Tech Briefing is a feature for new stuff that we spot every month, but haven't gotten our hands on yet. An eclectic serving of tech, from revolutionary products to traditional novel gear, with some wacky stuff thrown in for good measure.
PNW Components MTB Apparel Line
$59 - $149 USD
The brand better known for dropper posts, handlebars, and stems has launched an apparel collection for Fall 2021. (Learn more.)
Wolf Tooth GeoShift 2º Performance Angle Headset
$104.95 USD
Want to change your bike's head angle by + or - 2 degrees? (Learn more.)
Reverse Components Travel & Sag Indicator 2.0
€26.90 - €33.90
The travel and sag indicator 2.0 is updated to work on non-standard/non-piggy-back shocks. (Learn more.)
Cotic Droplink Mullet
Various
By using a Works Components 1º angleset, you can now run a 27.5 wheel on all Cotic's droplink frames. (Learn more.)
Pässilä Bicycles Juntu Titanium Hardtail
1612.10 € / ~1866.50 USD
The Juntu is designed to be the downcountry option in the Finnish brand's titanium hardtail lineup. (Learn more.)
Dyedbro eMTB Frame Protection Kits
43,99€
Dyedbro launches dedicated eMTB protection kits to account for the larger frame profiles. (Learn more.)
Yakima Hitch Racks
$749 - $999 USD
Yakima will offer a new two-bike tray rack and new four- and six-bike hanging hitch rack options. (Learn more.)
RedSide Custom Tools MTB Helping Hand Portable Bike Stand
$28.99 USD
The MTB Helping Hand allows any rider to keep their bike standing steady and safely at the trailhead. (Learn more.)
PNW Components Rover Hip Pack
$69 USD
The Rover Hip Pack joins PNW Components' expanding range of products. (Learn more.)
Racer 'E-Glove 4' Heated Gloves
329.99$ CAD / $269.99 USD / €199.99 EUR
You can now handle the heating stages and monitor the battery through a new button. (Learn more.)
SDG Adjustable Dropper Lever
$49.99 USD
SDG has launched a new adjustable premium lever to complement its Tellis dropper. (Learn more.)
Funn Holeshot Grip
$16.99 USD
Funn says that the compound on the Holeshot absorbs vibrations and reduces fatigue while the grip pattern keeps you locked-in whatever the weather. (Learn more.)
RSD Bikes 2022 Range
Complete bikes from $2199 USD
2022 sees the introduction of a slightly updated Wildcat full-suspension trail bike and fresh new colorways. (Learn more.)
Melon Optics Kingpin Riding Glasses
£130
Melon has taken the ZEISS Trail Performance Lenses and built them into a trail-ready full frame design. (Learn more.)
Sombrio Artist Series
$114.99 CDN
Drawing inspiration form Central American mythology, metal music, local flora and fauna and mountain biking - each element of the jersey speaks to a portion Tom's personality and creativity. (Learn more.)
Kids Ride Shotgun Kids Pogies for Winter Rides
$55 USD
Inspired by a home-made oven-mitt glove that Kids Ride Shotgun team member Trev Worsey hacked together. (Learn more.)
MET Announces 2022 Mountain Bike Line
From 120€ | £110 | US$159
All the colours and models from the Italian brand. (Learn more.)
Hey how about featuring Kyle Warner’s testimony in Washington D.C. about his very serious vaccine injury he sustained..? Go look on his Instagram..he said he’s never going to race pro again. Let alone be able to ride a bike he’s so damaged by this new DNA-altering vaccine (according to the CEO of Pfizer).
@scamp123: a beloved and very fast Kyle Warner was telling his story about a life changing adverse reaction to the vaccine. Him and and a whole lot of other people.
We will fight you pinkbike..you’re supposed to report the news. Kyle freaking Warner for gods sake! Open your eyes!!
@EvoRidge: The CEO of Pfizer did not call it DNA altering because it's not. It's an important subject to address, but nobody will listen to you if you write bullsh*t
@blackpudding: Are you freakin' serious?! You actually believe that piece of "joy" aka CEO of Pfizer. REALLY?! Have you ever looked into the history of Pfizer? Or are you just parroting shite you've heard on TV?
What else do you believe in? Egg-laying bunnies and fat guys with white beards in red costumes who, if you're good and gullible, will bring you a massive present?
