Friday Debrief: New Revelate Salty Roll, a Pinion Kocmo, 2025 Salsa Journeyer, and More…

The weekly Debrief highlights small but important bits of news, products, and things that caught our attention on the website, in the conversation, and elsewhere around the community. These include upcoming events and interesting items our readers shared in the comments. Check out this week’s findings below.

Bits & Bobs

New products that are worth highlighting but didn’t make the Dispatch…

2025 Salsa Journeyer Builds and Colors

Made in Taiwan / $1,149+ at Salsa Cycles

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Salsa just added two fresh build/color options to the budget-friendly Journeyer lineup. The Journeyer SORA features a 2 x 9 drivetrain, a $1,149 price tag, and comes in a new “Citrus Green” colorway. The Journeyer GRX 610 build features a Waxwing carbon fork, Shimano GRX 610 1 x 12 drivetrain, costs $2,499, and comes with a bold “Dark Magenta” paint job.

AERON/TPU SuperLight Race Airtubes

$24.95 at Aeron

Adding to the list of traditional tube alternatives, the the Aeron TPU SuperLight Race Airtubes were recently unveiled at COREbike in the UK. They feature an aluminum valve and are engineered to be lighter and smaller, more puncture resistant, easier to install, and better at holding air compared to standard butyl tubes. Aeron will be offering them in sizes for road, gravel, and mountain bikes.

Assos x Ortlieb Bikepacking Bags

Made in Germany / $140+ at Assos

Switzerland’s cycling apparel brand ASSOS teamed up with Ortlieb on a collaboration run of Ortlieb’s bikepacking bags, complete with both logos on display and a dark sand and orange colorway. The collection includes the Handlebar-Pack, Frame-Pack Toptube, Seat-Pack, Atrack Backpack, and Duffel Bag.

Commuter Zine Issue #1

$12 at Commuter Zine

The Ride your Bike! zine is now known as Commuter. A celebration of transportation via bicycle, the new zine features 52 pages packed full commuting fun and inspiration from some of the coolest bicycle commuters out there. Issue #1 is available now, and it costs just $12.

Wheels MFG Angled Spacer Single Speed Conversion Kit

Made in Colorado / $59.99 at Wheels MFG

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Wheels MFG is continuing their expansion of modern single speed conversion offerings with a 20t cog for their angled spacer kit. Compatible with Shimano HG freehubs, the angled spacer kit is a great option for those looking to subtract some gears and add some fun. While it’s only available with the a silver cog at the moment, their colored cogs likely aren’t far behind.

Lezyne CNC TLR VALVE PRO

$26.99 at Lezyne

The CNC TLR Valve Pros from Lezyne are new tubeless valves for mountain, gravel, and road bikes. They’re machined from aluminum, feature a four-slot air-flow system that’s compatible with most tire inserts, have a slender base, and include a T25 valve cap with integrated valve core tool. Lezyne is offering them in four colors and 44, 60, and 80mm sizes.

kLite MICRO-D USB C Charger

Made in Australia / $209 AUD at kLite

The new kLite MICRO-D USB C Charger is a combo dynamo charger that can be plugged directly into your hub to power lights and charge devices on the go. The charger is controlled via an onboard soft switch to choose between 100% light mode, 100% USB-C charger mode, and a hybrid mode that allows you to flash your front light for safety and charge your devices during the day.

Slug Bikes x Outer Shell Bag

Made in California / $45 USD at Slug Bikes

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A new collaboration from Slug Bikes has hit the internet once again, and they’re now offering a bag with their neighbors at Outer Shell. It’s the second collaboration they’ve released since re-branding a few weeks ago. While it isn’t a new bag design, it’s always fun to see Outer Shell collaborate with small builders for unique aesthetic twists on tried-and-true designs. What’s also great is the collaboration is born from a longstanding relationship, as one of the co-owners of Slug Bikes has the first digital order on record at Outer Shell.

Hobson-Zingo tools

Made in Taiwan / $4+ at Soma Fab

Soma Fab made this little video about their new lineup of tools, customized by the folks at Rivendell: “Our own line made up mostly of Rivendell-approved (and then private-labeled) Taiwan bike tools made by Taiwan’s best bike tool maker, who also makes car tools, and—let’s make this clear—knows how to make cutting tools that hold an edge, Allen wrenches resist rounding out, and so on.”

Pinion/Kocmo

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Pinion shared this lovely titanium bike by German brand Kocmo the other day. The Kocmo Daytona PI features the Pinion C1.12 Smart.Shift gearbox and TRP Hywire brifters.

New Revelate Designs Salty Roll

Made in China / $49 at Revelate Designs

The Salty Roll was one of the first production double-ended drybags designed with bikepacking in mind. For nearly two decades, Revelate has been refining the design, and the latest version looks like a promising option for any type of harness or rack system. The latest version features a bright white 420D nylon interior, RF-welded seams, a Hypalon-reinforced daisy chain, and a PU-coated exterior. It weighs 185 grams (6.5 ounces) and has a max capacity of 12 liters.

