The Surly Big Dummy!
One of our many stops at Sea Otter was to go see the Surly Big Dummy. This is basically a bike that has built in Xtracycle on it. As you may have already seen, I rode my Ibex/Xtracycle at the show and wanted to get some comparison shots and to check out…
NuVinci Product Demo Sea Otter Classic 2007
The folks of NuVinci demonstrated for us how their magnificent hub works. Check it out!
LeBron James and Cannondale
Cyclingnews.com is reporting that LeBron James of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers has purchased ownership stake in Cannondale: The Cannondale Bicycle Corporation announced this week that it had sold an undisclosed ownership stake of the corporation…
Cheap 29er Suspension Fork
Jenson USA is offering 29er RST suspension fork for $86.75. Why is this significant? This is actually very significant to 29er fans because it now lowers the barrier of entry for non-29er riders to get onto a 29 inch bike. Having this low end fork…
BikeCommuters.com
Scheck it out mang, we just launched 2 new sites! Well you already know about CiclistaFanatico.com, but we also launched BikeCommuters.com. Founders of MtnBikeRiders.com Launch Two New Sites Fullerton, CA, March 10, 2007 –(PR.COM)– Founders…
Ultimate Bike Hauler
I just thought I’d bring you some eye candy. For those of you with a little more money to burn Sportsmobile brings you the ultimate bike hauler the Lopes 55 bike hauler. This thing is amazing. Forget about booking hotel rooms and dragging your…
29er Reba Offset Change
The chatter coming out of mtbr.com forums confirms that Rock Shox is coming out with a different offset for the Reba fork. Not to get too technical, but the current offset is at 38mm while the suspected new offset will be 47mm. Increasing offset by…
Should bikers wear helmets?
Dumb question you ask, right? Well not so fast. 20/20 did a report on a “study” completed last September (BBC) by Ian Walker of Bath University in England. Ian Walker from University of Bath Here is John Stossel’s (20/20 host) report on…
Trek joins the 29er Trend
It’s being reported on mtbr.com forums that Travis Brown (Trek-Volkswagon team) was riding a full suspension Trek 29er. Can we say Trek Fuel 29er? He was also toting around a Trek hardtail 29er. Sorry, no pictures to post as Travis’s bike was…
Bigger than a 29er?
I just finished reading an interesting thread on the MTBR forum. The author was working on a mountain bike with 36″ tires! Check it out here. My first thought was “Why go that big when the 26 or 29 inch bike works fine?”. But then I…