The yellow jersey is on the line for the fastest rider over the 19.6km course, and that means riders are here in Barcelona with their time trial bikes optimised to the Nth degree. We've already seen ...

A narrow-wide chainring is a chainring with specially designed teeth intended to improve chain retention of 1x drivetrains. As the name suggests, narrow-wide chainrings have teeth of alternating ...

With more riders than ever using single chainrings at the 2026 Tour de France, the pros and cons of the configuration are ...

When it comes to drivetrain innovation, it’s easy to assume the big players have it all figured out. Oval rings, narrow-wide teeth, optimized offsets—it feels like every shape has been tried. But ...

Not all chainrings fit all cranksets. Most chainrings mount via a four- or five-arm ‘spider’ (the arms/spokes on the crankset). The spacing between these arms differs based on the intended gear range ...

In April we brought you an interview we did with Rotor about the company’s rings, including Marianne Vos’ history using them, but this fall, the company has released several new chainring options for ...

Single chainring cyclocross setups are as old as the sport cyclocross, and for decades racers simply ground down two chainrings to form double chainring guards to prevent the chain from falling off ...

Oval chainring theory supposed that your pedal stroke is at its weakest point with the pedals at a 12-to-6 position, placing one leg at full extension and the other in peak contraction. The latest ...