When considering buying a bike, the MOST important thing to keep in mind is bike fit. Anyone that tells you that anything else is important over bike fit, like the wheels or groupset, has never been on a bike for more than three hours. I would take a mediocre bike that fits me well over [...]
Update: I already went on my trip, but wrote the following bit below before going on my trip, so read it assuming I hadn’t gone yet until where I say it ends… I’m going on my second Pyractif cycling trip soon, and I want to take my ‘good’ bike with me but not have to [...]
This is just awesome… this girl totally gets her bike to drift into place between her sibling’s bikes. Hilarious! And of course, the outtakes: via Geekologie
Ok.. interesting concept.. not sure I’m crazy about the looks though: If you can’t see the video above, go to their site: http://www.yikebike.com/site/home Related articles by Zemanta YikeBike foldable electric bicycle hands-on (engadget.com) Design That Changes How We Think About Walkability (steffanantonas.com) Folding electric bike – the “mini-farthing” (boingboing.net) Should Segways motor in on our [...]
Image by a man a plan via Flickr Let me start by warning those of you that are lovers of Campagnolo kit that this post isn’t going to make you happy and that you’ll probably have an opposing view in your experience. Please go ahead and voice your thoughts on the comments section. However, I [...]
I recently discovered the site called Analytic Cycling within it, there are various OCD inducing calculators to help you determine what your figures need to be to achieve certain goals. For example, I was able to find out what my power output needs to be to achieve a certain speed depending on various ‘realistic’ assumption [...]
Ran by a fellow London Dynamo member, this site: http://www.brainfartsofabiketart.com Has some funny stories, reviews, and links… Check it out!
The British winter isn’t easy to bike through. It’s rather wet and cold. Sure, we don’t have it as bad as the Canadians, but it’s because of the constant wetness we have on the roads here that it can sometimes feel worse. For this reason, we cyclists use all sorts of waterproof gear. Overshoes are [...]
Ok, we all lust after a bike or another, but this website take this to a whole new level.. giving you access to print out cards so that you can leave compliments on someone else’s bike. Uhm yeah. Here is the link:http://www.yourbikeishot.com/ via (Karl)
In case you haven’t heard, there is a new cycling sportswear brand in town. Tour de France rider George Hincapie’s own. I’d say it looks like it is between a Rapha and an Assos… That is to say, high end and high performance. The prices look more reasonable though. I will get some kit to [...]