Those of you interested in art and motion and craftsmanship may enjoy reading about the North American Handmade Bicycle Show that just closed in San Jose this week.
David Rowe, a Portland cyclist who writes the Ready to Ride blog, visited the 3-day bike show and reports that about half the nation's 100 or so indepedent bike frame builders exhibited.
The Silicon Valley may seem an odd choice for a handbuilt bike …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/09/north-american-handmade-bicycle-show/
Before you get on that trainer again, check to see whether it's a Performance Travel Trac Trainer. If it is, check closer; it might have been recalled.
Chapel Hill, NC-based Performance Inc. is recalling about 10,200 Travel Trac Trainers after receiving two reports of a blocking mechanism that can break, causing the bicycle to disengage from the stand and a fall to occur. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/07/bicycle-trainers-recalled-by-performance-and-nashbar/
The results are in! International Cycle Works has announced its Top 100 Specialty Bicycle Retailers for 2006.
Before we open the envelope, let's make one thing clear. These specialty bike shops were chosen by sales representatives for six top bicycle and six top bike part manufacturers. Each sales rep voted for the top three retailers in his or her territory in market share …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/04/top-100-bicycle-shops-for-2006/
You've probably seen the Cars-R-Coffins logo — a black coffin on four wheels with the license plate 666.
It's on T-shirts, socks, jerseys, water bottles … you name it. It's the brainchild of Hurl Everstone, 38, a bicycle advocate in Minneapolis who published a newsletter by that name.
Earlier this month, Cars R Coffins got into the business of peddling coffee to cyclists. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/27/cars-r-coffins-opens-coffee-shop-for-cyclists/
The Cascade Bicycle Club throws a huge reunion for all the cyclists in the Pacific Northwest as winter draws to a close. It's called the Seattle Bike Expo, and it was held at Hangar 27 at Magnuson Park again this year.
Thousands showed up on bikes and in cars to check out the offerings of 150 exhibitors over the weekend. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/20/the-seattle-bike-expo-a-reunion-and-a-show/
If you're anywhere close to Seattle this weekend, I'd recommend the Cascade Bicycle Club's Seattle International Bike Expo on Saturday and Sunday.
I've been to this for the past couple of years, and it's definitely worth checking out. It's a celebration of everything bicycle — riding, touring, apparel, parts, gadgets, recumbents, foldables — you name it. More than 150 exhibits …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/17/seattle-bike-expo-weekend/
Remember the BikeTown Africa project announced late last year?
Bicycling magazine had decided to take its “BikeTown” project to Botswana in cooperation with Bristol-Myers Squibb to help medical personnel deliver HIV-AIDS treatment to people in cities and rural villages.
Kona Bicycles, located up the road in Ferndale, Washington, got the deal to make the bikes and has been blogging its …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/14/kona-assembles-first-biketown-africa-bike/
A California jury rejected claims by the families of nine injured children that Wal-Mart and bike importer Dynacraft knowlingly sold bicycles with faulty front-wheel quick-release levers.
Ironically, the Marin County jury issued the verdict the day after a quick-release lever broke on a bicycle they were inspecting in the jury room. The Chinese-made Next brand bicycle, the style at issue …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/10/jury-clears-wal-mart-and-dynacraft-in-faulty-quick-release-trial/
I've often been accused of being a bicycling Luddite. I'm the last cyclist on my block to use integrated brake-handle shifters, aerodynamic helmet, Kevlar tires (what's wrong with Mr. Tuffies?), aero rims, etc.
That also goes for bike electronics. Yet I read with interest a New York Times piece touting a bicycle computer made by Garmin in today's technology section. With 8 data fields, it's too distracting for me to use, although I'm sure many others will find the features very valuable. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/03/garmin-edge-305-bicycle-computer-too-much-information-for-me/
It takes lots of imagination and artistic flair to find new uses for old bicycle parts. Graham Bergh at Resource Revival and his staff must have a limitless supply of both.
They certainly have a limitless supply of parts from which to choose.
The Mosier, Oregon, outfit acquires boxes of used bike parts from shops and bike centers and churns out clocks …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/02/recycling-used-bike-parts-into-useful-items/
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