Posts under ‘Accessory Reviews’

My experience: Burley sent us the standard Travoy model with the optional Upper Market bags back at the end of August. The system was tested over 100 miles over 2 months, both empty and loaded. Build Quality: 5/5 Function: 5/5 Style: 4/5 Overall: 5/5 Availability: The Burley Travoy retails for $289.00 and is available through [...]

Commuting by bike with the time change equals your commute ride home in the evenings is going to be in the dark. In the summer show up at work with one pant leg rolled up, and as a red-faced sweaty version of yourself. On the rare day of temperatures in the 50s, I make sure [...]

My Experience: The makers of Anti Monkey Butt sent me a review sample of their anti friction powder in the Original and Lady’s versions. I used the power on six rides totaling over 120 miles in lieu of chamois cream and as a post ride treatment for saddle sores for a week. Function: 1/5 Product [...]

My experience: Over two weeks, I used the thinksport stainless steel 750ml bottle to carry ice cold water on bike trips around town. Function: 3.5/5 Style: 4/5 Build Quality: 5/5 Overall: 4/5 Availability: Stainless steel double walled thinksport bottles are available online at the thinksport store in 350 ml ($15.99) and 750 ml version ($19.99). [...]

My experience: Back in August, we did a profile of Brad Beneski, the creator of the FlashBak. He gave us a FlashBak to test out and review. I have ridden after dark with the FlashBak a dozen times mostly attached to the back of my Xtracycle. Function: 4.5/5 Style: 2/5 Build Quality: 5/5 Overall: 4/5 Availability: The FlashBak is available [...]

My experience: I used the Helmet Lock to lock up my helmet on a few trips around the neighborhood and downtown. Function: 4/5 Style: 2/5 Build Quality: 5/5 Overall: 4/5 Availability: The Helmet Lock is available for $12.95 or $19.95 for two at the Helmet Lock website. Summary: For those wanting to leave their helmet behind when they lock up, [...]

We were sent several products to review over the summer and have been woefully behind on getting reviews written up for you. Look for reviews this week of the FlashBak, The Helmet Lock, and Global Ride: Hawaii Rides DVDs for riding on indoor trainer.

As a little diversion from the usual bicycle news I am diving into tech geekdom, another topic near and dear to my heart. One thing you might not know about Elliott and I is that we both worked in the tech world long ago in another life. He worked in K-12 and Higher Education inside [...]

My experience: About a six weeks ago, I put a VO Model 8 saddle on my Xtracycle and have been riding it several times a week. Function: 5/5 Style: 5/5 Build Quality: 4/5 Overall: 5/5 Availability: Retails for $85 in Brown or Black at retailers who stock Velo Orange products or directly from the Velo [...]

As you may have read, during our review of the Axiom Transition Computer bag/pannier, we had a complete failure of the bag to stay on our standard bike rack, which caused extensive damage to my Hewlett-Packard laptop. Now, I have uploaded a gallery of photos of the damage caused when the bag flew off the [...]