News

How to Attach Your Race Number to Your Bike: The Ultimate Guide (and Why Almost Everyone Does It Wrong)
If you're searching for "how to attach a race number to your bike," you're probably either a few days away from your first race or you've crossed the finish line... Read more...
Zip ties, rubber bands, and curses: why race day shouldn't start like this
It's 7:15 AM. You get out of the car with your bike, water bottle, and the nervousness typical of race day. All you have left is to attach your race... Read more...
Goodbye to backpacks and hello to security: Discover Pedra Components' new fork integration system
Any mountain biker knows it: the feeling of riding light on a technical trail is unmatched. For years, the trend in MTB has been to seek the famous clean cockpit... Read more...
The "Parachute" on Your Handlebar: How Many Watts You Lose With a Traditional Race Number Holder (and How to Truly Avoid It)
You spend the winter doing intervals, weighing every gram of your bike, investing in high-profile carbon wheels, and meticulously managing your nutrition. But on the day of the Gran Fondo,... Read more...
The "Parachute Effect": Why your bib number is costing you 9 minutes (and a lot of energy)?
Did you know that the 20x15 cm plastic bib number you receive at registration can be your worst enemy on race day? If you're tackling a challenge like a long-distance... Read more...
"DRS" comes to cycling: The smart bib revolution at Pedra.bike
An electronic and smart race number holder that automatically folds when exceeding 20 km/h, synchronizable with your GPS or controllable via a button on the handlebar. Say goodbye to unnecessary... Read more...
Why does your GPS mount ruin the aesthetics (and safety) of your MTB?
If you're someone who takes care of every detail of their bike, you'll know that there's nothing more jarring to the eye than an 800mm carbon handlebar "decorated" with plastic... Read more...
The SRAM Pod AXS Dilemma: Vertical or Horizontal? 44% of cyclists could be wrong (or not)
You reach the bottom of a technical climb. Your pulse races, the chain starts to tighten, and you need that extra cog NOW! But, in the heat of the moment,... Read more...
Garmin Varia: Safety or Aerodynamics? At Pedra, you don't have to choose.
The Garmin Varia radar is probably the best invention for cyclist safety in the last decade. However, its original mount leaves much to be desired: rubber grips that wear out,... Read more...
More than plastic and pixels: How does a Pedra piece survive in the real world?
When we talk about 3D printing in cycling, many people imagine decorative figures or fragile prototypes. But at Pedra.bike , our reality is very different. Here, design and engineering come... Read more...
The end of "universal mounts": Why custom-made is the future of cycling
I'm sure it's happened to you: you buy a "universal" accessory and, when you try to assemble it, you realize that to make it fit you have to use three... Read more...
From the real world to the digital: The art of scanning your bike so everything fits.
In the previous post we talked about custom solutions, but today we want to open the doors of the Pedra.bike workshop to show you how the magic begins. Many of... Read more...
Tota pedra fa paret: Welcome to Pedra's solutions laboratory
In Elche, we have a saying that defines our way of understanding the world: "Tota pedra fa paret" (every stone makes a wall). In cycling, just like in the construction... Read more...