You probably already knew that good times in the aerospace industry has caused a shortage of carbon fiber. Given the ol' law of supply and demand, that means the price of carbon fiber bikes has gone up.
But did you know that the carbon fiber makers are slammin' the bicycle makers in deference to aerospace giants? This isn't a level playing field. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/08/02/carbon-fiber-dealers-target-bike-makers-for-higher-prices/
“C” average college students rejoice! You too can grow up to be head of the largest bicycle company in the US and the second largest in the world with $600 million in sales.
Richard Burke, the chairman of Trek Bicycles, tells Inc. Magazine in the July issue that he didn't really excel in his studies at Marquette University, and he quit his first two jobs right out of college before he was fired. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/30/trek-ownerfounder-richard-burke-tells-all/
Felt Mountain Bicycles is recalling about 700 bikes sold during the past two years after reports that the steel brake attachment can come off the frame.
The Lake Forest, California-based company imports the bikes made by Kinesis in Taiwain. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/08/felt-mountain-bike-recall/
I didn't know much about bicycles — I'm still not what you'd call a gear head — when I bought my first set of wheels back in 1977.
With $150 in my wallet and a copy of the latest Consumer Reports in my hand I marched into Big Wheel Bikes down by the canal in Washington DC and bought that year's recommended bicycle — the Fuji Dynamic 10. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/30/consumer-reports-recommends-bikes-in-june-issue/
Consumers should stop riding bicycles that use the Specialized SW carbon stem with magnesium faceplate, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission warns.
The carbon stem, manufactured in Taiwan for Specialized Bicycles Components, has a magnesium faceplate that holds the handlebar in place. The faceplate can break, causing the handlebars to come off the bicycle. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/23/specialized-sw-carbon-stem-with-magnesium-faceplate-recalled/
Trek is recalling 4,500 helmets made in China under the brands Anthem C Elite and Anthem C Elite WSD, reports the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Although no injuries have been reported from use of these helmets, the CPSC says they do not comply with CPSC safety standards for impact resistance and an injury could result in an accident. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/05/bicycle-helmet-recall-anthem-c-elite/
What member of the cycling industry got its start in a loft in a pickle factory? That would be Cannondale in 1971 when it began making bicycle trailers in Connecticut.
Twelve years later it introduced its first bicycle, a touring model. I remember it well because my friend bought one for our TransAmerica tour the following year (that's Bruce and his Cannondale in Virginia), and I think it's still sitting in his basement. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/19/bike-maker-cannondale-is-35-years-old/
Another sad passing. Cycles Gaansari in Springboro, Ohio, is closing its doors. The bicycle company styled itself after Orville and Wilbur Wright's original business in nearby Dayton before the brothers got into that aviation thing.
Writing in his Bike Evangelist blog, proprieter Gary Boulanger talks about his disappointment in accepting the inevitable, but his pride in the Gaansari and Fisso brand bicycles they turned out …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/06/ohio-specialty-bike-maker-closes/
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the brain bucket you wear for bicycling may not be suitable for in-line skating or skateboarding.
Helmets are built to protect folks' noggins from the types of impacts that occur in different activities. A bicycle helmet won't do the job in a skiing or motorcycle accident, for instance. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/03/are-all-bike-helmets-equal/
I often joke about being able to fix anything with a roll of duct tape, a tube of Crazy Glu or a can of WD-40. But I didn't even think of those when my right STI shifter on my bicycle stopped working.
My LeMond Tourmalet bicycle is six years old, and I always thought one of its coolest features were the STI shifters — brakes and gear shifters all in one. Apparently riding in these wet, cold Northwest winters took its toll on these Shimano components, because a couple of weeks ago the right one stopped shifting. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/30/avoiding-350-bike-repair-with-a-2nd-opinion-and-can-of-wd-40/
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