Okay, I couldn’t resist. But I do love Gazelle/Yepp’s marketing and I promised to check them out. (the bikes and products that is)
Full Story »Interbike: Fuel Belt goes big(ger) and gets some color
Fuel Belt is introducing some updates to the already popular line of products most notably a larger 7 ounce bottle and more colors! The 7 ounce bottles will fit existing Fuel Belts and colored tops can be bought separately in a variety pack providing a great idea in color coding your drinks. Of course, fashionably [...]
Full Story »Interbike Quick Look: Ridley Dean – The Fastest Bike in the World?
I love checking out TT bikes and this one caught my eye with its shear beauty. Ridley’s Dean is what you’d come to expect from a TT bike these days: smooth aero front end, downtube, seat tube with extended mass, aero fork, recessed/hidden brake calipers, etc. (man we are snobby!) But taking a closer look, [...]
Full Story »Interbike 2010
Wednesday kicked off the first day of the indoor expo at Interbike. I managed to make a first pass at about a third of the show floor running on only a few hours of sleep and fighting off the season’s first bug. (Not to mention the 6:12am flight this morning!) I’ve learned over the years [...]
Full Story »Suplicy’s Quantum Carbon Tri Bike – Faster than a P4?
When my friend San Diego-based pro triathlete Caue Suplicy first told me he was starting a bike company, I figured he was just simply sourcing materials and carbon tubing and putting them together with his own geometry and specs. In the beginning, that was mostly true. I actually got to see a some of his [...]
Full Story »Interbike: The Elegant and Smart iF Mode
I usually don’t like to post old news or over-hyped/well-covered stories and products without having a different spin, but I happened to run into Ryan Carroll one of the designers of the award winning iF Mode on my walk to the Sands Expo and he invited me to come check out his bike. So I [...]
Full Story »Interbike: The Delta 7 Ascend – Made from Spider Webs?
This is by the far the craziest “tubing” I’ve ever seen on a bike. The first thing that came to my mind when I saw the Delta 7 Ascend was “invisible jet” (as in Wonder Woman) – you can see right through it. The top tube, down tube, and seat tube are made of a [...]
Full Story »2×10: Checking out SRAM’s XX in Vegas
Remember when we went from 21 speed to 24 speed to 27 speed? And then how excited we were to have more gears? With 10 speed cassettes we can now have 30 speeds. But seriously, how many will we actually use? SRAM makes a statement with their new 2×10 XX line that doesn’t say less [...]
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