Bike Rumor

Giant Announces Rainier, The First Women’s Specific 29er Mountain Bike

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:19:04 +0000

Giant has announced their (possibly the) first-ever women’s specific 29er mountain bike. The Rainier pulls from their XTC 29er hardtail (which we reviewed here) by using shaped, lightweight ALUXX aluminum tubing, but the women’s version is decidedly low spec in comparison…but also much lower in price at $700. Spec’d with an SR / Giant suspension fork [...]

Average Joes Versus The Pros: QBP’s Race to the Tour Contest with $15K Purse

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:45:08 +0000

Now in its second year of operation, greenlightride.com—QBP’s online bike-trip-tracking application—has thrown down the gauntlet and turned up the heat. The newly posed “Race to Paris” challenge is Greenlight’s largest undertaking to date. According to the challenge details on the Greenlight website, “in July, the Tour de France pros will cover 3,600km (2,230 miles). If [...]

Craigslist Post: World’s Most Uncomfortable Saddle

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:15:45 +0000

World’s most uncomfortable saddle Date: 2010-01-01, 11:41PM PST Like a ghastly specter from your darkest nightmare, this saddle has returned from the grave seeking vengeance. Its previous master thought it had banished it to the blackness of the abyss for good, but nay, it was only for an epoch. Features: *Steel rails forged by LUCIFER himself *Genuine Auroch hide seat [...]

SoCal High School Mountain Bike Series Gears Up for Season Two

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:11:47 +0000

ABOVE: Video from the inaugural race in 2009. The Southern California High School Mountain Bike Racing Series follows up on a highly successful inaugural series with a five-race season that is attracting considerable attention from high school students across southern California. The season gets underway at the beautiful Vail Lake Resort near Temecula on March 14. Matt [...]

Sturmey Archer Launches Heritage Website with Classic Ads, Manuals and Tech

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:52:47 +0000

Sturmey Archer has launched a new website that captures all of the advertisements, manuals, documents and information about their products from 1902 through 2000. Featuring an entire section about their non-bicycle (ie. motorcycle, lawnmower, etc.) parts, the site will be an ever growing repository of all things internally geared from SA.

Mountain Bike Trails in Danger in Florida, New York

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:39:22 +0000

URGENT! Proposed budget cuts in both Florida and New York are threatening to close not just trails, but entire State Parks and the offices and departments that run them. From Gone Riding, a Southeast race promoter based in Ocala, FL, comes word that Senator Charlie Dean is proposing to close the OGT (Office of Greenways and [...]

NAHBS - Kent Erikson’s Ti 650b-26″ Lefty Mountain Bike Mashup

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:20:19 +0000

NAHBS 2010 - Looking for a mix-n-match wheel size full suspension mountain bike? Kent Eriksen’s got you covered. Shown here is his A.S.K. full suspension bike with Cannondale’s Lefty suspension fork and a Yeti carbon rear triangle that’s running a 650b wheel on the front and standard 26″ rear wheel. While the Yeti rear end will [...]

Revealed: How Hitler’s ‘Spyclists’ Tried to Take Over Britain

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:57:23 +0000

MI5, the UK’s domestic secret intelligent service, released files last week showing that in 1937 the British authorities were concerned that Hitler youth in the UK on cycling tours were clandestinely doing reconnaissance work for the Führer. Dubbed ’spyclists’ by the Daily Herald newspaper at the time, the young Germans were, in the words of German [...]

Target Offers Floral ‘Liberty of London’ Beach Cruiser, Sells Out in Two Days

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:37:00 +0000

Target launched their Liberty of London line this past Sunday, March 14, and the 26″ Ladies Cruiser is already out of stock online and in stores (theoretically, they may just not have them in yet, but the matching boys and girls bikes are available). Like the Republic Dutch bike, it’s made of Hi-Ten steel and relies [...]

Republic Offering Build-Your-Own Dutch Bicycles for $399

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:54:14 +0000

Republic, the brand that brought you the fixed/freewheel bike via Urban Outfitters, is now offering a build-your-own Dutch city bike called Plato for just $399. You can customize the bike by choosing your own paint color and the colors of every accessory to mix and match to your little heart’s content, then order it up and [...]

