Posts Tagged ‘commuter’

From the Fort Myers, Florida News-Press comes this story on the state of the bicycle industry. Interestingly, the story there focuses more on bicycles being used for cheap recreation and not transport, although it just may be the location. I’ve heard that commuter sales are still going well in Austin too and that lots of [...]

Our Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, was apparently an avid bicycle commuter until now, and wishes he still could, but security concerns are getting in the way. I wonder why his security team can’t just ride with him…guess they would be afraid of getting run off the road? Check out the full story at the Huffington [...]

It’s been nearly 24 hours since I asked our readers to put their two cents in on our next long-term test vehicle.  So far the Trek Soho is in the lead with three votes. Here are the bikes that have also gotten votes: Strida folding bike – yep this would be interesting. I dunno if [...]

Back in August, we purchased an Azor Secret Service handmade Dutch bicycle from the Seattle Dutch Bike Company. We’ve written several reviews of the bike and its accoutrements since we got it, and have ridden the bike quite a bit to events and as a general commuting and car-replacement bike. The Azor is a great [...]

Thursday I recieved the May issue of Bicycling Magazine – or at least I think I did. Sure, it had the same old cover showing a muscled, smiling racer that this Marketeer of everything carbon and spandex usually features (in fact I think all Bicycling covers feature the same racer, or at least it seems [...]

We have brought you coverage in the past of the first reviews of the Dynamic Synergy bicycle, including a test ride from Bike Commuters of the bike. Dynamic Bicycles officially announced the bicycle’s availability in this March 10 press release. According to Dynamic: The Dynamic Synergy uses the Shimano 8-speed Alfine hub – Shimano’s most [...]

I recently reviewed over three dozen cycling podcasts to come up with a list that I feel represent the best ones out there. Keep in mind this is my opinion, yours may vary. If you have others that you think our readers would enjoy, suggest them in the comments. The bikescape podcast: long-running audio podcast [...]

Sorry to start the roundup with sad news, but 52-year-old Burleson County cyclist Donald Nelson was killed last Monday outside of Caldwell. On Wednesday, a six-year-old was run over by an SUV in Dallas. Which vehicle is the dangerous one again? Rob D’Amico reports in a “virus-induced fog” (his words, guess I’ll trust him that [...]

NPR covered Spain’s high-speed rail network recently in comparison to ours, which is obviously WAY behind. So far behind as in not really there at all (unless you count Amtrak’s Acela service in the northeast, which is kinda-sorta-high-speed in some places and at some times because our tracks suck). It’s worth a listen, especially considering [...]

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 [...]