Other Fun Stuff

Here’s a chance for our West Coast friends–who couldn’t make it to the Shimano North American Handmade Bicycle Show last month in Richmond, VA–to get…

BMX pro Dave Mirra has some bacteria doing tailwhips on his meninges, is on a course of antibiotics and is currently hospitalized. ESPN reports that…

Having more than your fair share of crashes lately? Might want to cover all the angles: Bring your bike, skates or non-motorized scooter to the…

Leave it to the politicians. Recently Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood stood on a table at the National Bike Summit to deliver an impassioned speech…

A new skate park is set to open in July in Flushing, Queens. It’s not just any skatepark, though. The park’s designer, California Skateparks, has…

USA Today sportswriter and Mountain Bike Hall of Famer Sal Ruibal wrote how he doesn’t accept ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser’s lame apology: Sorry, but I don’t…

Via Viacomit (by way of Design You Trust and Bicycle Design), check out some great bicycle paintings, sketches and artwork from artist Taliah Lempert.  Check…

A California state senator is proposing a statewide bill that would include cyclists in California’s cell phone ban already in effect for motorists. State Senator…

Orbea launches a new iPhone (and iPod Touch, iPad, etc.) app today for dealers and consumers. PRESS RELEASE: Orbea USA has created a global environment…

In what was possibly a little too nice, Lance Armstrong shared his views on ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser’s March 11 anti-cyclist rant today. In a 16-minute…

Proving that color choice isn’t just for components anymore, Garmin has now released two new limited edition colorways for the relatively new aerodynamic Edge 500…

Clothing company howies is running a series of talks and an exhibition at its Bristol HQ. Curated by John McFaul of McFaul Studio, from 26…

vclub bmx – For The Sake of the Video – Trailer from Vclub Clothing on Vimeo. Talk about going all out For the Sake of…

Garret Reynolds up-coming Props biography has been posted ahead of the full issue 75 release. Needless to say, the BMX world had anticipated wild things from Reynolds,…

A moment of silence, please, for Phil Wood, inventor of the first sealed bearing bicycle hub, who passed away today on his farm in Baxter,…

It amazes me that anyone capable of making it to a major television station media company is ignorant enough to say the absolutely awful, criminal and…

Specialized Bicycles announced today the establishment of Specialized Brazil—an investment that will allow the company to improve and strengthen their support of the country’s best…

Recently at the Taipei International Cycle show, Rock Shox finally showed their hand when it comes to the future of axle standards for mountain bikes.…

Daniel Dhers @ 120 fps from Peluloide on Vimeo. There seems to be a lot of these slowed down 120 frames per second edits appearing…

Winston-Salem Journal writer Lisa O’Donnell has been researching the life story of Keith Jackson–an 18 year-old who, in 1974 set out on his bicycle from…

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.…

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…

Perhaps you recall the first Hellcat teaser as well?

Earlier this year, the first ever positive test result for Human Growth Hormone was publicized as a break through for clean sport. Now, Bike Pure…

Since leaving the upper ranks of Competitor, which publishes Triathlete, Inside Triathlon and Velonews among others, John Duke (pictured) will start publishing Lava Magazine this…

PRESS RELEASE: Each of the past several years, the Sea Otter Classic has substantially subtracted from its carbon footprint by ratcheting up efforts to make…

Check out this sweet project we found by Instructables user “hunrichs”. He’s figured out how to make a “big boy” spirograph out of a piece…