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According to a story on Bicycle Retailer, the Washington Area Bicyclist Association wants to make it more convenient for people to cycle to the ... . Riders wouldn’t need a lock and would receive a commemorative ticket to reclaim the bike, according ... America Bikes. Minneapolis company Dero Bike Racks plans to lend its bike racks. D.C. transportation [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 21:12:39

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KillaCycle: A Battery Powered Bike

If you thought battery powered bikes were slow and that they wouldn’t accelerate fast enough, think again ... no noise pollution to the environment. Meant to be a racing bike, charging for about four minutes ... reach 1,000bhp and this bike is aimed at trouncing even the fastest drag bikes ever manufactured [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 08:29:18

What else has been happening?

Well as token manager I was a pretty good follower. To explain I was asked if I would assist by managing a cycling team for Bike Hub ... involved. Christian Ryan, Matt Long and I started a bike store with Bike Hub just over 8 months ago and this was an opportunity to promote the Bike Hub brand and also our store. I love my riding [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 22:22:00

BTA staffer wants to change JetBlue’s bike baggage policy

Folding bikes, like this Bike Friday Tikit, fit easily into standard-sized luggage. (Photo © J. Maus) ... asks the lady at the counter. “A folding bike, some clothes, and some cheese.” I say. “That’s $50.” ... about, damages and packaging. He just wanted to bring his bike home. We’ll let you know how this ends [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 23:13:27

Can you feel the love?

So today we cruised around to a couple of new Masi dealers here in Taipei and hanging out at a cool coffee shop/gallery/ bike space place ... bike! This shops sold one of the Antique Beige mixte bikes to a guy who has one of the Speciale Fixed ... of Taipei.Gotta love the simple logo- I tried to get a picture of the one that looks like a guy on a bike [more...]

Date: 2008-11-01 13:51:00

2006 Honda Crf250r

I am selling a 2006 honda crf250. The bike has about 30 hours on it and was maintained great, ... but i have to, so make an offer, this bike needs to go because i am buying a pit bike. some parts: (bike is 97 ... oil changed every two-three rides and air filter changed regularly. The bike has new plastics(only [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 18:29:02

Tiny bit better

Today's workout:5.5 mile run40 mile ride (outside!)Today I am a tiny bit better. My chest didn't feel as tight when I woke up ... . There is an assortment of bike parts, tons of wheels, an old Schwinn road bike, a couple other kid's bikes, a fish ... my fixed gear, but my pedals were on my road bike. I struggled trying to get those fucking pedals [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 00:24:00

The bikes in my basement

Last month I cleaned out the bikes from my basement. As I took them down from their hooks and carried them to their new home (a shed in the backyard) ... race machine, my Kona Major Jake cyclocross bike: This beauty from Sellwood Cycle Repair (thanks ... -Motion Ristretto road bike: I bought this in about 2003 (when I still lived in California), [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 21:24:05

A Collectors Bike

A Collectors Bike Craig has a 1986 carbon bike with classic equipment fitted to it; he wants to know how much it could be worth. This is not an easy job as there are not that many bike collectors around and how much someone would pay is even harder to guess. Here is our suggestion [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 13:06:21

A.M. Greenlist: AAA-esque service for bicycles

Bike to Work week continues! Biking &gt;&gt; First-time tips for newbie cyclers who plan to two-wheel on Bike to Work Day tomorrow! ... advantage of the many freebies that are going to be given out at pit stops tomorrow. &gt;&gt ... , and other goodies. Car-free? Then get a bike-only membership for $39.95. (via Tiny Choices) &gt;&gt; Eco [more...]

