Bike Rumor

FIXED - New Book on Fixed Gear Bicycles and Culture

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:54:54 +0000

New from two members of the Rollapaluza crew is FIXED, a “high quality photo-driven book about the fixed wheel bicycle, unlike other fixed culture publictions and blogs it has a lot on the history of the bicyle and racing as well as the modern trend of fixed wheel riding.” It’s available on Amazon.com for $16.47 (MSRP [...]

Fun NY Times Article on Campus Cycling and Identity

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:44:44 +0000

NY TIMES: On the hour they come, great clouds of cyclists pulsing between classes along the street called Serra Mall — the main axis of Stanford University — like so many slowly charged particles in a physics experiment. Campus is flat enough — and large enough — and the weather so brilliant that nearly everyone cycles. [...]

The Cheetah: Making Recumbent Bicycles Cool (and Scary)

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:40:27 +0000

Industrial designer Pablo Lopez from firm DIBRUTAL came up with the Pardo, short for guepardo (Spanish for cheetah). Designed for Innovar, an Argentinian innovations contest, it’s a recumbent of sorts in that you are mostly horizontal and there are pedals. That’s where the similarities end. The rider lies prone, face down, and pushes on the pedals [...]

Found: Anodized Colored Fixed Gear Track Cog Lockrings, Freestyle Rims

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:14:39 +0000

Halo Rims‘ 7075 anodized colored fixed gear track rings are CNC machined and made for left hand thread, 24T cogs. They come in blue, purple, red, black, gold and green and retail for £6.99. They also have some “V” shaped freestyle fixie rims that are wider and stronger than typical road hubs and made to take [...]

Ciclosportivo N.A. Announces Gran Fondo And SuperCorsa™ Events

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:45:15 +0000

PRESS RELEASE: BOULDER, CO USA. Ciclosportivo N.A. announced this week their Gran Fondo and SuperCorsa™ events to the cycling blog community. Ciclosportivo N.A. events scheduled for 2010 include Gran Fondos and SuperCorsas Boulder, Steamboat, Taos and Vail; New Mexico events are tentative. Gran Fondo is a cycling phenomenon that has taken Italy by storm. The sporting [...]

Kimberlee’s Bike Art Spectacular Brings in over $14,000

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:27:12 +0000

PRESS RELEASE: San Diego, Calif. Hundreds of underprivileged children will be pedaling brand new bicycles thanks to the generosity of art collectors who attended the 2009 Bike Art Spectacular reception on Saturday, November 7th. The Bike Art Spectacular raised over $14,000 during the event’s reception. “It was a great evening,” says Dan Gindling, president of [...]

Bikerumor Pic Of The Day: Always Happy To See This…

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:01:55 +0000

“The bikes are still there!” by simondbarnes. To see more Pics Of The Day, click here. If you’d like to submit a picture for our Pic Of The Day, click here.

Alberto Contador Signs Preliminary Agreement to Race for Astana in 2010

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:01:21 +0000

Alberto Contador and his current team, Astana, have reached a preliminary agreement to fulfill the remainder of the contract that binds them until the end of 2010. The agreement reached by both sides includes a number of prerequisites in order for Contador to continue with Astana during the 2010 season. Essentially, they are: • The team [...]

New Nalini Cycling Clothing - Recycle, Rip and Just Add Vitamins

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:26:19 +0000

INTERBIKE 2009 - Nalini introduced a few new items with some snazzy tech features, like the new Protega line that infuses vitamins into your skin while you ride! Nalini’s new 2010 Protega line of clothing includes the Oliva Jersey (above) and Bibs (after the break). They incorporate a special treatment based on “basket-molecules nanotechnology” and are [...]

Review: Continental Race King Mountain Bike Tires

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:00:43 +0000

BIKERUMOR REVIEW: We received a set of Continental’s Race King tires shortly after Sea Otter, just in time to get a couple of rides in before racing the BURN 24 Hour Challenge this past May. Our official review set was the 26 x 2.0 Protection, but one of our testers also purchased the 2.2 Supersonics, [...]