Bikerumor Pic Of The Day: Round And Round We Go

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:01:39 +0000

“Crossing the A316” by Kingston Cycling Campaign. Kingston Cycling Campaign is the local Kingston Borough group of the London Cycling Campaign–organized to promote cycling. To see more Pics of the Day, click here, and to submit your own photo to be shown to the world, go here.

New 2010 Snafu Crenshaw and Hawthorne Dirt Jump, Freeride Mountain Bikes

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:18:46 +0000

Snafu, largely a BMX brand, is introducing two new Dirt Jump / Freeride mountain bikes called the Crenshaw (above) and Hawthorne. Here’s the deal from Jeremie at Sidewall Distribution, who’s kickin’ it in Taiwan for the Taipei bike show and sneakin’ some peeks (NOTE: the products referenced are items carried by Sidewall): Since arriving in Taiwan [...]

Rambler Cargo Pack from Mission Workshop Now Available

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:49:41 +0000

Mission Workshop is now offering the Rambler, their mid-sized cargo backpack, for sale. Announced in January, the Rambler is the little brother of their Vandal, and features the same expandable design giving you 1,000 to 1,800 cubic inches of capacity in a waterproof shell. Full specs, pricing and description after the break… FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: Mission [...]

BMX Riding Touted as an Alternative Way to Stay Fit by National Health Service

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:29:33 +0000

The BBC news channel today featured BMX riders from Leeds in a report on alternative ways to stay fit according to the National Health Service. Featured in the report are a number of ‘The Works’ skatepark locals who, unsurprisingly point out that although BMX does carry risks, it is a great way to stay fit and avoid [...]

NAHBS - Kelly Bedford Custom Bicycles’ New TiComp Titanium 29er

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:30:59 +0000

NAHBS 2010 - Kelly Bedford was showing off his all-new TiComp titanium 29er mountain bike, using one made for U23 World Champion Aleksandra Dawidowicz Polish World Cup Pro Aleksandra Rokita Mooradian as a fine example. Built as shown with SRAM XX and the Rockshox Reba XX 29er fork, it weighed in at 20.5lbs with pedals. Bedford, [...]

Unique Dye Graphic T-Shirts from ‘For The Love of Bikes’

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:23:57 +0000

To celebrate For The Love of Bikes’ new their online store they’ve designed these sweet crew neck and ladies scoop neck t-shirts with a unique “dye removal” process that permanently sets the graphics into the fabric. Made of 100% soft organic cotton, they’re handprinted in Brooklyn, NY. Due to the nature of the “printing” process, each [...]

eeCranks Prototype Road Cranks…Bringing Sweetwings Back

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:07:53 +0000

Last week, we talked to eeCycleworks‘ founder Craig Edwards about his redesigned, superlight eeBrakes and he mentioned that he’s working on a set of cranks, too. Given that he’s basing the design on the notoriously lightweight Sweetwings of old, my curiosity was piqued, so I pulled this photo and some details outta him. If you’re familiar [...]

$10 Off Any Sea Otter Classic Race Entry, Courtesy of Bikerumor.com

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:00:16 +0000

If you haven’t already registered for a race at Sea Otter Classic this year, do so this week and you’ll get $10 OFF any event entry, compliments of Bikerumor.com. Just use promo code “SOCBIKERUMOR” during check out! Held April 15-18, 2010, in Monterey, CA, the Sea Otter Classic is a four-day, action-packed cycling and outdoor sports [...]

Bikerumor Pic Of The Day: Day After Pi Day? Cookie Day!

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:07:49 +0000

“Bike cookies sound delicious” by Palmetto Cycling Coalition. Palmetto Cycling Coalition is a nonprofit organization committed to making South Carolina friendly and safe for cyclists. To see more Pics of the Day, click here, and to submit your own photo to be shown to the world, go here.

Bikerumor Pic Of The Day: Team Vera Bradley Models

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:01:01 +0000

Photo submitted by Katherine Fuller, a pro cyclist on visiting rider with Team Vera Bradley, blogger, and writer for ShePedals. She writes: “These two Specialized Amiras belong to Team Vera Bradley Foundation and are pictured leaning up against Specialized headquarters in CA - the place of their conception. Photo taken while spending three days at training camp with the team.” To [...]