Go to most bicycling events where there are more than a couple of dozen bikes and you'll find Treks, Lemonds, Gary Fishers, and Kleins.
The bikes can range in price from about $400 to more than $7,000. What they all have in common is that they're all made by Trek Bicycle, the world's largest bike company.
The man who started it all in a red barn in Waterloo, Wisconsin, 32 years ago was Richard Burke. He died Monday from complications of heart surgery at age 73 …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/03/12/trek-bicycle-founder-richard-burke-dies/
Calfee Designs is supplying its bamboo bikes to a California-based bicycle racing team composed exclusively of vegans.
OrganicAthlete launched its cycling team in 2007 and five of its athletes will be riding the bamboo bikes this year.
Although he experimented with bamboo about 10 years ago, Craig Calfee has been building the bamboo bikes at his Santa Cruz County shop for three or four years. The bamboo tubing is bound with a hemp-fiber wrap that helps create a green, renewable bicycle…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/19/vegan-cyclists-stick-with-bamboo-bikes/
After a very successful weekend in Portland, the North American Handmade Bicycle Show is heading out to Indianapolis for its 5th annual event next year.
Apparently show owner Don Walker likes to keep his show on the road to give more people a chance to fall in love with those beautiful hand-built bicycles. Can't argue with that.
Also, the UrbanVelo blog says that Indianapolis (home to Monon Trail, above) is within a day's drive of 100 million people out there in the Heartland. Nearby cities include Chicago and St. Louis, as well as Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland and Detroit…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/11/why-indianapolis-is-a-good-choice-for-nahbs/
Trek Bicycle is recalling 49,000 girls mountain bikes after receiving 13 reports that the frames broke, resulting in four injuries.
The recall, in cooperation with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, covers the Trek MT220 girls bicycles sold through authorized Trek dealers from April 2004 through June 2007 for about $300.
The bicycles were manufactured in China and Taiwan for the Waterloo, Wisconsin-based bike maker…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/07/trek-recalls-49000-girls-mountain-bikes/
If you're anywhere in the Pacific Northwest, you should be reminded that this weekend is the North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Portland.
This is the show's first year in Portland, where some 155 exhibitors will show their wares to the public at the Oregon Convention Center on Saturday and Sunday (Friday is industry only day).
Organized by Don Walker and in its fourth year, the handbuilt bike show has helped focus more attention on this cottage industry that not only produces unique, high-quality machines but is also an early bellwether of changes in the bike industry…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/07/handmade-bicycle-show-in-portland-this-weekend/
(The blog feeds for Sheldon Brown tributes has been moved to the upper sidebar of the Biking Bis “Feed Zone” page.)
The foremost Internet authority on bicycles and bicycle maintenance died last night of a massive heart attack.
Sheldon Brown's websites were the first place many of us bike geeks landed when we needed authoritative …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/04/sheldon-brown-2/
Ownership of the Cannondale Bicycle Corp. is headed north of the border with its purchase by Montreal-based Dorel Industries.
A huge consumer products company, Dorel markets Schwinn, Mongoose, GT, Roadmaster, Murray, InSTEP and Playsafe through its Pacific Cycle division.
In announcing the $200 million purchase, company officials said Cannondale would operate as a separate group aimed at independent bicycle dealers, while the other bike brands will continue to target the mass merchandisers …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/04/maker-of-schwinn-buys-cannondale-bicycle-company/
It's hard to imagine Interbike anywhere except Las Vegas, but show coordinators are considering relocating the fall bicycle expo to another city.
The long-term contract at the Sands Convention Center runs through 2009. Interbike industry consultant Lance Camisasca recently said the decision to stay or move must be made by mid-2008.
If Interbike were to move, the leading options are Anaheim and Denver. They have the required floor space, and good restaurants, hotels and entertainment for the more than 20,000 who attend…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/01/24/interbike-to-leave-vegas-for-2010-bike-expo/
Did you give yourself a new bicycle or new bike gear for Christmas and need to get rid of some old stuff, or are you just looking for bargains?
Either way, the next couple of months are popular times for bicycle swap meets where you'll find retail dealers or your neighbors offering great prices on bicycles and equipment.
Some of the larger bicycle clubs put together these swap meets, which are sometimes paired with an overall bicycle expo or classic bike show. Here are a few of the high profile ones in St. Louis, Seattle, Baltimore, Tucson, and western New York, among others (check your local bicycle club for local listings)…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/01/20/10-great-winter-and-early-spring-bike-swap-meets/
Bicycle retailers in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states can see and rides lots of new bikes without having to travel to Las Vegas to participate in the Interbike Outdoor Demo next fall.
The trade show is inaugurating the Outdoor Demo East from 9 to 5 on Oct. 21 and 22 at the Roger Williams Park in Providence, R.I., this year to serve retailers on the East Coast.
It follows the annual Interbike show in Las Vegas, with the Outdoor Demo in Bootleg Canyon slated for Sept. 22-23 and the big show at the Sands Expo and Convention Center on Sept. 24-26…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/01/12/interbike-outdoor-demo-visits-east-coast/
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