Posts from ‘February, 2009’

A recent posting on the Gristmill included this video of a bike valet City of Santa Monica instituted for their downtown farmer’s market. They were faced with an automobile traffic and parking problem and decided to fund this program as a solution. This has become a very popular, heavily used service. Time also had an [...]

Bike Commuters let us know after our article earlier today that MicroShift is not the manufacturer of the mystery STI shifter/brake levers compatible with Shimano Alfine and Nexus internally geared hubs. While the casing my be done by MicroShift, Bike Commuters took a look at the innards and they are very different from MicroShifts ARSiS [...]

On Wednesday, we let you know about a new STI style road bar shifter/brake lever that was seen in a Bike Commuters review of the soon to be released Dynamic Synergy road bike. This shifter was of interest because it was compatible with Shimano’s Nexus and Alfine internal hubs giving road bike riders another option besides [...]

We were just sent this video clip of Downtown Austin that features bike messengers. Check it out!

According to data in a USA Today Story on the 4th, deaths from motor vehicle accidents were down approximately 10% across the country in 2008 from previous years. The primary reason for this drop? Americans were also getting out of their cars at a record rate – we drove 112 BILLION fewer miles last year. [...]

Thanks to Ecovelo for alerting me to the latest creative cargo hauling solution developed by an Xtracycle owner. I present the Pizzaloader, probably the best addition to the Xtracycle line up since the Bike Blender. Xtracycle’s website has detailed instructions on how to build this using an IKEA Gorm Bookshelf, IKEA Lansa Bar w/ Two Screws, and [...]

Since theft is the hot topic of the moment in the cycling community, here are some extra resources for people trying to make sure they won’t be the next victim. We have a pretty in-depth section on secure ways to lock up your bike here, but the sites below are also very good and approach [...]

The siren sound of carbon fiber is back this week, and unfortunately it is permeating the offices of Axiom. We singled out the components manufacturer last week for making a carbon fiber rack that is over six times the cost of the aluminum version while carrying only half as much and weighing more. Axiom is back this week as [...]

Last night, I joined the Thursday Night Road Ride organized by local road racer Daniel Sato which is now in its tenth weekly incarnation. He started the ride as a way to get in some sociable miles during the week after a similar ride died out over the winter. I’ve been wanting to do this [...]

On my ride to work this morning, I discovered the bike lane going northbound on South Congress between Ben White and Woodward has reopened. The section in front of the SoCo lofts project has been closed for about two years while this development was being built. This meant you had to merge out into traffic [...]