Find out more about what mountain bike components are being made in Canada with this round up of familiar and not-so-familiar companies.

Dakine Sentinel Glove • Straitline Components Race Ring • Deity Black Label Handlebar

We put Straitline's new AMP through the ringer. Find out how their Igus bushing system and hexagonal pins performed!

Now you all know I keep harping on about flat bars, keeping a low stack height, keep it short and sweet I say and that's exactly why you should be checking this out.

As you can see, I ran this Straitline Direct Mount Boxxer Stem for four months, will I be taking it off? Definitely not.

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The Pinkbike downhill team is something we take pretty seriously, so when a select company contacts you with the offer of a completely custom component you don't want to turn it down. Gamut provided us with custom Gamut guides, but the newest item on the team bikes, along with a few of our own bikes, are Custom Straitline Components' Pinkbike.com Pedals, in Chrome!

Check inside for more info on the Straitline Pinkbike pedal...

Straitline is known for having functional, and strong components, and the new SSC Stem is no different. CNC'd 100% in Canada, Straitline is keeping it local with this stem, and they are keeping it ridiculously light. Reach options, a low stack height, and an extremely light design makes the SSC stem a top contender this year.

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The manufacturing industry for our sport is a cut throat business. Everyone is trying to make their product that much lighter, that much more unique, but not that much more expensive. The cost to manufacture goods has risen so much in the past it amazes me that these companies are still on the grind to create the lightest, most unique and functional parts for your bike, and they are succeeding. Recently we got the new Twenty6 F1 stem, along with the Straitline Ultra stem, so let's take a side by side look at them.

Read on for the comparison...

We are all for straight talking. Some of you are that bent you couldn't lie straight in bed. If you're in the flat pedal brigade then send your cursor in a straight line, right here and open this article.

Yes you all know I have a passion for flat pedals and here we have a prime example of why: