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Cycles de Oro’s big annual sale kicks off today.  Click on the poster image to see full size and print for your very own $5…

Industry Nine will be launching some new BMX wheels in the next month.  They use their trademark straight pull 7075 aluminum spokes and 120 point…

FROM BIKEPURE.org: Open letter to Mr. Pat Mc Quaid, President of the UCI. Firstly, may I congratulate the UCI on the evolving efforts to rid…

From Wiggle’s Blog: Wiggle, the UK’s No1 online cycling shop, has teamed up with the CSC and the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) to auction a…

Bicycling in Greensboro (aka B.I.G.) is hosting an Art Bike & Decorated Bicycle Rally at Center City Park in downtown Greensboro, NC, on April 22,…

IMBA’s California policy director Tom has helped get trails opened and built all over CA, and at the Freedom Rider’s DVD premiere he announced that…

[include_HTML: https://bikerumor.com/EAS-advertisement2.php] Not sure what the organic content of these are, but I know they’re keeping me from getting a lot of posts up…thanks John!

I’m thinking race bike…

This is the Chili Verde model, courtesy of SRAM press launch. There’s some cool new bike stuff too…will get that posted shortly.

Prototype Answer stems are heavily machined to save weight, production colors will be shinier.

Well, this year’s event doesn’t even start until tomorrow, but they’ve already announced the dyes for next year. The 2010 Sea Otter Classic will be…

PRESS RELEASE: Here at the Sea Otter Classic, the popular ZYM portable electrolyte drink ZYMâ„¢ Endurance will debut a more natural formula, eschewing the common…

Actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Austin Nichols look awfully cute in their matchy-matchy-fru-fru cycling outfits.  What really concerns me, though, is the seat on Austin’s bike.…

We The People, a German BMX brand, is interviewed on ESPN.com regarding how their product development for the bikes will continue now that they’ve launched…

A Ride with George Hincapie: 81 minutes of cycling documentary with the workhorse of cycling.  Ok, despite, the post below this, I’ll admit it:  I…

The so called “Mobile Menace” ban would ban people from driving if they were caught texting or using a mobile phone while driving. Citing studies…

Founded in 1983 by 12 cycling, the European Cyclists’ Federation now has 56 member organizations in 38 countries. Manfred Neun, the president of the ECF, emphasized…

A huge 238-rider field will make the start of the Paris-Roubaix today (Sunday, April 12), up from 198 riders in 2008. Last year, more than…

International Cycling Union (UCI) chief Pat McQuaid says France’s anti-doping agency acted “unprofessionally” in the infamous drug test by leaking the report to the media.…

Online registration for the Sea Otter Classic closes this Sunday, April 12 at midnight PST.  Camping registration is still open and spaces are still available.…

Artcrank, a “poster party for bike people” hits Denver this Saturday, April 11.  There are late night rides planned throughout the city following the show.…

  And I thought riding and chewing gum at the same time was hard, but BikeSnobNYC has yet again exemplified why they were recently hired…

Sadly (for us in Greensboro, anyway), the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame will be packing up and heading west. After a year-long search, Bill Brunner…

In a concerted effort to help pump up the sport of BMX and its newest members, and further promote the REDLINE brand of bikes and…

The Kansas Cyclist Podcast is a new feature of KansasCyclist.com, and like the web site, it covers bicycling in the state of Kansas, as well as neighboring…

It’s official!  We’re on iTunes!  Click the link below to go directly to the Bikerumor.com podcast on iTunes and subscribe to be sure to get…

PRESS RELEASE: Following on the heels of a successful fundraising campaign last August, Kinetic Koffee has designated World Bicycle Relief as the recipient of 10%…

Lexco, a bicycle parts distributor,  is hosting an open house for retailers tomorrow, Tuesday April 7, 2009 from 6-10pm. From their press release: Lexco will…

Dorel, Cannondale’s parent company (along with GT, Schwinn and Mongoose bicycle brands), has announced that from 2010, all Cannondale frames will be built in Asia.…