@OswaldWeissbescheid: Here's my proposal: every anti vaxer needs to sign a contract, that they will not make use of insentive care in case of a bad case of Covid. Shouldn't be a big deal for you since it's nothing but a flue, right? That would really sort out lots of problems for everyone. Are you in?
Look, I'm as suspicious of big pharma as anyone (ok maybe not the tin foil hat wearing crazies), but myocarditis and pericarditis (what warner had) are both well documented (but extremely rare) adverse reactions to the COVID vaccine.
The critical point here is that myocarditis and pericarditis are much more common after actual infection with COVID in unvaccinated individuals. You just don't hear as much about it as it is usually accompanied by other severe issues such as death from respiratory failure.
Vaccines are not perfect, and as with any medication there is a risk of harm. However, on a population basis far fewer people will suffer career (and life) ending complications from the vaccine than from the actual disease.
Get vaccinated please,
PS I do know I am primarily responding to trolls here... but have to say something
@wilsondaj: First of all, you should PLEASE stop defaming others who have a completely different opinion as tin foil hat wearing crazies. That would be a step in the right direction. The tin foil argument is also used to denigrate experts who are very familiar with the subject matter.
I am sorry to put it so bluntly, but your argument is merely the reproduction of the mainstream narrative. The fact is that such side effects are not rare but far too common. And calling this crap a vaccine is a mockery. The stuff is a gene therapy, not a vaccination. Where are the usual long-term tests etc.? I have seen several cases of severe side effects (facial paralysis, heart problems, etc.).
What about the fact that many normally fit and healthy professional and amateur athletes keel over and die? Oh, I forgot, it's the hamster-made climate change. Anyone who forges this chain of arguments in their head is apparently suffering from cognitive dissonance.
I'm out. Anyone who hasn't seen through this shitshow (featuring now the Moronic variant) after TWO YEARS will soon notice it in a different way.
@OswaldWeissbescheid: How do you feel about the oxford astrazeneca vaccine - Its not the mrna type, is this still bad bad?
On the subject of the encredibly rare side effects - do you realise 8.4billion and counting covid vaccines have been given now? Thats right 8.4 billion.
If you gave 8.4billion apples out to people there would be hundreds of thousands of deaths attributed to apple consumption (or pick any other random item in daily consumption) - My point is, literally anything enacted by that many people or that many times will give side effects, including death.
This isnt diminishing the reality that some have had to deal with life changing side effects or even death of family etc - thats of course terrible, but get some perspective on the situation.
@jimoxbox: I'd like to believe you, but no one knows if Kyle will fully recover.
A agree with EvoRidge, it is shameful how Pinkbike, and most other cycling sites, post injury updates on some riders, but when a rider has a serious life changing adverse reaction to the covid shot they are silent. You don't have to be pro or anti vax to see this.
Just like there are keyboard engineers, there are keyboard doctors, scientist, and politicians.. If it was on the internet it must be true. Right??? Just get out and ride and be happy. ssshhhh!!!!
@OswaldWeissbescheid: bro you know there's no DNA in the vaccine, right? The mainstream media won't tell you this, but it's a 5G chip that turns your body into an antenna. Ever since I got the vaccine the government (not sure which one) has been shifting my AXS by beaming energy waves through my eyeballs. Hope all the sheep wake up before we live in a world where some bureaucrat decides what gear we should be riding in!
@wilsondaj: So, if someone contracts covid then gets the vaccine at a later time they have a higher risk of myocarditis or pericarditis or death??
Sounds pretty foolish to be naturally immune and forced to take a vaccine if your risk is higher of serious side effects or death. Just doesn't look logical to me unless I missed something (especially with immune system efficacy).
So my deal is: please don't force anyone to take a vaccine when they've already had covid or any other sickness that is never going to be eradicated by vaccines (flu, etc). Their body is winning the battle naturally as it should be....
not trying to troll but had to share those questions/thoughts....
@Muckal: the media has no problem labeling somebody an anti-vaxxer and making their death by covid a front page story, yet it’s crickets when vaxxed people die by covid or from the jab itself
vaccinated people still catch and spread the virus, some even still die after being vaccinated. Therefore an unvaccinated person is possibly only endangering their self, but then maybe not. Because obviously there are many unvaxxed people who cannot have been in contact with the virus after two years, but they are not having any issues or causing any either. It’s just people like you with a Borg hive mindset trying to force assimilation.
riding a bike down a mountain is a person making a choice to possibly endanger their self, or maybe not. Should the people not riding bikes down mountains attempt to force people not to ride bikes down mountains because they might get injured or die?