Date: 2008-05-14 17:07:08

A Brief Comment On January

I haven't looked back, but I suspect I've already said this on here before, I HATE winter ... , I was hoping to at least get to ride my bike to work (I was too tired to even think about it the last 2 days ... me on my bike, but given that there are lots of shaded areas on the bike trail that were sure to be wet and sub [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:02:51

Frame sizing/tricks

I'm not an experienced fixed rider, and I'm certainly not capable of all these crazy tricks which one sees on the interwebs ... is a good idea? I can understand it for commuting/racing etc, as the bike fits ... . Watching these chaps climb all over their bikes, and having knowledge of some other "trick" bike [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 10:29:45

Comfy Chairs: Riding and Reading

Bike lanes are a contentious issue in the earnest and dorky world of bicycle advocacy. Some people feel that safe and protected bike lanes are the key to getting more people cycling. Others feel bike lanes are dangerous places to ride, and simply lull riders into a false sense of security when they should instead be asserting their right to the [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 15:44:00

More Politics and Bikes

The travelling DREAMS ON WHEELS Exhibition about Danish bike culture is currently showing in Bribane, Queensland, from the 10-24 July, ... racing should be, and raised the question of what is considered apprproprate attire for addressing ... the ultra left-wing parties wear - goofy knitted sweaters and corny t-shirts - unattractive bike shorts [more...]

Date: 2008-07-10 18:12:06

Virtual Tradeshow- Interbike 2008- Part Two

As promised a few days ago, here is the second installment of Virtual Tradeshow. So, without further hyperbole or delay... the bikes.. ... the racing history of this brand, it came as a major shock to me when the original SoulVille model released ... around town/ pub crawl bike. On top of it... it's a damned fun bike on the dirt too. I mean, 700c [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 04:40:00

Bad Luck, Good Luck

Sometimes, it seems like riding with your buddies just isn’t meant to be. Like yesterday. I planned on riding with Dug and Brad around lunchtime ... bike clothes, helmet, shoes — but no bike. So I called Dug and Brad and told them ... accidentally” drive my car over their bikes? Switch their brake cables so the left lever powers the back [more...]

Date: 2008-05-16 20:35:49

New Beginnings

It's finally time to drag myself into the gym and onto the bike for another season of bike racing. I'm a little soft across the middle and it'll take some discipline to make Kevin weep on his bike ... up to a big race. This year Jenna and I are looking forward to traveling to Tucson for a training camp [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:53:38

Quest for the perfect gear change on a bicycle rebuild

Careful what you wish for when it comes to bicycle rebuild projects. Over the break we marshalled a bunch of old bikes and parts - maybe 5 different wrecks - and other spares to make a nice fast safe bike in city traffic. Most people these days seem to settle for a mountain bike with knobbly tyres. But this weighs alot [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 07:52:33

Icy Glorious Moments in the Sun

The sun broke through the clouds for a brilliant day-ending finale ... . Thousands of eyes drawn to it. Then this girl stopped her bike. Pulled off the bike lane in mid-pedal ... you. And your bike. But mostly you on your bike. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 07:03:01

Unintentional teasing

Unintentional teasing First of all, we bought the kids a mini-bike (yeah, one of the ugly fuckers) ... with his. (Because two drunk adults on mini-bikes is FAR better than one, don’t you think?) Anyway ... about it NON-STOP. For instance: TLF: Hey, can we ride the mini-bikes at your house, around the pond? SYD [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 19:57:31

2008 in review...

I suppose 2008 was pretty cool, all things considered!! I welcomed Cupcake (my bike) into my life. She's my first ever road bike and in 2008, we rode almost 1800 miles!! I learned how to change a bike tire, front and back.I focused on my swim and built up my distance. I bought my first wetsuit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 14:39:40

This Just In: BSNYC Wins a Race!

Firstly, since I'm no longer commenting in the comments section (for the time being anyway) ... anything on a bicycle the bike had 20-inch wheels. I even borrowed some guy's pit bike so I could ... is about me. Recently, a car magazine called 0-60 challenged me to a bike-vs-car race. I immediately [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 12:12:00

Dumbest Product of the Week- Twas the Week Before Christmas

Just look how late I waited to pick out a Christmas Tree ... with his bike recommendations, but Richard Ballatine has put a lot of thought into this book to help those who want to start biking to get places. Highlights include strategies for picking a bike [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 21:58:08

Central City survey says 13% commute by bike

Graph from survey results on travel mode into the central city. Click to enlarge (Kittelson & Associates, Inc.) ... used bicycles to get to work (and 6% of the total trips were made by bike). 35% of the 406 ... -based Portland Business Alliance. Back in June, I reported that their survey showed a bike commute mode [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 00:13:22

