Other Fun Stuff

Via Treehugger.com: Papergirl brings art to Berlin’s public via bicycle, for free. The idea started as a way to bring art to the masses without…

The New York Times interviewed Scot Nichols, founder of Ibis Cycles, and Eric Hjertberg, former new technology manager for Full Speed Ahead, regarding the recent…

Cycles de Oro bike shop in Greensboro has free clinics and movies to celebrate Bike to Work Week this coming week. Each workshop conducted by…

PRESS RELEASE: As a special offer Probikepool.com gives free entry to its Giro pool to all its American members! With Armstrong, Leipheimer and Vandevelde as…

Urban Velo had a casting call for a Bicycle Film Festival video shoot for the 2009 BFF trailer.  If you ever take your bike off…

Props, a video production outfit that creates bmx and freestyle riding videos, just released their 72nd DVD issue. It includes footage from their Thailand trip,…

Bicycling In Greensboro invites you to join us for the 3rd Annual Greensboro Ride of Silence! WHEN: Wednesday, May, 20, 2009 5:30 pm – Gather &…

Trips for Kids (TFK) today announced that Ellsworth Handcrafted Bicycles Inc. of Ramona, Calif., donated more than 50 used bicycles and bicycle frames to TFK…

Advances in advocacy, the growing number of successful bike share programs and the state of the economy were among the topics discussed by the more…

nuun has a released a new flavor, BananaNuun, adding to their lineup of lemon lime, citrus fruit, orange ginger, tri berry and kona cola. The…

Time lapse video of installation of Nike/Livestrong wallscape on the Montalban Theater done through MacDonald Media.

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.…