The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced to large recalls that effect Specialized cyclocross and hybrid bikes as well as NEXT brand bikes, a low cost mountain bike hybrid sold in big box retailers like Walmart. The Specialized recall is in regards to the Advanced Group carbon forks on their Sirrus Expert, Sirrus Comp, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Specialized’
City bikes the new carbon in bike industry
Eurobike is wrapping up and Interbike, the North American bicycle trade show, will be starting up in the next few weeks. In the past, this has been the place where bicycle companies big and small try to wow dealers and industry writers with the lightest, most aero on everything from bikes to wheels to shoes. [...]
Movie Review: Klunkerz, A Film About Mountain Bikes
Klunkerz: A Film About Mountain Bikes Directed by Billy Savage Pumelo Pictures Official site: Klunkerz.com Overall Impression: 7/10 Pumelo Pictures were kind enough to provide us with a review copy of Klunkerz, their documentary about the orgins of the modern mountain bike, recently. I watched Klunkerz with my wife, who (thankfully!) takes a passing interest [...]
Bicycle Shop Profile: Bicycle Sport Shop
Bicycle Sport Shop is the behemoth of Austin bike shops. Whatever you want, they probably have it tucked away in a corner of their massive, warehouse-like central shop at south Lamar and Barton Springs. Last month, I interviewed Leslie Luciano, Community Relations Manager, about the shop and got some quite interesting facts and tidbits about [...]
Merry Christmas
Austin Bike Blog hopes you have a relaxing, enjoyable Christmas Day. To get you in the mood, enjoy this version of the Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies from the Nutcracker Suite performed entirely with bicycle parts.
Transportation cycling rising in national consciousness
And little of this is coming from the bike industry Being the consumer driven society we are in America, television commercials often seem to be the cutting edge on the latest trends in the national conscience (One can argue they book end trends based on the number of super-duty pickup truck ads I still see.) [...]
Commuter Profile: David Foster
David Foster returned to Austin in 1993 after a three-year stay in Germany, where he experienced first-hand the joys and possibilities of living car-free in compact, livable cities. He went to work for Clean Water Action in 1995, becoming its State Program Director in 2003, where he oversees its programmatic work and helps plan and [...]



