eeSilk at Dirty Kanza 200

Living up to its name and not disappointing, Dirty Kanza was one of the hardest, single day events I've ever done. Part I: Preparing the bike At 4:00am Saturday morning, things began to get real a...

eeWings + Stages: Training with a Power Meter

Cane Creek's Senior OEM Sales Manager, TR Maloney, is no stranger to endurance races... "I am a cyclist and ultra-runner. In the past, I was an Ironman triathlete and even did some track racing. I ...

HELM Works Series 130: Climb Switch Technology

First things first, we need to get one thing straight: Cane Creek's proprietary Climb Switch Technology is not a lock-out. In fact, we're strongly against a full lock-out, and we'll explain why bel...

Partner Highlight: Extra UK Ltd.

Did you know? Cane Creek has four different sales channels: retail dealers, OEMs, distributors, and eCommerce. Our retail dealers and eCommerce channels are only open within North America, which me...

The Pros Trust Hellbender 70

For more than two decades, Cane Creek has set the standard for bicycle headsets. By introducing the world to threadless technology, Cane Creek helped redefine modern bicycles; making possible the i...

Being Frank - Invisible Hypocrisy

Hypocrisy can hide in plain sight, and it can indirectly cost us even if we don’t know that it is doing so. We all have known people to say one thing and then do another. The reality is that no one...

HELM YEAH

So you know you want a HELM fork... why wouldn't you? Get the low-down between the three different models so you can make sure the fork you choose will be best for your riding style! And if you don...

Being Frank - What We Do Here

Whether it is riders stopping by after railing trails in the Pisgah National Forest or cruising the Blue Ridge Parkway, visiting vendors, meetings with bank executives, or media coming in for an in...

WOMEN CRUSH CANE CREEK

Welcome to the most exciting week of 2019 (sorry, Sea Otter)! The Cane Creek Cycling Tour is headed to a Camber Exchange on May 2nd and ROAM Fest Brevard - a women's mountain bike festival in the e...

Problem Solvers: Headsets That Make a Difference

PROBLEM: You've got a bad case of the "speed wobbles." SOLUTION: Bring harmony back to your rides with VISCOSET®   ViscoSet (patent-pending) offers viscous damping to make bicycles safer by inhibi...

Partner Highlight: Cotic

Fresh off the launch of the new Cotic Flare, we caught up with Cy, Richard, and Hannah from Cotic Bikes to discuss the brand's "Sweet 16" years in operation, their history with Cane Creek...

Cane Creek's Perfect Pairs

It's probably slipped your mind, but today is, in fact, National Siblings Day in the United States. We're sure you're just thrilled. Siblings can be your best friends, worst enemies, or somewhere i...

Cane Creek Announces Three New Products Debuting at Sea Otter

We are proud to announce the addition of three new products to the Cane Creek lineup: The HELM Works Series 130 suspension fork, the eeBrakes El Platino limited edition brakes and the Road Cache mi...

Rider Highlight: Tandem Women on Wheels

Two women, two wheels, one World Record The story of Catherine Dixon's and Rachel Marsden's attempt to be the fastest women to circumnavigate the globe on a tandem bicycle. Cat & Raz are the Ta...

T H U D L I F E

T H U D L I F E ... Did you know: Cane Creek's Thudbuster is one of our longest running and largest selling items in our global market. Surprised? Don't be. Thudbuster is the most effective and ver...

Bike Check: HELM WS130

HELM Works Series 130 is here, and it's time to party. HELM WS130 is a 29" air fork optimized for cross-country mountain biking. The fork has a maximum of 130mm of travel, although decreasing it's ...

Being Frank - Sweet and Not Sweet Wings

In the mid-nineties I got wind of a super cool product. At the time cranks were either forged (good) or cast aluminum (usually acceptable) from Japanese suppliers Shimano or Sugino. Then the CNC mi...

HELM 29: Why 44mm Offset?

Chatter about reduced offset forks is nothing new. PinkBike, UK's Mountain Bike Rider, Bike Radar, and others have been talking about it for years. So why is offset a hot topic right now?   WHAT IS...

Photo Diary: Cane Creek Cycling Tour @ Santos Fat Tire Festival

Santos Fat Tire Festival is one of the largest bicycle and gear expos in the Southeastern United States and draws the likes of major Original Equipment Manufacturers as Specialized, Giant + Liv, Sa...

Daylight [Weight] Savings

  Ah, finally... Daylight Savings time is here! On Sunday, March 10, we skipped our clocks ahead one hour to take advantage of a later sunrise and sunset. Our after-work rides just became a bit mor...

Being Frank - Details Matter

Brent Graves, President and CEO I have a watch that I really like. It was not expensive, it does not tell time better than other watches, nor does it make a big fashion statement. But one detail of...

Partner Highlight: Litespeed & Quintana Roo

Cane Creek has a unique and long-standing relationship with Tennessee, USA-based bike manufacturer American Bicycle Group. ABG has two brands making a major splash in the industry: Litespeed (road,...

Partner Highlight: Guerrilla Gravity

Colorado, USA-based mountain bike manufacturer Guerrilla Gravity recently launched extensive Cane Creek customization options on every model in their line-up. We shared a digital coffee with Bobby ...

Being Frank – David vs. Goliath vs. David

Brent Graves, President and CEO Twenty-five years ago, I was the proud father of my first bike line, and many of those Diamond Back (as it was spelled back then) models included Shimano’s Rapidfire...

Let's talk tech!

Cane Creek presents technical clinics to professional bike mechanics at Professional Bicycle Mechanics Association Technical Workshop in Atlanta, GA The Professional Bicycle Mechanics Association,...

