Sure, there are a handful of disc brake specific cyclocross forks popping up on the aftermarket now, but none seems to have elicited the response that 3T’s new Luteus has.

We just got one in for testing and, honestly, it’s a darn nice looking fork out of the box. We’ve heard from some Euros that it’s hands down the best one available, but we’ll put it through our own cruddy, grimy, muddy hell to see for ourselves starting in October. For now, check out the photos, actual weight and some other heretofore unknown details about the Luteus right after the break…

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Pashley, a brand more known for proper British city bikes and gravel path racers, introduced a completely new model called Sprinter.

They also brought forth a fine collection of upscale cycling clothing, bags and accessories and are reintroducing the GB bicycle components line. Last but not least, the new Parabike is a reissue of the original paratrooper bicycles that were dropped from planes during the 1940′s. Don your best English accent and tweed jacket and click your merry way past the break for more…

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• Road Holland is kicking off a film series entitled “Good People In Cycling.” In each episode they’ll take a look at people who are doing extraordinary but often unsung work to help others. Episode I, above, highlights Craig Dodson of RichmondCyclingCorps.
• Rickshaw Bagworks has debuted their Fall line of “performance tweed” to their cycling bags and sleeves (for your various electronic devices). Check out the eye-pleasing Fall-like colors of Graphite, Marigold, Orchid, Earl Grey, and Stout. Even better? The fabric is made in the USA of recycled Polyester, and of course, the bags are made in San Francisco.
• If you’re in the Winston-Salem, NC, area this weekend and are looking for a challenge check out the Autodrop Invitational, a road race/scavenger hunt within a 50-mile radius of the city.
• If you’re in the Breinigsville, PA area, The Valley Preferred Cycling Center is having it’s annual VeloFest. Over 200 vendors will be on hand to sell sell sell all types of cycling goods. 8:30am – 2:00pm, $8 at the door (12 and under free), Oktoberfest beer specials and wine available for purchase.
• Want to take your bike “out on the town”, but don’t want to wear your cycling shoes? Here’s an Instructables lesson on how to add cleats to your high heel shoes from user corwin.
• Pace DJ is an iPhone/iPod app that syncs your music’s pace to your target workout intensity and automatically creates a playlist to help keep you spinning along as fast (or slow) as you want. Find it on iTunes here.

Lying seductively in a bed of coffee beans at this year’s Interbike show, Norco’s house brand Axiom were displaying a couple of the more interesting mini pumps I’ve seen.  Not fundamentally different from anything else on the market, the contrast between anodized/knurled and machined surfaces caught my eye.  Satisfying to hold, the Blastair HPL (high pressure long?) and HVL (high volume long?) mini pumps felt nicer than their $40-ish retail price would suggest.  Click though for a head details…

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Looking remarkably similar to the those shown last year, Formula’s Volo (“flight” in Italian) wheelsets (26in and 29er in XC and All Mountain variations) are finally nearing delivery- and still looking good.  (But what is it about Italians and red?)  With freehubs specifically designed to support the engagement mechanism and reduce the pops and damage that can come from partial engagement, the hub shells are intricately machined inside and out- and build up to some surprisingly light wheels that could give carbon hoops a run for their money.  Find out more- and see some revamped brakes- after the break.

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Photo submitted by Hani Morsi, “Me getting some air time on the trails of Wadi Degla, outside Cairo, Egypt. Photo taken by Hany Nagaty.”

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File this under “damnit, why didn’t we think of this!”

Peloton Magazine has just introduced Mr. H (for Hematocrit), a helmet-masked pro who, in Top Gear vein, anonymously flogs road bikes in an attempt to see what the fastest road bike is. Now, if they could just secure a single bike for the year and start getting cycling celebrities to pit their safety against the clock for bragging rights. That, my friends, would be awe. some.

Whiskeydrunk Cycles and it’s band of merrymakin’ men, replicated a board track from photos of one used in a traveling stunt show of the 1900′s. Seen above in the MakerFaire video, the Whiskey Drome is making the rounds of craft shows and bike events. Click here for more information, and here for another video and pictures.

via Craftzine

Tiso, an Italian bicycle component manufacturer that’s represented by Albabici here in the states, had quite the gawker piece laying around: A prototype 12-speed electronic drivetrain that, despite the cables here, will be wireless when it debuts!

Details are scant, but the owner says it’s in development now with plans to be in production sometime in 2012. Of course, they’ll need to develop a 12-speed cassette and chain, but that shouldn’t be a problem…

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Rocky Mountain is rolling out a cadre of new XC racer 29ers, both hardtail and suspension. We’ve shown a good bit of the full suspension alloy Element 970/950/930 here, and they wouldn’t let us weigh the Interbike models because they weren’t quite production spec, so we’re just running down the Vertex 990 Rsl hardtail here.

The Vertex Rsl 29ers will come in two models, the 990 and 970, both with the same frame built using their SmoothWall construction that sculpts the inside tube walls via an inner mold. RM says this reduces excess resin, removes stress risers and lowers weight.

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…after all, with a name like Wheels Manufacturing and twenty-three years of machining experience, hubs  would be an obvious fit.  Though we saw them exhibiting Alchemy’s hubs (which they build) at Interbike last year, this year Wheels Manufacturing were showing their own-design J-28 hubs.  Intended to be “practical, durable, and affordable,” the J-28s are made by Wheels right here in the USA.  Hit the jump for more details…

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As is always the case, we had  a great time talking with Ellen and Bill from American Classic at Interbike this year- the company from Florida is always truly excited about their new products and are always trying to push their wheels forward.  In addition to the new road tubeless wheels and lighter-still mountain wheels that Tyler covered at Eurobike, AC were showing off a redesigned Terrain mid-range wheelset as well as what may be the world’s biggest wheel bag.  Read on for the details…

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