Interview with Mountain Bike Photographer Seb Rogers

Seb Rogers lives at the foot of the Mendip Hills in the United Kingdom with his partner and four year old daughter ... Independent Fabrications singlespeed and a Kona Humuhumunukunukuapua’a. I haven’t bought a bike since ‘98 ... of mine - who was a regular contributor to one of the UK’s mountain bike magazines - went to Greece [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 08:30:55

Upcoming Austin Bike Culture Events- 12/31/08- 1/7/08

With New Years Day falling on Thursday, we’ll be doing the events round up a day early today ... . Beginning with a pedicab race, this parade of artists includes my favorite entry, Austin Bike Zoo ... by bike? This race costs only 25¢ and includes two distances: Tight Pants, Skinny Tires (long [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 16:28:27

Apostles of Idiocy

Hold on as we try to make sense of the late unpleasantness at Cross Nats. by Joe Lindsey “Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.” -Deam Wormer, Animal House Well, two out of three ain’t bad. No one will ever accuse bike ... -and-tumble start, he got on Baker’s wheel. Assessing himself a better bike handler, he left Baker [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 21:58:38

The Bike Pimp Diversifies

We've just teamed with a top local Cervelo dealer, ... with multiple shops, we can get you the best deal available on the right bike for your needs - not just the bike that the shop wants to sell you. And since our consulting fee is never more than [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:37:04

Transportation cycling rising in national consciousness

And little of this is coming from the bike industry Being the consumer driven society we are in America, ... using bikes a legitimate transportation, in fact as a better form of transportation than cars ... next to nothing to promote what could be a market that would dwarf their favored segment, racing [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 18:31:44

Aloha Bound

As this is published I'll be somewhere flying over the western US on my way out to Kona and a little three week stint on the Big Island ... bike is coming w/me... tri bike is still in pieces and getting ready for sale... more on the new rides ... look at the professional race scene from my point of view. See ya. *the above image [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 19:15:00

My Gift of Permanent Art

Okay, this is what my husband got me for Christmas! A gift certificate at Atlas Tattoo Studio in Portland ... of Sutton, AK. And, it was the bike I learned how to ride without hands on. I went on to race bicycles ... to have a bike shop, Gary's Wheel World, in San Diego. We had the shop for 5 years before we sold [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 01:54:32

Winter Bicycles New Cyclocross Bike

Winter Bicycles has released their new (read: next season’s) team cyclocross bike. Built from a blend of Dedacciai and True Temper tubes, Winter’s founder Eric Estlund says it’s a lightweight steel race frame with great mud clearance and no unnecessary braze-ons. The bike [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 22:27:18

Speed Read: USC Pays Price To Wear Home Unis

If you needed a sign about how little respect Pete Carroll has for UCLA ahead of their rivalry game this Saturday, ... Armstrong wants to make me care about his Tour de France comeback, he should try racing while riding one of GIZMODO’s 10 Most Insane Concept Bikes. If he can win with a bike made out of cardboard [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 13:30:20

Didn't I just blog about this very thing?

When people hear the words "I was in a bike accident," they expect the worse — and how sweet and sensible of them do so ... in the ER Bad, as in lots of pain. Which it pretty much comes down to: a car hit my bike and I suffered ... helmet had reflective tape; and my clothing that included reflective materials. In short, I rode [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 02:58:31

Zero bike fatalities in 2008: A Q & A with Greg Raisman

PBOT traffic safety expert Greg Raisman. (Photos © J. Maus) In 2008, there were no fatal bike crashes in the City of Portland. After a tumultuous 2007, when we had six fatal bike crashes (two of them very high-profile), this was welcome news by many in the community [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 18:58:59

Holiday Bike Drive will make wishes come true this weekend

From the Holiday Bike Drive in 2006. - Slideshow below - (Photo © J. Maus) ... refurbished bikes, new helmets, and basic safety education (delivered with fun) to well over 500 kids [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 00:20:54

A smidge of an update...

