Category: News
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A Cyclist’s Best Friend
A Cyclist’s Best Friend Going on long cycling tours or even cycling regularly, people come to rely on and appreciate how important a cycling helmet is to their safety. Swedish car manufacturers Volvo have seen this and are looking to tap into the mobile market and cycling sector with one foul swoop. At the International…
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2014 Scion tC Commercial is Plain Wrong
I heard Internet rumblings about the new Scion tC television commercial that was just released and had to go watch it myself. It’s pretty tasteless. The basics of the video are that Toyota/Scion believe that bicyclists and small dogs attached to smart looking women on sidewalks are obstacles that you can deftly maneuver around while…
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The Cardboard Bike Has a New Price
You may have read my earlier post on the cardboard bicycle that was being developed by Izhar Gafni and his new company Cardboard Technologies. Back when I wrote that post, Mr. Gafni was moving forward on the presumption that he could make his bicycle for $20. That may very well still be his goal, but…
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Express Biker Vending Machine Bike Parts
Every biker has experienced a flat tire on a bike ride before. If you haven’t, lucky you! For those of us that have and know the frustration of being without air in your tire, you know how easy it is to fix something like this, but you’re not always prepared. Imagine if you could forget…
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[Video] Martyn Ashton – Road Bike Party
This guy Martyn has skills that I typically only dream about. In the video below, you can see all of the balance that he has. To put it in context, if you took the balance that I lack and multiply that by a significant number, this is what Martyn has. And he does all of…
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Whistler MTB Park Opens May 17 2013
For all of you down-hillers, free-riders and otherwise speed seeking, thrill seekers, pull your ear buds out. Whistler MTB park is opening up this Friday! That’s right. If you don’t have your bags packed right now, you need to (finish reading this post and then) get going. If you have never been up to Whistler…
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Air Filtering Bike
Most everyone knows about the poor air conditions in Beijing and with China expected to add 20 million cars to the road next year, this concept makes logical sense. Lots of people ride a bike in China and offering a safer way for them to do what they already while removing some of the air…
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Bike Deconstructed
The image above is part of an art exhibit that explores common household items deconstructed. Toronto based photographer Todd McLellan deconstructs a typewriter, alarm clock and bicycle to their base components and then assembles them so that their parts are in patterns. The description of the exhibit says ‘common household items’, but I’m not sure…
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High School Bike Bus
I found this video of some high school kids in Orlando, Florida starting a biking group dedicated to riding their bikes to and from high school. Plenty of kids ride their bikes to and from school, so this story isn’t that spectacular. What makes this story interesting is that they are doing it as a…
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The Siva Cycle Atom
Siva Cycle has developed a device that will charge your mobile devices via power generated while you are pedaling your bicycle. They have spent the last two years developing and tweaking the design and have brought the project to Kickstarter to raise cash to start the manufacturing process. I’m glad to see that an electronic…