New gear from Saddle Drive 2014

New products from Lazer, TRP, 45NRTH and more

Quality Bicycle Products summer expo is known as Saddle Drive. It takes place at Utah's Snowbasin Resort. Bicycle dealers from across North America attend to check out the latest products carried by QBP

Josh Patterson / Future Publishing

Josh Patterson

Published: July 24, 2014 at 4:00 am

In addition to showcasing quite a few new bikes, there were also a fair number of parts and accessories on display at Saddle Drive. Quality Bicycle Product's carbon component brand, Whisky, was showing off a new tubeless-compatible fat bike rim. Cold-weather clothing and component specialist 45NRTH was showing off a made-to-match tubeless-ready fat bike tyre, as well a road version of its Fasterkatt winter cycling boot.

The vanhelga is tubeless ready and can seat with a floor pump: the vanhelga is tubeless ready and can seat with a floor pump - Josh Patterson / Future Publishing

45NRTH's tubeless-ready Vanhelga fat bike tyre was designed in conjunction with Whisky's new carbon fat bike rim

Click through the gallery for a detailed look at some of the latest products featured at this year's show.

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Josh Patterson is a BikeRadar contributor and former technical editor. He has spent most of his career working in the cycling industry as an athlete, mechanic and journalist. He holds a master's degree in journalism and has more than 20 years of experience as a cyclist and 12 years of experience riding and writing for BikeRadar, Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Dirt Rag, RoadBikeReview and Outside Magazine. A native of the Flint Hills of Kansas, Josh was a pioneer in the gravel cycling movement, having raced the first Unbound 200 and many other gravel events around the globe. He considers himself a cycling generalist and enjoys road, gravel and mountain biking in equal measure. When not traveling for work, he can be found exploring the singletrack and lonely gravel roads that surround his home in Fort Collins, Colorado. In addition to his love of cycling, Josh is an enthusiastic supporter of brunch, voting rights and the right to repair movement.