So again, two years later I’m unvaxxed, went against all the rules by going out, never wearing a mask unless absolutely forced to, hung out at unmasked parties, take no precautions to use sanitizer, and all that stuff, while living in a major metroplex city area. There’s not any way I have not been in contact with the virus. Yet I’ve never been sick in any substantial way. I’m not saying it’s the flu by pointing this out, but I haven’t had a flu shot since the early 1990s either and rarely ever get sick beyond some sneezing and sniffles.
Even though I’m unvaxxed, I’m not an antivaxxer. That’s a choice for every person to make. There’s a risk in everything; to take a vaccine and not know the long term side effects or not take it and not know if you’ll survive by natural immunity. The thing is, the unvaxxed person poses no different risk to others than a vaxxed person, or vice versa. They only choose to pose a risk for their self.
They should be able to take that risk, no different than deciding to ride a bike down a mountain. That’s how I see it any way. :shrug:
@TheUnknownMTBR: Well said mate. Anybody who is for mandatory vaccines is a c*nt. Freedom of choice. I’ve had 3 jabs stupidly thinking it would help in my freedom. What a load off bollocks that turned out to be. More bullshit pedalled by governments than any Anti Vaxer. Average age of death still 82. Life expectancy 81. 99 odd percent still survive. f*ck you anybody who wants a two tier society … f*ck you!!!
And, this is how silly your logic is. Since no one has control whether they catch this virus, nor control whether they end up with a bad case, vaxxed people in the hospital should pay their own way too. I guess the same can be said for us chooaing to risk life and limb to ride. Maybe you should pay your own medical bill if you break your leg while riding...
- The government's funded vaccine research with our tax money - big pharma profited from those vaccines and gave use back nothing - big pharma used the money to buy the media.
Now half the people think big pharma are the good guys and the other half believe crazy theories about it. The only good news is the planet might put a stop to all of it. You'll never be full vaxxed you'r
@ACree: So by your reasoning they pay for there own care. Ok are you gonna do the same if you get cancer from smoking. Falling over and breaking your leg if your drunk. By having a heart attack cos your a fat bastard. Pay if you fall off your bike and need treatment Are you f*ck!!! What you gonna do if god forbid an unvaccinated doctor or medical person comes to treat you when your in an medical emergency . Tell them no mate I will wait for a vaccinated medic. When it f*cking suits for people like you. You can probably blame each individual for any medical treatment if you look back at their actions or lifestyle. Exactly how far are you willing to succumb to government mandates etc. I will tell how far…. until it f*cking doesn’t suit you and c*nts like you that’s how far.You decide what you do so let others do the same. f*cking hate this Covid world decisive bullshit.
@egourdin67: So maybe we can agree that both natural infection and the shot have very real risks and the decision to get or not get the shot should be a personal choice. That's all I'd like to see along with some open debate in the science community without doctors and scientists losing the jobs or funding for expressing a finding or opinion counter to the narrative being pushed by those in power.
@egourdin67: seems legit. Will wait to see it peer reviewed. Does the 6 plus injections in that age period (every year from 12-17) add to the chances though? Because the disease seems to be getting more mild, but the injections remain the same?
Really low risk indeed. I think the focus should be on the risk of death from covid, which is a hell of a lot higher than the risk of myocarditis either from vaccination or covid. But it's important to be transparent I guess and if people are hesitant to get vaccinated for such a rare event then it doesn't hurt to point out that 2 in 100000 get it.
And transparency is absolutely important. Oddly though, the pharmaceutical companies making billions with zero liability have been anything but transparent.
@blackpudding: From what I can tell the paper you linked to says cardiac issues were most common in older people who had co-morbidities such as… cardiac issues. After the shots rolled out you saw these issues increase in young people, especially males. Prasad addressed this in the video. Additionally, how accurate is any of this data? Most health professionals were told the shots are safe so are reluctant or out right dismissive of acknowledging any adverse events to the shots. To prove this all you have to do is listen to some of those that were injured and hear their experiences of being gaslighted and so on.
Hey how about featuring Kyle Warner’s testimony in Washington D.C. about his very serious vaccine injury he sustained..? Go look on his Instagram..he said he’s never going to race pro again. Let alone be able to ride a bike he’s so damaged by this new DNA-altering vaccine.
