Chris king has been manufacturing precision components for over 30 years and it is this experience in the industry that is responsible for some of the best components on the market today. Over the years Chris King has built a reputation in the consumer market for high quality components that require little maintenance and demonstrate [...]

Obtainium Performance Products is a small coil manufacturer based out of Bellevue, WA. Don’t let the size of the company affect your view on them, as they’ve built a strong reputation on being a “quality over quantity” company. If you take a quick look around the industry, you will notice big name riders like Sam [...]

In the past I’ve always been a fan of a traditional style stem. They haven’t let me down up to this point, so why bother changing stems? Well, I had the opportunity to check out the Twenty6 F1 integrated stem on my downhill bike, and to be quite honest, I’m very impressed so far. Read on [...]

Twenty6 has been pushing the envelope in recent years putting out some of the strongest, lightweight parts on the market. Pain Inc has recently acquired some of their new products, namely the Rallye pedal, and the F1 stem. In this article, I’ll be lecturing about the Rallye pedal, and in the coming days the F1 [...]

We received a set of Race Face Atlas FR cranks at the beginning of the season for testing. At that time, we put up a detailed article on the crankset; with just about every stat you could every want on them. Well now the time has come to give my honest opinion on how they [...]

Dylan Tremblay recently took some time out of his busy schedule to answer some questions for all us mountain bikers who frequent Pain Inc. Read on to learn all about what Dylan has been up to this winter, and what his plans are for 2008… Don’t worry, there’s plenty more!