At Rene Herse Cycles, we’ve got a policy: We don’t make anything that exists already. As a small company, our resources are limited. We’d rather use them to create something that’s going to improve the riding experience for us and our customers—not recreate something we already can buy from others. There’s still plenty of… read more

April 1, 2026: Cycling is a relatively safe sport. And once we factor in the health benefits of exercise, cyclists actually tend to live longer than people who don’t exercise. That doesn’t mean we can’t make cycling even safer. At Rene Herse Cycles, we’ve been working on just that. After years of R&D… read more

Ten years ago this week we crossed the 3,700-m (12.200 ft) Paso de Cortés in Mexico in one of our biggest adventures. That expedition is significant beyond the epic ride: It was a proof-of-concept for ultra-wide and ultra-supple tires on all-road bikes. It marks the point when the wide-tire revolution really took off…. read more