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Mark your Calendars: SimWorks USA 8th Anniversary Ride and Party coming up Saturday, February 7, in Portland, OR…

These January days are winding down, and the team at Sim Works has its sights set on early February for an opportunity to celebrate SimWorks USA’s 8th Anniversary with a group ride in and around the city, which will end back at SimWorks USA HQ for an afternoon of festivities, refreshments, and even a couple of DJ sets.

The ride will kick off at Courier Coffee shop in SW Portland, along with delicious treats from Soen, just catty corner from Powell’s City of Books off W Burnside. The crew is shooting for a 9:30 am meet-up and a 10:00 am roll-out for a casual and fun mixed surface ride (weather and conditions dependent). Will likely be in the 10 or so miles ballpark.

Check out more at SimWorks USA.

SimWorks and Sycip Designs worked to redesign its classic collaboration handlebar, the JJJ Bar…

A long-time SimWorks and Nitto bestseller, the Little Nick Bar has been in high demand since its inception. Its gently swept-back shape brings your hands slightly toward you, opening up a relaxed and confident position on the bike. This new “Big” Little Nick Bar, now with a generous 32° of back sweep, with a 700 mm of width, brings the grip area even closer, creating a more natural hand position. Perfect for a touring bike or commuter, these chromoly bars will flex nicely.

This big back sweep can also be used to shorten a bike’s extension on a long effective top tube. And with just a twist of the bar, you can dial in your own perfect rise. Finding the right angle becomes an enjoyable process of experimenting with what feels best for your wrists and your ride — a small but meaningful freedom that makes this handlebar so fun to use.

See more at SimWorks.

SimWorks just announced the release of the Japanese cycling brand’s newest tire offering from its partners at Panaracer: ‘The Homage’ 26 x 2.13″ TLC ($82). This new release is everything you’ve loved about the iconic Homage tire now wider and optimized for tubeless applications. These new casings offer greater puncture resistance, plus the ability to run lower pressures for a softer ride with more contact patch and traction thanks to the new volume.

Available in black tread or green with gumwall at SimWorks’ Webshop!

SimWorks has worked with their partners at Nissen to develop an alternative to their standard Stainless housing that will account for less stroke loss during your shifting and braking efforts, Crisper if you will…

Sklar Bikes recently paid a visit to Circles in Nagoya, Japan. This legendary shop has spawned numerous spin-offs, including SimWorks components, SimWorks USA, Earlybirds Breakfast restaurant, Pine Fields Market bakery, Cerchi restaurant, Culture Club bike shop, RAL softgoods, Circles World Distribution, and more. Many Radavist readers will be familiar with at least one of these names; now take a look behind the scenes at the bike shop that started it all!

Find out why Adam Sklar considers this shop to be among the world’s best. Watch the video below and if that piques your interest, check out John’s Shop Visit from 2016!

Japanese company SimWorks just announced its all-new  Still Cruisin Bar. This bar is a new Nitto masterpiece, featuring a bullmoose design with sweep and a slight rise…

SimWorks just announced a pre-order for the 2025 batch of its High Plains Drifter klunkers. Let’s check it out…

If you have a vintage MTB or basket bike and are looking for a light ‘n’ supple, file tread center tire that excels for mixed terrain biking, and want a pop of color, then check out the SimWorks Homage tires in 26″. These Panaracer-made tires are back in stock in the classic bright green tread, or black tread gumwall if you’re seeking a sleeker look. Both colors are back in stock at SimWorks for $68.

Inspired by designs dating back to the 1930s and 1940s, the new SimWorks Short Fenders combine Honjo construction with a vintage sensibility. Used by road and ‘cross racers looking to protect their braking performance as well as cycling hunters who feared mud-clogged fenders, this truncated design is designed to keep mud away from your rim brake calipers and headset. They’re also ideal for bikes that might have to be transported on a bike rack on a car or public transit.

Available in silver or black and a variety of different widths and finishes, and in stock now at SimWorks.

After SimWorks ogled the bronze Taco pedals and the bronze Bubbly Pedals, the brand decided it NEEDED to have a Bronze version of its Standalone 001 rims by Velocity.  These stunners are available in all your favorite wheel sizes, 26”, 27.5”(650), 29” (700), and in Machined sidewall AND Non-machined sidewall. They will be priced at $139 for the Non-Machined option and $149 for the Machined option, and available as of July 25, 2025.

See more at SimWorks.

SimWorks and MKS teamed up to develop the Bubbly pedals a few years ago. Now the Nagoya, Japan and Portland, Oregon based Sim Works has unveiled a limited run of olive drab cerakote pedals. Unlike anodizing, cerakote is a matte finish, which contrasts the steel pedal spindle body’s low-lustre quite nicely.

Features:

• Ultra-wide Concave Platform: MKS boasts one of its largest platforms in history. The tread’s concave shape naturally accepts a wide range of sole positioning for the rider. Move those feet around periodically throughout a long ride, and watch some muscle groups thank you.
• Triple Sealed Bearing Assembly: Pedal spindle has increased sealed bearing support in three points to maximize rotational performance while minimizing stack height, reducing rotational resistance to the utmost. (Flawless and effortless pedal spin capabilities with no slop)
• Chrome Plated Forged Spindle: Cold-forged steel spindle with chrome-plated finish for precision and durability

See more at SimWorks.

Japanese brand SimWorks is back with its original tire, The Homage. This tire was developed in collaboration with Panaracer, a world-renowned bicycle tire manufacturer based in Japan. It is a model designed as an homage to the classic semi-slick tire “Mach SS.” The Japanese brand just announced a new color, sand beige. Let’s check it out…

SimWorks just brought back one of its classic bar designs with longtime collaborator Jeremy Sycip – a renowned framebuilder and fabricator based out of Santa Rosa, CA – the J.B. Bar. The J.B. Bar had previously been produced for Sycip by Nitto – but had been out of production for several years.

Our buddy Mick from 100 Tacos has teamed up with our friends at SimWorks for another collaboration, and this time they went all out! Read on to check it out…

Today, Nao Tomii from Tomii Cycles will be at the Sim Works USA Showroom in Portland to celebrate the “soft” release of his new Saguaro-themed Faraway tires…

Japanese brand SimWorks‘ The Homage tires ($75/each) were the brand’s introductory entry into the tire world. Made by Panaracer, these tires would mostly set up tubeless but today, the brand announced official tubeless compatibility…