Unless you’ve been hiding under a Roller Cam brake, you’ve probably noticed that tires are getting bigger on drop bar offroad bikes. Whether it’s the 50mm rubber of the Raleigh Stuntman, 2.1″ rubber ...

Flared drop bars, fat tires, longer chainstays, low gearing and an occasional dropper post or element of suspension. It’s the latest trend in the bicycle industry, and we have so many names for it.

Already smashing through a third of the project’s funding goal on Kickstarter, the Helios Bars are a slick set of handlebars that add a variety of useful, high-tech functionality to the traditional ...