Product/Tech

CHICAGO (BRAIN) — SRAM has launched a set of performance wheels it says were specifically designed for 29-inch mountain bikes.

INDIANAPOLIS (BRAIN) — Silca has brought back its Pista pump to celebrate 100 years as a tool brand. The new Pista is made in the U.S. and takes cues from the original with some modernized features. It will be available separately or with a travel bag. 

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (BRAIN) — Superpedestrian, the maker of the Copenhagen electric-powered wheel, said it resolved its recall in April, although the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall on Tuesday.

ZREČE, Slovenia (BRAIN) — Unior Bike Tools has introduced four models of multi-tools for cyclists. The company said the European-made multi-tools are categorized as consumer products but are made with the same quality as the brand's professional tools. 

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (BRAIN) — Giro Sport Design has launched its new Prolight Techlace shoe, which was teased at last year's Eurobike and seen in this month's Tour de France worn by Taylor Phinney.

TREVISO, Italy (BRAIN) — Pinarello has announced its Andromeda Hybrid 9.9, the first in a range of electric mountain bikes for the brand.

The company said the new bike uses "concepts studied and developed with the Dogma XM and Dogma XC" road bikes.

LEAMINGTON SPA, U.K. (BRAIN) — Hiplok's new Airlok is a high security bicycle storage hanger that offers a secure yet elegant bike storage solution indoors or out. Airlok has secure wall fixings, hardened steel framework, and a secure lockable bolt.

BOISE, Idaho (BRAIN) — K-Edge and NiteRider have released a system to make all NiteRider Lumina lights compatible with GoPro-style mount interfaces.

PARK CITY, Utah (BRAIN) — Bag Balm has been a Vermont-made solution for cows’ chapped udders for more than 100 years. And for ages, in-the-know folks have used it to moisturize and protect their hands and for other non-bovine applications, including as a chamois cream.