Posts Tagged ‘Specialized’

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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. [...]

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 in bike culture.
At its heart, [...]

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 Bicycle [...]

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.

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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.) We [...]

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 [...]