Being Frank – "EVIL" Standards

Brent Graves, President and CEO “An industry standard is a generally accepted set of criteria within an industry relating to the standard function, specification, and/or compatibility of a product ...

Black Friday Weekend Sale

2018 BLACK FRIDAY / CYBER MONDAY SALE!  We’re taking the weekend off to hang out with friends and family and ride bikes so instead of doing separate Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, we’ve decid...

DOUBLE BARREL Climbing Efficiency

CLIMBING SWITCH TECHNOLOGY CS is the most innovative climbing feature available and is now standard on all  Cane Creek CS & IL Double Barrel shocks.   This proprietary climbing feature (patent-...

7 Days of Givaways

Cane Creek and Silca have teamed up to bring you Seven Days of Giveaways. Every day between Thursday, Nov 8th 2018 and Wednesday, Nov 14th 2018, we will randomly select a new winner for that day's ...

Being Frank – Best American Bike Racer

Brent Graves, President and CEO I rode Tomac off my wheel, and despite knowing that he was ill, recently retired, and not training, it was a surreal experience – one I’ll never forget and one he’ll...

HELM Fork Price Adjustment

We’re pleased to announce that, beginning today, Cane Creek is adjusting the retail price on the HELM suspension fork from $1,100 USD to $899 USD. Our guiding principle at Cane Creek is “We believe...

Announcing 1X and 2X 110 BCD Crank Spiders For eeWings

We're happy to announce the upcoming release of both 1x and 2x crank spiders for 110 BCD chainrings. The spiders are optimized to fit Cane Creek’s eeWings cranks,  adding more options for riders on...

OEM Partner Highlight - Why Cycles

OEM Highlight: The reason why we ride - Why Cycles  Why Cycles got its start in early 2016 in Ogden, Utah as the common idea of a group of cycling enthusiasts and business associates: Adam Miller, ...

Quick Q&A with Courtney Smith

Cane Creek exists and excels because of its people. And those people make up the all important culture at the company. So what does it take to make sure we have the right people and those people ha...

OEM Partner Highlight - Litespeed

OEM Highlight: A LEGACY FORGED IN TENNESSEE. A LIFETIME OF GREAT RIDES Over 30 years ago, we started listening to cyclists who wanted something strong and durable, yet light and agile. It was a ta...

Surprise Me 2018 - Speedvagen

DON'T BOX ME IN, BRO... Surprise Me 2018 is here. Inspired by surfing. Loose washed lines are paired with hardline graphics in transparent colors. Its raw and subtle, yet still is without a doubt a...

Being Frank – No Greed Here

Brent Graves, President and CEO If it was not so inaccurate and frequent, it probably would not bother me so much. But seemingly a week cannot go by without someone commenting how a “greedy bicycle...

eeWings - Guaranteed to Last

The Toughest Cranks - Guaranteed Cane Creek eeWings now come with a 30-day 100% satisfaction guarantee. Regardless of the reason, a rider can return their eeWings to the place of purchase within 3...

Pink Headsets

Limited Production Order Deadline: October 5th The precision, quality, and performance you have ridden with for years is now available in PINK! Now until October 5th Cane Creek Cycling Components i...

Being Frank - The Balanced Bike

Brent Graves, President and CEO Some good ideas get buried under Marketing. While unfortunate this is not surprising, particularly in this day and age of ever shorter attention spans, immediate sti...

The eeFamily

Precision, ingenuity and the love of the ride... That's the essence of ee In the fall of 2016, renowned cycling components designer Craig Edwards joined forces with Cane Creek, forming a lasting pa...

DB Air CS and DB Coil CS trunnion mount shocks

Cane Creek’s legendary Double Barrel CS shocks are now machined with Trunnion mounting options. Allowing riders to fit their trusty DB Coil CS and DB Air CS into the new bearing driven frame design...

OEM Partner Highlight - Orange Bikes

OEM Highlight: THE FORMULA CONCEPT Call us sentimental, but in our 30th year we can’t help reminiscing. In the early days of Orange we had an exclusive model we named the Formula. They were never i...

eeBarKeep - I'll Take It Neat

Keep your handlebars light and neat with Cane Creek’s new eeBarKeep bar end plugs. Order Yours Today

Introducing eeSilk

EXTEND YOUR RIDE Ride longer, ride farther with the eeSilk premium suspension seatpost from Cane Creek. Order Yours Today

Being Frank - Why Be Different?

Brent Graves, President and CEO Not that it is my aim to defend a competitor, but the recent launch and subsequent dialogue around Cannondale’s new Lefty Ocho raises an interesting, if not common, ...

HELM 27.5 Cherry Bomb

Declare your independence from mass produced suspension with the HELM 27.5 Cherry Bomb. Named for the iconic red fireworks, the Cherry Bomb sports matte black lowers with a firecracker red metallic...

Being Frank – Think before you type

Let me be… um, frank. Some forum commenters are losers. Unwilling to use their real names, these commenters pontificate without accountability, common sense, tact, and in many cases knowledge. T...

#CrankitUp - Do you have what it takes to WIN a set of eeWings?

Let us know why you need the eeWings in a single image or short video clip that shows how you push your riding to the edge. Tag us on Facebook @canecreekcyclingcomponents and on Instagram @canecree...

The 2018 Pisgah Project Bike Raffle

THE PISGAH PROJECT 2018 A Bike Raffle Benefiting The Pisgah Conservancy Cane Creek Cycling Components, Industry Nine, REEB Cycles,Thomson Bike Products, Maxxis tires, Find Your Line Bike Shop, Oska...