Pete Roggeman

Norco Torrent DH | Brage's New Ride From the time they signed Brage Vestavik, it was clear Norco was going to need the right bike to keep him happy. Enter the Norco Torrent DH, a well-priced alloy FR/DH bike aimed at, you guessed it, bike park and DH riding. Coming in at 5,700 CAD with a build kit that should hold up to the kind of abuse it's made for, this is a no-nonsense, utilitarian build that seems about right for Brage and his Norco FR teammates Matt MacDuff and Max Langille.

Wolf Tooth has been offering a couple of models of flat pedals for a couple of years now; the Waveform and the Ripsaw. Now, the machinists from Minnesota are taking their in-house manufacture and "right to repair" ethos to the clipless pedal market with the release of three different SPD-style pedals. The CTRL is Wolf Tooth's new trail pedal, featuring a robust body surrounding the familiar SPD guts, analogous to the Shimano Trail pedals. Next in line is the ALT, a contemporary small-body XC pedal.

Shimano is rolling out three new shoes today: the GF900HS, a stiffer, tweaked version of their top of the line Gravity Enduro clipless shoe, the GE9. Second is a women's version of that GE9. Third, a GE900GTX, a Gore-Tex-equipped version of the GE9. And fourth, for you flat eart-...er, flat pedal riders, there's now the GE800, a top of the range Gravity Flat pedal shoe. All come with Shimano's Ultread rubber, which they tune for different shoes and purposes.