Other Fun Stuff

A couple things targeted at bike shop owners and employees have come through our email boxes lately, so if you’re in the LBS biz, here…

PRESS RELEASE: SPEEDWAY, IN.–With the 2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show scheduled for Austin, Texas, February 25-27, preparations are already underway, with significant members of…

Imagine going to your local park, hopping on a quadracycle (a 4 wheeled bike), and grabbing a good book off the shelf that you read…

Come show this poor Huffy who’s boss this weekend at the BURN 24 Hour Challenge! The gang from Bikerumor is setting up camp in the…

My dad sent these pics of a snake eating a Goanna Sand Monitor (aka giant freakin’ lizard).  His friends that live there said it took…

Just months after Subaru-Gary Fisher rider Adam Little was struck and killed while riding in Charlotte, NC, several more members were hit while on a…

Found this via our local cycling group, posted on Changeyourliferideabicycle blog.

Poster pretty much sums it up. Enter here:  www.versus.com/ultra

Road ID is hosting a “Fantasy Cycling” contest where you can guess the winner of each stage of the Tour of California.  Guess right and…

Now if you could just get rid of that electric whine, the podium would be yours!  More videos and info on GruberAssist.com. Via Rick Vosper.

We participated in our local Ride Of Silence last year and it was amazing. Even if you don’t personally know someone who has been injured…

Well wishes from celebrities, racers and friends as Levi Leipheimer tries to make it four in a row at the 2010 Amgen Tour of California. …

Scrapertown from California is a place. on Vimeo. At first glance, it is easy to dismiss “Scraper Bikes” as a silly trend, or even worse…

In 2009 Clay Porter produced a fantastic fly-on-the wall series of videos following the exploits of the first family of mountain biking, the Athertons. Tagging…

Started by Julian Franco with the idea of providing custom and custom-fit carbon bikes for enthusiasts on a budget that wanted a more personal bike…

This year, Liquigas was faced with quite the dilemma, as the Italian squad was forced to choose between its home race, the Giro d’ Italia,…

With oil spills in the news and May being National Bike Month, the Sierra Club is putting on a bike haiku contest. The poet winner…

PRESS RELEASE: The next Tour of Colorado race is the Excel Sports Sunshine Hill Climb in Boulder on Saturday, May 15nd. This 9.14 mile climb…

If you haven’t checked out the Ride Journal, it’s a big, beautiful quarterly that’s as strong visually as it is editorially.  Issues One and Two…

Michael Barry writes candidly about his life as a pro, from childhood in Canada to the cobbles of Belgium. Accompanied by stunning photography from Camille…

Want to ask Team Saxo Bank something?  Specialized is hosting a live press conference today at 4pm PST via Ustream, and you can tweet or…

Yesterday, Trek World Racing released Episode 1 of a new web based video series entitled “In Pursuit”.  This 10 episode series will cover the action on…

Haven’t ya heard? Loving the Bike and Cranklisted have teamed up to rank the world’s best cycling blogs, and we could sure use your vote!…

PRESS RELEASE: May is National Bike Month, and cities and towns from coast to coast are promoting bicycling like never before. To celebrate all the…

This hand-printed bicycle chain print wallpaper is made by a London Fixed Gear and Singlespeed forum poster’s father, Matthew Meadows.  You can get the block-printed…