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The 2025 Pinkbike Awards highlight top value cycling products, including the Specialized Butcher tire, SR Suntour Durolux 38 EVO fork, SRAM Maven Base brakes, Calibre Bossnut trail bike, and Canyon Deflectr helmet, all offering excellent performance at reasonable prices, with the helmet notably leading in safety testing.
The article provides a detailed comparison between the SRAM Red AXS and Shimano Dura-Ace groupsets, two leading options in the cycling market. The author evaluates various aspects such as derailleur clutch, brake fluid, battery systems, hood shape, software, weight, and brakes, ultimately favoring SRAM for its clutch and battery flexibility. Both groupsets are praised for their performance, with the choice largely depending on personal preferences and specific needs. The article also includes insights into the author's bike builds using each groupset, highlighting the unique features and components of each setup.
3D printing has revolutionized the cycling industry, with everything from saddles to whole bike frames being 3D printed. Specialized, Selle San Marco, Fizik, and Selle Italia are among the brands that offer 3D printed saddles. 3D printed handlebars, stems, and cockpits have also seen success, with the Mythos Elix stem being the world's first commercially available 3D printed stem. Pinarello's Bolide F HR 3D claims to be the world's first and fastest high-performance 3D printed bike. Moots is already using 3D printed dropouts on selected frames, and Silca has been 3D printing bike components for years. The future of 3D printing in cycling is likely to include more affordable scanning equipment and automatic design for each unique bike.
Various cycling companies have released new products, including Deviate Cycles' Nessie trail bike, Ratio's OverOversize Cage, Farside Components' CyberStem, 76 Projects' MAG LEV top tube bags, Appleman Bicycles' 172.8mm cranks, Tune Bike Parts' Eco line, and more. Some of the products are eco-friendly, while others are humorous and innovative, such as Fair Bicycle's Block Chain Drivetrain and Wheels Manufacturing's Cockpit Taco Caddy. Chasing Epic even launched limited edition experience-based NFTs for bragging rights on social media.