Gearing…Revolution…get it? All puns aside, this is an innovation we have been DYING to tell you about since we heard about it at the Chula Vista SX in September (see…we CAN keep secrets). Over the past few days, we have been practically giddy with excitement at the opportunity to post today’s first episode of Announcers Tower in two months (we took a little break after the NBL Grands, but are back on a schedule now).

On today’s show, George Costa, President of Rennen Design Group gives News an exclusive first look at the “Rennen Decimal Gearing System.” This system is a series of incremental gear sizes literally between the whole-number gears you have been running all your life. Ever want to go down a tad in Nashville to compensate for the famously-shallow starting hill? Well, now you can drop that 44/16 to a 43.8/16 without having to whip out your chain whip and monkey with the back cog.

The Decimal Gearing System allows you to get way more specific in dialing in the perfect gear for your needs at any given time. Simple-sounding enough, but it harkens back to that old commercial that says “so advanced…it’s simple.” All of the math and machine magic to make the gears so precise and the requisite gear charts to compare apples to apples has all been crunched for you.

All of this tremendous tech will be available for purchase right when you need it most–at the ABA Grands. A limited inventory of Decimal Gears will be available at the Rennen tent, and through J&R Bicycles at the race. Watch the Product Spotlight section tomorrow for information on placing a pre-order with J&R for your favorite sizes. No doubt they are going to go fast, so get your pre-order in.

Give the Podcast a listen, then come on over to Vintage, where we’re sure the fires of discussion will be burning bright.

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Also, download the Decimal Gearing Gear Chart for a front-row look at how it all works

Last week, BMXNEWS brought you an article about G-Cog, and how Rennen was making it more accessible to the masses through a payment plan that allows customers to pay over a year’s time. We distilled some good info out of the advance copy of the release, but we wanted to do a deeper dive with GC on G-C.

One thing that struck us since day one with G-Cog was that, in addition to being an integral part of the training program for top pros and Olympic-eyed ams, it could also be a miracle tool to help dial in the bikes and riding habits of the youngest riders our there. These young guns — say five through eight years of age, sometimes don’t know enough to say “this gear is too easy,” or “These cranks are feeling too short now.” Parents and coaches have to find out through lots of almost-wins, and spending plenty of time punching REW and Pause buttons on a remote. With G-Cog, all the data you need to make those calls is right there, if you know how to read it.

More on that concept in a future article, but we wanted to hear more about the inner workings of G-Cog, and how it can work for different groups of BMX racers. George takes us through G-Cog’s application and use from the Elite ranks, to top experts, to underperforming riders using the device to kick it up a notch.

George joined us for a taping of “Announcers Tower,” just prior to pulling out of town for the NBL Freedom Nationals in Woodbridge, VA. There, the Rennen-Intense Factory Team landed a first and a second in the two-day team sheet throwdown.

We will have more from George on a future episode of AT, so enjoy this “first installment.”

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Dig the BMXNEWS.COM sticker on the console of the CNC machine. Cool to see that every Rennen gear has a little of that “News” magic built right in.