Posts under ‘New Product Announcements’

Thanks to BikeHacks who alerted me to a cool new bike product, the Monkey Light. A computer run LED lighting system for your spokes, the Monkey Light ups the ante on the Down Low Glow and takes after dark visibility and bike bling to the next level. Available for the low, low price of $64.95 online, [...]

Is the SRAM XX Mountain Group the death of the road triple? SRAM has released its latest mountain group, dubbed the XX, which is the first 20 speed mountain drive train on the market (i.e. 10 gear cassette and double chain ring.) For those mountain bikers wanting more info on this latest product release, both [...]

It’s been several months since I last penned a Dumbest Product of the Week. The series was put on indefinite hiatus partly because we are spending more time covering actual cycling events, people, and the industry. Also, now that I’ve gone through the blood (literally), sweat, and tears of launching my own product, I think [...]

Recently, we reported on the Dynamic Synergy, the first road bike equipped with STI style integrated brake/shifters for Shimano internally geared 8 speed Nexus and Alfine hubs. Bike Commuters wrote a positive review of a demo version of this bike they had for trial as did BikeHugger, and it seems like a product long overdue. [...]

First there were parties and then there were shirts. There is now yet another way to help the Austin Yellow Bike Project reach their $250,000 goal so they can build a permanent workshop on Webberville Road. You can buy this stitch pattern made available by Radical Rags Etsy Shop or available online. (Thanks Jason for letting us [...]

I’m always a fan of recycling and retooling products. Once you’ve manufactured something, most of its carbon footprint has already been established (including with cars!) so you might as well figure out another use for it rather than throwing it away and buying new. The cycling community seems to get this pretty well whether we [...]

I’ve got to hand it to Miller. Their beer may suck, but they seem to be the most mainstream product showing bikes as legitimate, if not down right preferred transportation. First, we had biking in the snow for your High Life as a sign of patriotic duty. Now, we have an easy, downhill both ways [...]

In the last two weeks, I’ve written with some excitement about the possibility of running an internal gear drive train with a road bike setup with STI style shifter brakes. Bike Commuters let us know about a new bike, the Dynamic Synergy, that runs such a system with new shifters called the Versa from Taiwanese [...]

I have to admit I’m a bit of a Retr0-grouch. I preferred handmade lugged steel to mass produced carbon and TIG welded frames, high polished metal components to carbon and plastic ones (even when it comes to floor pumps), and wool jerseys to lyrca. This is more about my fashion sense than any dislike of [...]

Learn to wrench, use great tools for free, and give back to the community We have now updated our comprehensive calendar of Austin cycling events to include the open shop hours for the Austin Yellow Bike Project. YBP offers regular open shop hours to allow you to use shop space and tools to repair and maintain [...]