Appleman Bicycles has just announced an expanded line of spiders and direct-mount chainrings, making the Appleman 2XR crankset universal for any bike or cycling discipline and available in crank ...

Fit-wise, this means sitting tall and forward, positioning your centre of mass directly over the bottom bracket. By opening ...

I Tested 155mm MTB Cranks—Here’s What Surprised Me originally appeared on BikeMag. I have been an advocate for short cranks for years, so when I got the chance to spend some time on the Appleman 2XR ...

You always find that the moment at which you are forced to get off the bike and walk is when you are at the top of the pedal stroke - this is because at this dead point the rider has the least ...

Mountain bikes mostly come with three standard crank lengths, but which one is best for you? Longer cranks have leverage, but how much does that matter? Depending on the terrain you ride, it might be ...

SRAM is bringing to market a complete update of its 12-speed crank range, from GX Eagle up to XX1 Eagle, via Stylo and Descendant, all based around a new axle diameter specification named DUB (Durable ...

For [Mark] and [Brian]’s final project for [Bruce Land]’s ECE class at Cornell, they decided to replicate a commercial product. It’s a dashboard for a bicycle that displays distance, cadence, speed, ...

We’ve spotted a Shimano patent that suggests the company is working on its own version of direct mount chainring cranksets. The patent describes both a road and off-road flavour. The patent ...