The fastest robot from Chinese smartphone-maker Honor notched a winning time of 50 minutes and 26 seconds while autonomously navigating the 13-mile (21-kilometer) route, according to the Global Times.
The Romero, named after the iconic Romero Canyon trail, is a meticulously engineered, American-made hybrid of steel and aluminum designed to handle everything from marathon trail days to aggressive enduro lines.
Rather than waiting until you arrive in a ski village or going out of your way to drive into the mountains, Boot Solutions is introducing a process in which you simply scan your feet and they do all the fitting remotely. Overall it seems pretty simple. You use the Boot Solutions app on on your phone to take a medical grade 3D scan of both feet and the company offers you plans from there.
The HotBars handlebars have a removable power-bank-slash-control-unit that's wired into the bars and out to heating elements at the ends, warming your hands through standard mountain bike grips.
The headline here isn't just a motor update; it's the 'One frame, three personalities' philosophy. By using a modular chassis, Ibis has created a single platform that adapts to three distinct travel classes: HD, TR, and S.
The new Giant and Liv eyewear lineup revolves around a simple goal: clearer vision at speed. The glasses are designed to improve focus, contrast, and visual clarity across a wide range of riding environments, from high-speed road riding to gravel and trail use. The core of that system is a mix of premium lens technologies, paired with lightweight TR90 frames and extensive ventilation.
Try as we might, it's not always easy to keep up with it all, and sometimes, it can be a challenge to give everything the attention it deserves. In our new Shifting Gear series (see what we did there?), we'll be highlighting products that have just arrived, we're excited to try out, or that we're particularly stoked to tell you about but haven't had a chance to review yet.
We've seen a few bicyclist airbags over the years, but Aerobag aims to take rider safety to the next level of performance with their ultralight, compact airbag system that will be incorporated into the straps of your favorite bib straps. The core idea is that pro road cyclists, especially, careen down mountain roads at incredibly high speeds, with EPS foam helmets the only real element of safety equipment protecting them in a crash.