The Earth is not flat, and neither are many cycling trails. One of the major appeals of a modern mountain or racing bike is its ability to shift gears based on the terrain. Riders can choose a higher ...

The elimination of the front derailleur on many bikes has made cycling simpler, but reduced the number of available gear ratios. That's where the Powershift hub comes in, as it essentially replaces ...

Bentonville, Arkansas-based Allied has become the latest bike brand to offer the new PowerShift hub from Belgian start up Classified as a standard drivetrain option. The PowerShift hub replaces the ...

In 2016, Sram released their 12-speed Eagle groupset to the masses and at the same time mourned the death of the front derailleur for mountain bikes, stating that they wouldn’t be manufacturing one in ...

It’s been one of worst-kept secrets in the world of mountain biking, but SRAM has finally announced its all-new 12-speed single ring mountain bike drivetrains, called XX1 Eagle and X01 Eagle.

For the overwhelming majority of bicycles out there that feature multiple gears, switching between these is done purely mechanically, with a cable. Generally this uses a derailleur, which forms part ...

Last year, a Canadian engineer launched the Supre Drive, a mountain bike drivetrain that he invented and boasts of including the world’s toughest, most unbreakable derailleur. Now, for the first time, ...

Ford Motor Company has registered a US patent for what it calls a ‘bicycle derailleur apparatus for controlling bicycle speed’, and it is a genuinely intriguing idea that was first reported by ...

Gears need occasional adjustment to keep them running quietly and shifting sweetly. Here’s how to sort your shifting quickly and easily every time When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...