Wolf Tooth Universal Derailleur Hanger

Made in USA / $45 at Wolf Tooth

Wolf Tooth has introduced a new line of fully machined aluminum UDH derailleur hangers designed for bike frames that accept the SRAM Universal Derailleur Hanger (UDH) standard. These hangers are compatible with all road, gravel, mountain bike, and e-MTB drivetrains. Engineered for durability and protection, the design allows the hanger to rotate backward in the event of a crash, helping to prevent damage to the derailleur or frame. The Wolf Tooth UDH hanger is available for axles with an M12 x 1.0 thread pitch, offering an alternative for riders seeking an added safeguard. They’re offered with an anodized bolt and washer in nine colors to match Wolf Tooth’s other components and accessories.

In Conversation

Exchanges and ideas that caught our attention in the site’s conversation section…

Tariff Trouble in Effect

Nic: Throughout the process of writing our feature on what uncertainties Trump’s tariff threats would bring to the bike industry, a lot changed. The very scope of piece shifted as I wrote it, and much has shifted further still since we published. With all the chaos the current administration has brought to a number of industries, it seems the first tangible signs of these seemingly unexamined executive orders have started to rear their ugly head.

Earlier this week, I received an email from Temple Bikes encouraging their customers to “lock in” their prices before the coming week, as they were set to rise by 10 to 15% in the coming months. It’s the most obvious sign of the coming difficulties free trade will face, as countries that once commonly exchanged goods start to nickel and dime one another. So, if you’ve been eyeing up a bike from a company based in a nation that isn’t your own, it seems like now might be the time to pull the trigger.

Around the Community

News from around the bikepacking world…

Bo Ridge to the Ferry

Will from Rivendell’s latest release beautifully captures a little spin around the Bay Area accompanied by the perfect soundtrack for a feel-good ride. And if you missed it, be sure to check out his Rider’s Lens feature to see more of his photography work.

What I Packed to Film a Three-Month Trip

Josh Reid, creator of the excellent A Bivvy, a Phone and a Drone: Cycling Home from China recently spend a few months bikepacking around New Zealand. In the video above, he shares a detailed look at all the gear he brought along to document his ride.

The Hydra Epic

Following the launch of the Hydra route earlier this week, Epas released a new video documenting the Hydra Epic in which grand depart riders share their experiences as they make their way along the 1,700-kilometer ride across the Baltic States.

Bikepackid: My New Cargo Bike

Adrián, aka the “Bikepackid,” teamed up with B Bloque Bikes of Madrid, Spain, on a super flashy cargo bike that he’ll be using in tandem with his dog Juki. It has some neat details, including unique brake mounts, a removable front cargo platform, and a wild paint job. The video is in Spanish, but you can turn on auto-generated subtitles in the video settings.

Magical Methow

Following the release of their new e-gravel bike, Salsa created a short video of their Tributary in bikepacking mode. While its more “glampacking” than bikepacking, given the subjects are riding from hut to hut, it’s an interesting preview of what they see as the use case for their electrically powered gravel/bikepacking rig.

Wild Winter Women’s Iditarod Trail Invitational Updates

The Wild Winter Women is a collective that braves the unknown and participates in winter ultra-marathons. This year, the Iditarod Trail Invitational brought them on to provide video updates of the event, and they’re already on their fifth video. Each video is incredibly detailed and focuses on all participants, not just the fast ones. Make sure to check out their YouTube channel for more.

Meaghan Hackinen: Atlas Mountain Race Recap and Q&A Livestream

After knocking out a second-place finish in the women’s division and 19th overall at the 2025 Atlas Mountain Race in Morocco, Redshift Sports is hosting Meaghan’s race recap and Q&A via a livestream on YouTube this morning at 11 a.m. EST.

Events Starting Soon

What to watch this weekend and bikepacking events starting soon…

Reset Brevet

The second edition of The Reset will see riders departing the shore of Lake Wanaka, New Zealand, and traveling through some of central Otago’s rugged contours, crossing saddles, traversing ranges, and relishing tough climbs and spectacular landscapes. There are over 50 riders split between the short (370 kilometers) and long (550 kilometers) routes, and this year’s grand depart started yesterday. Follow along live here.

The Queen’s Ransom

The Queen’s Ransom is a 227-mile bikepacking route around the greater East Valley of metro Phoenix, Arizona. Each year, route creator John Schilling organizes a small group ride with designated camp spots along the route for nightly meetups. The ride is capped at 30 people, and they started riding yesterday morning. Follow their progress here.

Weekly Social

Some things we found around the ‘gram and elsewhere. This week, a handful of updates from the 2025 Iditarod Trail Invitational in Alaska. For more, check out their Instagram page.

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