Lone Star Cyclocross Festival Brings Championship Cycling to Austin

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:14:52 +0000

The Lone Star Cyclocross Festival will feature two days of championship racing in Austin, Texas, on January 16 and 17, 2010. Cyclists from across Texas and around the nation will descend on the city for the MLK holiday weekend and the chance to race against the best. Furthermore, the University of Texas Cycling Team will [...]

1937 Bicycling Video from Copenhagen

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:21:31 +0000

Found this in a round-a-bout way following a story about 10 ways to become a cycling activist. It’s a classic James A. Fitzpatrick Traveltalks: The Voice of the Globe movie about bicycle traffic in Copenhagen. Quite interesting given how old it is, and has some history on the city as well as the bicycle culture, [...]

Found: Vintage Bicycle Pedicab

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:11:49 +0000

Found on RidingPretty’s blog. Check them out for the front view.

Bikerumor Pic Of The Day: Ooooh…Sparkly!

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:01:12 +0000

“IMG_2550” by Giuseppe Marchionno. There’s nothing a girl likes more than sparkly things and, luckily, this sparkly bike was made for a girl. (This picture is a closeup of the hammered lug at the bottom of the head tube.) Giuseppe (Joe) and partner Alexis Dold hand craft bikes out of their shop, Villin Cycle Works. Check them [...]

Team OUCH and Floyd Landis Part Ways, Claim Differing Goals

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:37:22 +0000

Momentum Sports Group (MSG) and Floyd Landis have mutually agreed to terminate Landis’ Rider Agreement and thereby release both Landis and MSG from their respective obligations under the Rider Agreement for the remainder of the 2009 and 2010 racing seasons. Landis returned from a well-documented serious hip injury and subsequent hip resurfacing procedure to assist MSG’s [...]

Felt Partners with Retul to Enhance Bike Shop Fit Services

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:32:03 +0000

Felt Bicycles has partnered with Retül, a state-of-the-art motion capture system that offers bike retailers and fit specialists the ultimate tool for a precision fit. Recognizing that proper fit is essential to attaining the best possible cycling experience for all cyclists, from competitive to recreational, Felt has chosen Retül to help accomplish its goal of [...]

Slopestyle rider Sam Dueck to Ride Norco for 2010

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:11:35 +0000

Norco Bikes is proud to announce the addition of Slopestyle rider Sam Dueck to the 2010 Norco Factory Team. Sam has come off a great season boasting fantastic results such as 5th at Crankworx Colorado and 2nd at Goat Style in Creston BC. For the 2010 competition season Sam will continue to compete at an [...]

David Sherman Memorial Ride Draws Almost 600 Cyclists

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:59:29 +0000

There was simply no vantage point to capture the entire crowd of cyclists that gathered in the High Point Regional Hospital parking lot. Estimates range between 500 and 600 riders, and the photo montage above was from panning my iPhone across the start of the 50-mile group from atop a small hill (click to enlarge). Thankfully, [...]

Dealer Camp Bringing Bicycle Retailers to Brands in 2010

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:25:33 +0000

PRESS RELEASE: Lifeboat Events will host an exciting new event called DealerCamp™ July 29-31, 2010, in Deer Valley, Utah, to bring together bicycle industry suppliers and retailers for an outdoor expo and demo. The event will provide a key mid-summer launch opportunity that is well-timed with today’s changing product and buying cycles. DealerCamp will offer manufacturers [...]

Niner Carbon Fork Still Rideable After Being Smashed With Hammer

editor@bikerumor.com (Bikerumor.com / Tyler Benedict) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:49:25 +0000

You may recall the video where Niner Bikes co-founder Chris Sugai smashed their new carbon fork with a hammer. A few people posted comments about what the inside of the fork may look like, and Niner said that while it was structurally sound, it should be replaced if such damage occured. The point [...]