Greg Overman says he was an avid cyclist when he got into the bicycle industry. Now, as co-owner of the Bike Coop Ltd. in Albuquerque, he has a complaint about the job:
“I don't get to ride anymore. Be careful what you ask for … “
Overman participated in a couple of Q&A type profiles lately (Monday's Albuquerque Tribune…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/24/want-to-start-a-bike-shop-read-this-first/
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Syntace USA have announced the voluntary recall of 2,300 F99 (Force 99) bicycle handlebar stems.
The CPSC reports the bicycle stems in question can crack or break under normal conditions. No incidents …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/19/recall-syntace-usas-bicycle-handlebar-stem/
We've all probably cursed under our breath at SUV drivers; but I'd never criticize the driver of an SUB — sport utility bicycle.
Xtracycle, a small California company, makes SUBs, or bikes that haul. Company president, Kipchoge Spencer, talks about the bikes designed to replace car-trips in an interview with Grist magazine. How does he describe the bike?
“Acts like a bike but works like a truck.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/10/xtracycle-the-sport-utility-bicycle/
What do you do with those over-patched bike innertubes. Throw them out?
Eli Reich of Seattle has started a small business — Alchemy Goods — from patching those old innertubes into bicycle messenger bags (shown at right).
The Seattle Times has featured the company, reporting that “the company struggles to build a profitable enterprise while focusing on sustainability.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/03/recycled-bicycle-innertubes-fashioned-into-messenger-bags/
The Mt. Moriah Bicycle Company in Memphis is closing its doors for good after the new year, ending a ride that began in 1917.
Owner Eugene Amagliani, 81, told the Commercial Appeal (registration required) that he's closing the store so he and his wife can do some travelling.
The bike shop was opened in downtown Memphis by Amagliani's father, but later …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/12/31/88-year-old-memphis-bike-shop-to-close/
Leave it to the Danes to come up with this cool-looking carrierbike. Bicycling stats show 20 percent of the trips in Denmark are made by bicycle.
The trioBike, based in Copenhagen, features a carrier bike that transforms into a bike and stroller.
Two kids can ride in the carrier on the front of this tricycle. The front carrier can …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/12/26/three-way-danish-bicycle/
Can't get your kid to wear a bicycle helmet? Want to stand out in the crowd of 8,000 cyclists at next year's RAGBRAI?
Nogin Sox might solve your problem. The Temecula, CA, outfit makes soft-foam helmet covers in several styles — screamin' frog (right), T-Rex, ladybug, spiked mohawk, exposed brain, or nail head.
It's said that desperation is the mother …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/12/08/nogin-sox-bike-helmet-covers/
The Kona Bicycle Co. is faced with the challenge of developing a bike for use by health-care workers in Botswana.
I wrote about Bicycling magazine's Biketown Africa project yesterday. The magazine, Kona and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation are donating 200 bicycles to help health-care workers deliver treatment to AIDS and HIV patients in cities and rural areas of Botswana. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/12/01/building-a-bicycle-for-africa/
I did a double-take when I saw the cover of the latest Time magazine. There is a picture of the SHIFT, the tricycle that turns into a bicycle as it rolls faster.
Time had judged the tricycle one of most amazing inventions of 2005. My blog covered the Purdue University student project back in April after it took the first …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/17/trike-into-bike-one-of-times-amazing-inventions/
BOB Trailers Inc. is hitching up its bike trailer business and moving from San Luis Obispo, California, to Boise, Idaho.
The Idaho Statesman reports that the company is relocating to find affordable housing for workers and more space for its bicycle trailer …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/03/bicycle-trailer-maker-bob-moving-to-boise-idaho/
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