From mountain bikes to road bikes, plus every piece of clothing you need to be comfortable while you ride your way into the new year.
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Price: $200+
From: amazon.com
Time’s new collection of cycling shoes is called Osmos, and it includes three models. Each is built based on a concept of bioperformance, which looks at how the different parts of the body move most efficiently while on a bike.
Price: $150+
From: trekbikes.com
WaveCel is the newest entry into a recent elaboration helmet technologies designed to protect against angular impacts, which make up most if not all crashes.
Price: $2,550
From: competitivecyclist.com
Enve’s latest wheelset combines its AR (All Road) width rim bed with a low profile, wide, and lightweight rim set to offer a wheel that performs well uphill and down, as well as in crosswinds.
Price: $2,900+
From: specialized.com
What sets the Roubaix apart from other bikes is Future Shock, a technology that Specialized introduced in previous model years to provide a smoother ride over varied terrain.
Price: $599
From: orucase.com
Bike baggage fees have spiked in recent years, so Orucase designed an innovative bike travel case that’s below the maximum dimensions that most airlines use to classify a standard bag.
Price: $139
From: velocio.com
A form-fitting jersey made from the same material as those ultra-soft boxers that you love.
Price: $265
From: backcountry.com
Ortlieb’s original Atrack won numerous awards. Now the brand is slimming it down and adding some cycling-specific features to appeal to the bikepacking crowd.
Price: $3,000
From: diamondback.com
Diamondback has made a name for itself in producing quality mountain bikes at an approachable price point. The Sync’r is a carbon hardtail (a mountain bike without rear suspension), and it offers modern geometry, plus-sized tires, a 1×12 gearing and a quality fork — all for $3,000.
Price: $33+
From: garmin.com
In addition to new safety features like group messaging, tracking and built-in incident detection, Garmin’s new bike computers work with Trailforks, a platform that monitors trail conditions and lets mountain bikers share their rides.
Price: $380
From: rei.com
As its name implies, the Roam adds a handful of key navigational features to the system that Wahoo employs in its other computers.
Price: $550
From: statebicycle.com
At $550, State Bicycle Co.’s first bike with gears is affordable, and at just under 23 pounds, it’s light enough to lug into elevators and up staircases.
Price: $950
From: rei.com
Cannondale designed all the elements of its new commuter to make biking, whether to and from work or around the neighborhood on the weekend, simpler.
Price: $2,500+
From: specialized.com
Specialized put in years of development, collecting feedback from pro riders as well as plenty of data, and redesigned the Demo with a new chassis, frame geometry and suspension to make it as fast as possible.
Price: $2,850
From: sklarbikes.com
Adam Sklar is renowned in the bike industry for his curvy steel and titanium frames. Sklar typically makes custom mountain bikes, but he recently revealed the Sweet Spot, his first-ever stock geometry production model.
Price: $189+
From: velocio.com
Velocio utilized top-line fabrics and body-mapped construction to make clothing that’s as aerodynamic and comfortable as possible.
Price: $5,399+
From: yeticycles.com
The SB140, which comes in five builds (XS to XL) plus a frame-only option, and uses Yeti’s tried-and-true Switch Infinity slider, which makes the bike feel like its suspension is infinite, even when you’re pushing past the edges of your comfort zone.
Price: $170
From: amazon.com
The Tyrant is a full-cut helmet that covers the ears but doesn’t include a chin bar.
Price: $6,995
From: vintageelectric.com
You can pedal the Roadster like a bike, or you can thumb the throttle and go up to 36 miles per hour.
Price: $1,500
From: rei.com
While e-bikes are the way of the future for commuters (and possibly mountain bikers), the problem of price remains. California-based bike brand Electra wants to fix that with its newest commuter e-bike, the Townie Go! 7D.
Price: $3,200
From: specialized.com
All the tweaks in the new Enduro contribute to its ability to take on big obstacles, like rocks and roots, without bucking. Result? Fewer bumps, less braking, more speed.
CourtesyPrice: $1,299
From: radpowerbikes.com
The RadRunner is explicitly utilitarian; its modular construction allows for the addition of a range of accessories, such as a center console storage compartment or a rear bin. There’s also a passenger seat option that turns the bike into a would-be moped.
Price: $3,799+
From: backcountry.com
A full carbon frame makes use of Pivot’s proprietary molding technology to weigh just 6.4 pounds while remaining incredibly sturdy.
Price: $100
From: specialized.com
Specialized’s new Torch 1.0 contains many of the features that you’ll find on the best cycling shoes available but is only $100, a stark contrast to bike footwear that can cost $400 or more.
Price: $295+
From: rapha.com
Rapha, a company renowned for its high-quality cycling garments, teamed up with Gore-Tex, perhaps the biggest name in waterproof fabrics, to create a line of on-bike outerwear meant for the worst weather imaginable.
Price: $1,350
From: abbeybiketools.com
Abbey Bike Tools doesn’t produce all of the tools needed for bike maintenance, so it filled out the rest of this treasure chest with the best it could source from other companies.
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