Our good friend and prolific bike event writer Jason over at Austin Texas Bike … Stuff has had a bad week and could use a hand. He’s had the misfortune of not one but THREE major bike parts break on him this week and he’s out a few hundred dollars. Trust me, I feel his [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Axiom’
Review: Axiom Transition Computer Bag Panniers
Edit: Part 2 of the review is here, with a slideshow of the damage to my laptop along with a rebuttal of Axiom support. How does an $80 bag turn into a $1000 bag? Read on. Summary: The Axiom Transition pannier is an attractive, functional bag for urban commuters that unfortunately suffers from terrible design [...]
Dumbest Product of the Week- 22nd Edition, Kompress Air Pro Carbon
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 [...]
Dumbest Product of the Week- 21st Edition, Axiom Streamliner Carbon Rack
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, [...]
