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Cotic is a UK-based bike company that’s known for producing incredibly capable mountain bikes using steel and aluminum. Their latest release — the third-generation Cotic Jeht 3 — delivers a trail and enduro bike in one that’s now fully committed to a mixed-wheel setup. The Jeht was a 29er you could mullet; now it’s mixed-wheel…

Sea Otter 2026 proved that innovation in mountain biking is still going strong. This year, the Singletracks team discovered an impressive array of creative and unconventional builds, from eye-catching 32-inch wheel experiments to one-of-a-kind hand-built bikes to vintage restorations. In short, these are the bikes that are pushing boundaries and sparking conversations. Be More Bikes…

They say you can’t stop the rain, and it seems the same can be said for 32er mountain bikes. Just one year ago, builders had few 32″ choices for tires, wheels, and forks. Today, brands are scrambling to design, test, and ultimately sell the components 32er bike buyers will need. This is a mostly complete…

Niner Bikes has weathered a difficult storm over the past decade. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2017 and was acquired by United Wheels, the majority shareholder in Huffy, in 2018. Then, in 2022, founder Chris Sugai was let go, and in 2023, the brand moved its headquarters from Fort Collins to United…

SRAM is reorganizing their mountain bike drivetrain offerings under a new S-Series, and the shakeup promises to “make your choices easier.” Though this mostly means fewer choices for buyers, SRAM is bringing a bit of new tech at the lower end, along with mostly lower prices. The new designation also attempts to separate legacy, non-UDH…

As if the past six years haven’t been tumultuous enough, the bike industry appears to be in for a major shake-up thanks to a slew of new Chinese brands entering the market. The first entrants have been focused primarily on road and triathlon, and the China-direct frames are already notching serious results.  On September 26,…

One of the best things about Sea Otter is discovering unique and weird bike components and accessories. Not every company can afford a booth, but if you look closely at the bikes wheeling by, you’ll find some products that are truly amazing, others that are just plain weird, and some that are a little of…

At the Sea Otter Classic cycling festival in Monterey, California, last week, I was on a mission to learn as much as I could about 32″ mountain bike developments to get a sense of where things might be heading. Though there’s still a lot of uncertainty about how popular the bigger wheel size will be…

Jeff Cayley started Worldwide Cyclery in 2011 when he was just 21 years old, and today he’s also the founder and CEO of two more brands, KETL Mountain Apparel and Trail One Components. Jeff is based in Nevada, where he also co-hosts a podcast known as the MTB Podcast. In this episode, we ask: What…

Canyon had an all-new Lux World Cup on display at Sea Otter Classic 2026, with a very spy-shot vibe: all the logos and graphics on the frame were blacked out. However, rumors about this bike have been circulating since this year’s Cape Epic, when Luca Schwarzbauer and Sam Gaze “executed three landmark victories on an…