The engineers at Tektro Racing Products (TRP) have been working with a handful of pro-level downhill racers over the past three seasons to bring their new 7-speed mountain bike drivetrain components to life, and today they are ready for the big reveal.
Rotor's Kapic cranks are named after the famed Cape Epic marathon stage race in South Africa, and yet they are tough enough for full-fledged gravity riding.
SRAM recently announced a wireless mountain bike drivetrain and dropper post, which got us thinking: What does going wireless and electronic mean for mountain biking?
We talk about 1X vs. 2X mountain bike drivetrain configurations, gearing, and performance plus electronic shifting, oval chainrings, belt-driven drivetrains, and internally geared setups.