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, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bontrager’
Dumbest Product of the Week- Twas the Week Before Christmas, The Rapha Tweed Softshell
‘Twas the week before Christmas, and I was searching the web, hoping America’s habit of buying crap would finally ebb. Seeking left and right for a silly item to mock, with nothing to write about on Friday at 2 o’clock. When what should my weerly eyeballs peek, but another winner of Austin Bike Blog’s Dumbest [...]
Dumbest Product of the Week- 3rd Edition, Bontrager Carbon Fiber Seatpost Rack
We are back with another edition of Dumbest Product of the Week. Last week and the week before we got started with some really silly cycling products and while I don’t want to limit this series to just bike stuff, I could not resist nominating our next product. It seems the folks over at Trek [...]
