Posts under ‘Humor’

The fashion industry has inspired us to pen more than one Dumbest Product of the Week. When fashion and cycling converge as they often do with clothing maker Rapha, we have pay dirt. Some of you may recall Rapha’s $750 Tweed Softshell as our 16th edition Dumbest Product winner. This softshell may be OK for [...]

Last night, my wife introduced me to the site FAIL blog where sometimes funny, sometime pitiful photographic and video examples of failure are shared. While there, I came across this video of not so cool BMXers. Enjoy.

Dumbest Product of the Week is taking a one week hiatus. I had a product selected for this week, but just not the time. We’ll be back with more fun next week. In the meantime, check out our archive of previous Dumbest Products for some golden oldies.

Rob at Bicycle Austin Blog recently found a video from New Zealand’s News 3 (which is apparently REALLY sponsored by Mazda) about a guy who was pepper sprayed and rammed because he wasn’t wearing a helmet. I know Kiwis are known for extreme sports like bungie jumping, but I didn’t know they were into extreme arrests. [...]

Are dumb products simply foolish entries in the marketplace or are they part of an more sinister plot? In the past I’ve had my doubts, but I’d like to think all these folks are well meaning if misdirected souls. Thanks to Bike Hacks for alerting me to this week’s nominee for Dumbest Product of the [...]

Late last week, I snapped this photo around the corner from my office of an interesting locking job. In light of the news of James Clayton’s arrest last week, there might some relaxing in security among cyclists, but this person remained vigilant. Unfortunately, their choice of hitching post was less than idea. Obviously, there are [...]

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 [...]

I came across this video via Bike Hugger of the owner of Arudnel Bicycle Company out of Ft. Worth motorpacing with a derny, The production quality of this short is high and nicely captures the obsession of the amateur racer. Plus its set to a great deep fried rock tune from Phil Lynott. Enjoy!

Carbon seems to do something to bicycle manufacturers’ brains. I don’t know if its off gassing or fiber weave induced hypnosis, but there is something about carbon that makes builders of perfectly good bikes and components do wacky things in the name of this aerospace material. Not that carbon does not have perfectly reasonable applications, [...]

Many of the products we critique in this weekly column serve little purpose or do not do a very good job of accomplishing what they set out to do. Others have less to do with how silly they are than what they say about our society and its priorities. This week’s nominee is the LightLane, a [...]