SRAM Red eTAP – First Look
The wait to hear about cycling’s “worst” kept secret is finally over. This week at Eurobike, SRAM announced Red eTAP – their new electronic groupset. And while this announcement may […]
Category Archives: Drivetrain
TriRig Omega X – First Look
Two years ago we called TriRig’s Omega the “best mechanical rim brake on the market,” and we meant it. It was aerodynamically faired, easy to set for different wheels, stopped […]
Vision Metron Aero Brake Lever – Review
Much like upgrading your basebar, the reasons to upgrade your brake levers typically revolve around fit, weight, and styling. You are either looking to lighten the bike in every way possible, […]
Ceramic Speed Derailleur Pulleys – Review
Fifteen horsepower. That’s the rule in motorsport; fifteen horsepower is the minimum difference in power modification that you will be able to feel in a car. Anything less and, broadly […]
TriRig Omega – Final Thoughts
When we end our time with a product, we generally have a pretty good grasp on what we like and don’t like about it—the good points and the not-so-good points, […]
TriRig Omega – First Ride
Time trial bikes have been getting better and better at going faster and faster. Aero enhancements let more power go to pushing the bike forward and less fighting the wind […]
Shimano Ultegra Di2 R785 Road Disc – First Look
Anyone who reads AeroGeeks will find that our technical editor (Devon) waxes poetic about the benefits of hydraulic disc brakes on bikes. They stop better, resist fade better, offer better […]
Shimano Ultegra 6870 Di2 – First Look
When Di2 was first introduced its benefit to triathlon was quickly apparent. Here was a drivetrain that could be controlled from both the aerobars and the bullhorns. For anyone that […]
Osymetric Rings – Final Thoughts
We have to admit that it was a bit of bad luck that on the week we published our First Ride thoughts on the Osymetric chain rings, Bradley Wiggins also […]
Vision Metron Crankset – Final Thoughts
It isn’t often that a review can declare something categorically; we generally are forced to deal in nuance with products. So when something categorically better than the standard comes across […]
Osymetric Rings – First Ride
Non-circular chainrings: by now you are either riding them yourself, or know somebody that does. With Osymetric and Rotor stepping up their product lines in the past few years, pro […]
Ultegra 6800 – First Look
We all knew this was coming sooner or later; it was just a question of timing. Two weeks ago SRAM launched Force-22 which brought much of the technology of RED […]
Vision Metron Crankset – First Ride
On a bike, there are three contact points, the saddle, (aero or drop) bars and pedals, and we make much fuss about which ones we like and which we hate, […]
SRAM 22 – First Look
Surprises are good, but anticipated surprises are even better. On April 1, SRAM showed off a video teasing what we all expected to be its new 11-speed road system. We […]
Hawk Racing BB30 – Final Thoughts
In our first ride article with the Hawk Racing BB30 Bottom Bracket we described the sensation of pedaling as using a hot knife to cut butter. It was that smooth. Devon came […]
Hawk Racing BB First Look
At the bottom of the box containing the set of Hawk Racing 50mm clinchers were a pair of little boxes with some very interesting parts – Hawk’s BB30 bottom bracket. […]
Vision Metron Shifters – Long Term Review
It isn’t often we write about products we truly love, largely because there are so few of them. So rarely do we find products that aren’t simply sufficient, but fill […]
Stages Cycling – Stages Power
In our 2013 – What We Want post, one of the items on our 2013 wish list was the affordable power meter. Today a power meter can cost you as […]
Puttin’ on the Disc (Brake) with TRP
Looks like Christmas came really, really early here at AG – TRP has just announced their road disc calipers with a dual pot design to help you stop when you […]
Dura Ace 9000 – Or How I Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love The Weight
Shimano’s latest and greatest mechanical (and thus, superior to anything with a battery) groupset has finally been weighed… and found wanting. Dura Ace 9000 incorporates significant design changes to help […]