Because it does what its told or it gets the hose again. Im with ya buddy! Bunch of fucking sheep on this site. Good LUCK sheep figuring out how the vax works and enjoy the side effects you dumbasses have no idea about. OH!!! AND CANT EVEN TALK ABOUT!!!!!!
@pinkbike1000: Im not anti vax ya f*cking retard!! Im anti test subject. Good luck with your life champ. Ill keep living healthy like I have for the past 39 years.
@nug12182: lol how many pandemics have you lived through in those 39 years, and how much shorter would your lifespan have been without other vaccines that I guarantee you got at some point?
@EnsBen: 1 pandemic and any vaccines that I previously took had been tested for years, not 8 months. Hows that vax people took working out for them? I would direct you to VEARS so you can do a little bit of research for ya self. It is ok to do your own research just so you know. Its not illegal. To each their own. Merry Christmas friend.
@nug12182: I did the very research YOU instructed me to do using the source YOU instructed me to use. It said the chances of adverse effects are nearly 0 and the vaccine is very effective at preventing death and severe symptoms.
And then you get all bent out of shape about it and call me the sheep? Who is the one blindly following their preconceived notions here? Hint: It isn't me.
(and by me, I mean the person who has provided actual sources and reliable information to support what they say, not the one who has heavily leaned on childish name calling.)
And I don't know why you are thinking about my genitals and what I do or don't do with them, but please don't announce to the PinkBike world that they are on your mind. That just makes it weird for everyone.
PS shame on you pinkbike
We will fight you pinkbike..you’re supposed to report the news. Kyle freaking Warner for gods sake! Open your eyes!!
You actually believe that piece of "joy" aka CEO of Pfizer.
REALLY?!
Have you ever looked into the history of Pfizer?
Or are you just parroting shite you've heard on TV?
What else do you believe in?
Egg-laying bunnies and fat guys with white beards in red costumes who, if you're good and gullible, will bring you a massive present?
Believing is not knowing.
You only believe.
Here's my proposal: every anti vaxer needs to sign a contract, that they will not make use of insentive care in case of a bad case of Covid. Shouldn't be a big deal for you since it's nothing but a flue, right? That would really sort out lots of problems for everyone. Are you in?
Look, I'm as suspicious of big pharma as anyone (ok maybe not the tin foil hat wearing crazies), but myocarditis and pericarditis (what warner had) are both well documented (but extremely rare) adverse reactions to the COVID vaccine.
The critical point here is that myocarditis and pericarditis are much more common after actual infection with COVID in unvaccinated individuals. You just don't hear as much about it as it is usually accompanied by other severe issues such as death from respiratory failure.
Vaccines are not perfect, and as with any medication there is a risk of harm. However, on a population basis far fewer people will suffer career (and life) ending complications from the vaccine than from the actual disease.
Get vaccinated please,
PS I do know I am primarily responding to trolls here... but have to say something
I am sorry to put it so bluntly, but your argument is merely the reproduction of the mainstream narrative. The fact is that such side effects are not rare but far too common. And calling this crap a vaccine is a mockery. The stuff is a gene therapy, not a vaccination. Where are the usual long-term tests etc.? I have seen several cases of severe side effects (facial paralysis, heart problems, etc.).
What about the fact that many normally fit and healthy professional and amateur athletes keel over and die? Oh, I forgot, it's the hamster-made climate change. Anyone who forges this chain of arguments in their head is apparently suffering from cognitive dissonance.
I'm out. Anyone who hasn't seen through this shitshow (featuring now the Moronic variant) after TWO YEARS will soon notice it in a different way.
Cheers and have a nice weekend.
On the subject of the encredibly rare side effects - do you realise 8.4billion and counting covid vaccines have been given now? Thats right 8.4 billion.
If you gave 8.4billion apples out to people there would be hundreds of thousands of deaths attributed to apple consumption (or pick any other random item in daily consumption) - My point is, literally anything enacted by that many people or that many times will give side effects, including death.
This isnt diminishing the reality that some have had to deal with life changing side effects or even death of family etc - thats of course terrible, but get some perspective on the situation.
A agree with EvoRidge, it is shameful how Pinkbike, and most other cycling sites, post injury updates on some riders, but when a rider has a serious life changing adverse reaction to the covid shot they are silent. You don't have to be pro or anti vax to see this.
