LT.

7-8-08 // Previewed: Avid Elixir CR Disc Brakes
Avid introduced the all-new Elixir R disc brake at April's Sea Otter Classic event. The Elixir R lacked the contact adjust feature pioneered by the Juicy model so it was easy to predict additional Elixir models would follow. Avid is now introducing the Elixir CR model with tool-free pad contact and reach adjustment.

6-26-08 // Previewed: GT's 2009 Lineup From Livigno
Here are five more bikes that GT is releasing for 2009. The GT '09 product release is taking place in Livigno, Italy in late June.

6-24-08 // Previewed: GT Fury Downhill Race Bike
The single biggest news from the GT Bicycles 2009 product release, currently underway in Livigno, Italy, is the new, all carbon-fiber, Fury downhill bike.

5-2-08 // Previewed: Tomac DB10 Limited Edition
Here's a look at the story behind the super limited-edition Tomac DB10. The modernized remake of John Tomac's 1991-era World Championship winning Yeti C-26 race bike.

4-25-08 // Previewed: 2009 Shimano Saint M810
Shimano Saint components have been around since 2004 and since that time have become renown for their strength and reliability under extreme use. It's very exciting then to announce the second generation of Saint.