My life is involved in a lot of planning right now, which means there isn't much doing ... you not! This wedding planning thing takes up a lot of time.- I am racing my bike, but only when I'm sleeping at night. I'm starting to have bike racing dreams, so I must be forgetting that it sometimes hurts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 20:41:00

thanks dude

Mixed it up yesterday:15k Skate race at White Pine- once again ski racing is always a humbling experience ... my technique.Last Call Cross Race- Possibly the best conditions for racing bikes, packed snow with ruts ... is supposed to be cold so if I ride my bike to work I may be able to set a low temperture record [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 03:38:00

Weekend Athlete: 2009 Subaru Impreza GT

Now, this is exactly what I want from a car I'm taking to a race ... their head into it. The flaw is that the hatch is a bit narrow. I had to unload my bike in a hurry ... out of the competition for that, especially since the bike went in with both wheels on, but it’s worth noting [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 19:18:05

Bikes back in fashion as eco-friendly alternative

By MAI IIDA, Kyodo News, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. While automakers are suffering from slumping sales amid the global economic downturn and ... more people, he said. At Nishikoori's store, imported sports bicycles, some of which cost more than ... of 100 designated retailers nationwide showed sales of sports bikes had double-digit or sometimes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 05:52:00

Oh No! I’ve Seen the Impossible! My Eyes!

Ah, the things you learn from creationists… If you’ve ever read about intelligent design (a k a “the progeny of creationism”) ... removing a wheel from a bike and you’ll quickly see that it requires two wheels to function. The fact ... up a bicycle that still functioned without both wheels… Hey! You there! Get off that bike! You’re [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 19:24:49

No Man is an Island

James White This one hits close to home. This amazing picture is of a drunk slamming into a group of cyclists in a race in Mexico on June 1 (ht: SillyBrit2). You can see bodies flying through the air, a helmet, bikes, parts of bikes---one man, 37, was killed, ten others were injured. The driver? Drunk, fell asleep at the wheel [more...]

Date: 2008-06-03 22:50:06

Custom or Production 'Cross bikes: What's in your future?

So Scott, a reader of mine from DC, sends me this simple question:Ok, Greg, my Redline Team has done 2 years and is a bit dinged up, so, for the uber cross racing bike, why Rock Lobster? as opposed to, I don't know, something carbon ... with 700c tires and cantilever brakes. A horizontal top tube and high BB are CORE cross with near road [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 23:50:00

Interbike 2008 Track Bike Roundup

The people have spoken and the industry has listened, track bikes for the velodrome and street alike show up in greater volume every year ... with their pure track racing bike, the TK2. After the jump, find more from Torelli, Traitor Cycles, Cane [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 00:34:29

Catching Up With… Sean Borkenhagen

After spending his summer campaigning in the 2008 outdoor Nationals as a privateer, ... with what I accomplished, but I know I could’ve done a lot better if I had a faster bike. At this level, it’s all about the bike. We are all fast and have similar styles, but don’t get me wrong, I know I don’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 03:56:55

Snow ready your bicycle tires

When it comes to winter outfitting your vehicles, your bicycle probably ends up at the bottom of your priority list– understandably so, ... Bicycles Cube Folding Street Bike Concept DIY iSnow: Make Your Own Mini Snowstorm ... modes of transportation. Wired Related Posts Giant Twist Freedom DX “Electric” Bike Veloheld Urban [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 19:00:41

Moral Fiber, Not Carbon Fiber: Doing the Right Thing

This morning, as I commuted on my Ironic Orange Julius Bike in the ironically-named "bike lane," I came upon a truck. ( ... the truck and the parked cars, and passing on the right was indeed dangerous, as I'd have to ride ... that for more than two centuries has reliably bred great American men of character, courage and good common sense [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 12:40:00

Light Exercise

And I mean light. I have done a little bit of riding this week and running too. I'm sore everywhere from running ... bike ride the other day and I was glad I had my full suspension bike so my butt didn't get too sore ... , I hope it's still happening. I was also thinking about Trek shutting down it's domestic race program [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 20:09:59

The Perfect Storm: Understanding the Bike Boom

Like it or not, bicycles and cycling are enjoying a giant media moment, and yesterday’s post is a good example of that. Since we seem to be in the midst of another bike boom (at least in terms of cultural popularity and media attention), I think it’s crucial to understand why this boom is taking place. For one thing [more...]

Date: 2008-06-03 16:36:01

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