Sounds pretty foolish to be naturally immune and forced to take a vaccine if your risk is higher of serious side effects or death. Just doesn't look logical to me unless I missed something (especially with immune system efficacy).
So my deal is: please don't force anyone to take a vaccine when they've already had covid or any other sickness that is never going to be eradicated by vaccines (flu, etc). Their body is winning the battle naturally as it should be....
not trying to troll but had to share those questions/thoughts....
vaccinated people still catch and spread the virus, some even still die after being vaccinated. Therefore an unvaccinated person is possibly only endangering their self, but then maybe not. Because obviously there are many unvaxxed people who cannot have been in contact with the virus after two years, but they are not having any issues or causing any either. It’s just people like you with a Borg hive mindset trying to force assimilation.
riding a bike down a mountain is a person making a choice to possibly endanger their self, or maybe not. Should the people not riding bikes down mountains attempt to force people not to ride bikes down mountains because they might get injured or die?
So again, two years later I’m unvaxxed, went against all the rules by going out, never wearing a mask unless absolutely forced to, hung out at unmasked parties, take no precautions to use sanitizer, and all that stuff, while living in a major metroplex city area. There’s not any way I have not been in contact with the virus. Yet I’ve never been sick in any substantial way. I’m not saying it’s the flu by pointing this out, but I haven’t had a flu shot since the early 1990s either and rarely ever get sick beyond some sneezing and sniffles.
Even though I’m unvaxxed, I’m not an antivaxxer. That’s a choice for every person to make. There’s a risk in everything; to take a vaccine and not know the long term side effects or not take it and not know if you’ll survive by natural immunity. The thing is, the unvaxxed person poses no different risk to others than a vaxxed person, or vice versa. They only choose to pose a risk for their self.
They should be able to take that risk, no different than deciding to ride a bike down a mountain. That’s how I see it any way. :shrug:
Anybody who is for mandatory vaccines is a c*nt.
Freedom of choice.
I’ve had 3 jabs stupidly thinking it would help in my freedom. What a load off bollocks that turned out to be.
More bullshit pedalled by governments than any Anti Vaxer.
Average age of death still 82.
Life expectancy 81.
99 odd percent still survive.
f*ck you anybody who wants a two tier society … f*ck you!!!
- The government's funded vaccine research with our tax money
- big pharma profited from those vaccines and gave use back nothing
- big pharma used the money to buy the media.
Now half the people think big pharma are the good guys and the other half believe crazy theories about it. The only good news is the planet might put a stop to all of it. You'll never be full vaxxed you'r
Pay if you fall off your bike and need treatment Are you f*ck!!!
What you gonna do if god forbid an unvaccinated doctor or medical person comes to treat you when your in an medical emergency . Tell them no mate I will wait for a vaccinated medic. When it f*cking suits for people like you.
You can probably blame each individual for any medical treatment if you look back at their actions or lifestyle.
Exactly how far are you willing to succumb to government mandates etc. I will tell how far…. until it f*cking doesn’t suit you and c*nts like you that’s how far.You decide what you do so let others do the same.
f*cking hate this Covid world decisive bullshit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ8t0qQ5R4I
www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/circ.144.suppl_1.10712
Large recent study on the topic.
www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/8/2219/review_report
www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/8/2219/htm#B12-jcm-11-02219
Really low risk indeed. I think the focus should be on the risk of death from covid, which is a hell of a lot higher than the risk of myocarditis either from vaccination or covid. But it's important to be transparent I guess and if people are hesitant to get vaccinated for such a rare event then it doesn't hurt to point out that 2 in 100000 get it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vveMHtVk_mY
And transparency is absolutely important. Oddly though, the pharmaceutical companies making billions with zero liability have been anything but transparent.
PS shame on you pinkbike
And these type if comments do not belong on pinkbike
www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210719/covid-19-vaccines-not-gene-therapy
www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/adverse-events.html
EXTREMELY low chances of adverse events. Like, less than 0.00001% level chances. From the very source you want him to look at.
And then you get all bent out of shape about it and call me the sheep? Who is the one blindly following their preconceived notions here? Hint: It isn't me.
(and by me, I mean the person who has provided actual sources and reliable information to support what they say, not the one who has heavily leaned on childish name calling.)
And I don't know why you are thinking about my genitals and what I do or don't do with them, but please don't announce to the PinkBike world that they are on your mind. That just makes it weird for everyone.