They can save an entire bike trip: The little helpers that get your bike back on the road in the event of a breakdown. This is where Granite Design steps into the breach, with tools that spend their lives in the shadows and then come into their own in the light of day. We're talking about clever tire plugs, chain rivets or multi-tools that can be parked in the handlebars or head tube. Granite Design has even more useful tools that are worth a closer look.

Pivot is known as a manufacturer of high-quality full suspension bikes that are lovingly designed down to the smallest detail. But Pivot can also do things differently: at first glance, the Point is a simple hardtail that is made for pump tracks, dirt jumps or the concrete pool. A second look at the Point reveals that it also incorporates all the Pivot virtues.

Sram hit a massive home run with the single-chainring concept. And perfected it with the Eagle concept, and then topped it all off with the wireless version called AXS. The disadvantage of the radio control: the high price. But that is now changing with the GX Eagle AXS drivetrain.