Fox has paired up with Specialized once again to create a new "Auto Sag" feature.  Simply over inflate the shock, sit on the bike and release the air valve and it'll set the pressure just right for your weight.  Genius.

Apparently fat is out and everyone want's to be the thinnest.  Tioga's new Zero Pedal aims to be just that.  Realizing that you can only be so thin with an axle, they have just gone and done away with it all together and moved to an outboard bearing system giving the pedal a thickness of just 7mm at it's thickest point and 4mm at it's thinnest.

Keep an eye on tiogausa.com for more info.

While other companies are trying to perfect hydro gyros and headsets to allow spinning your bars until your hearts content, Acros wants to stop your bars from doing a full 360.  The Block Stop headset features a tongue and groove system which limits your bars from trying to smash into your frame when something goes south.  Movement is limited to 90° in either direction, so it wouldn't quite keep your dual crowns stanchions from smashing into your frame, but it should work with everything else.

Keep an eye on www.acros.de for more information

Not only is Germany's Nicolai Bikes known for building some of the most beautifully crafted 2 wheeled machines on earth, but the are also known for being able to provide the most diverse paint schemes to go with them.  One such paint scheme is known as their "Dizzy Camo" and it's remained a factory secret known to only the Nicolai painters on how they do it.

While I have seen this many times with Fox DHX Air's and RP23's, I have never seen it with a Rock Shox air shock, let alone in person but on Saturday, opening day of Sunrise Park Resort here in AZ, this is what AZFR Mike-E got to deal with before he even hit the lift.  He pulled his Demo 8 out of his truck, sat on the bike and "pop", instant 100% sag.  Here's to hoping that Rock Shox takes care of it and it isn't a sign of a larger problem with the Vivid Air.

We first noticed these installed on the new Mountain Cycles bikes at Sea Otter earlier this spring and were wondering what was up with the massive BB spindle, now there are some answers.

"First things first... THIS IS NOT A NEW BB STANDARD...but rather a BB system that fits into Press Fit 30 and BB30 frames, Praxis has a new bottom bracket and crank system that feature a 35mm spindle."

While I generally would probably recommend against having the ano stripped off your new $1600 Boxxer stanchions for the sake of aesthetics, I do salute those who have the cojones to just go for it.  Such is the case with the red custom anodized stanchions on this 2010 Boxxer WC which I have to say, looks pretty bling.

Be sure to pick up this months Decline Magazine which features Gnar Gnar Tours own Late Drop Bob looking svelte for the new Kali Protectives ad.  The photo was taken by Justin Miller back in January while in Phoenix shooting Josh Bender as well as Dante and Jackie Harmony for Kali Protectives.  Apparently you don't need no stinkin pros when you got the great pumpkin.  Nice work Bob!

Photo Credit: Pasch's iPhone

Shimano has released the newest incarnation of their XTR rear derailleur in a new updated Shadow form.  Featuring a selectable stabilizer build into the derailleur, it is said to virtually remove all chain slap.  The system allows for small amounts of chain growth but that's it as far as movement goes, in order to remove the rear wheel there is actually a switch to turn the system off in order to allow the derailleur to move freely.

While we've seen the hydraulic gyro's before which get pressed in under the headset cups providing full bar spin ability with hydro brakes, we have never seen this take on it.  The Affix 360 is a full stem/gyro combo which allows you to remove the whole system by just removing the stem.

• Patented integrated 360° Rotor for Hydraulic Brakes
• Made of Aluminium
• Reach: 50mm
• H:38,8 = Same stock height as a regular stem
• Available for Ø31.8 and Ø25.4mm bar
• Available for Mineral Oil or Dot4 Oil
• Weight incl. Rotor: 322g (0.709lbs)
• Colour: black

German manufacturer Arcos has released the first photos of its new hydraulic shifting setup, the A-GE.  At 361.5 grams for the complete setup (Thats shifters, front and rear derailleurs as well as cables) it's insanely light.  But at a projected retail of $2300 for the kit, it's also insanely expensive and probably not something you want to be bashing through the rocks in Arizona.  Check out the write up on pinkbike.com for more info.