Topeak, manufacturer of bicycle accessories, has taken it’s vision of a do-it-all bicycle to the masses. The Jango starts as a simple bike with minimal accouterments, but has numerous “ports” designed to accept a number of proprietary equipment and accessories. These include most everything you could want to add to your bike—bags, lights, fenders and even a trailer.
Visit www.jango-bike.com for more information.
RUBARB is an acronym for Rusted Up Beyond All Recognition Bikes. The New Orleans collective works to put old and flood-damaged bikes in the hands of people who need them.
The RUBARB crew can use a few good hands this fall to help work on bikes and/or with youth. You don’t necessarily need to be a bike mechanic (although it would help), just someone with a creative mind, patience, ability to be flexible and enjoy working with youth. They especially want someone to do special projects and activities.
Visit www.rubarbike.org for more information.
The people have spoken and the industry has listened, track bikes for the velodrome and street alike show up in greater volume every year. Here is a link filled guide to some of the fixed gear specific offerings at Interbike 2008 that we managed to catch photos of this year.
Making their official world debut, All City plans to offer rider designed, affordable track parts and frames that have the style and functionality of the higher end offerings out there.
Someone at Cinelli is clearly watching the urban track scene with a keen eye, as evidenced by their Valencia City Bar, pista bar with a flat section for a brake lever, and rather bling seatpost and retro Unicator saddle.
Felt Bicycles had the latest iteration of the Curbside on display, complete with wrench and unique 31.8mm constant diameter handlebar along with their pure track racing bike, the TK2.
After the jump, find more from Torelli, Traitor Cycles, Cane Creek, White Industries, GT, Fuji, SE Bikes, Affinity Bicycles, Masi, Redline, Marin, Pedros, Velocity, Bianchi, Schwinn, Giant, San Marco, SKS, SRAM, Euro-Asia Imports, Profile, FBM, Volume, Brooklyn Machine Works, Oury, FSA and Dia-Compe.
Continue reading ‘Interbike 2008 Track Bike Roundup’
Everyone is for Obama, or so it seems. Via Cycle Jerks, via Fixed Gear, via www.democraticstuff.com.
This unique brake lever from Dia-Compe caught our eye at Interbike. It’s designed with urban fixed gear riders in mind. The lever can be actuated with either hand, but not both. One side of the split lever pulls the cable like a conventional brake lever, the other lengthens the housing in the same fashion that a ‘cross lever functions. It fits a 25.4mm handlebar (with shims for 22.2) with a hinged clamp for easy removal. Retail price seems to range from $55 to $70 (which includes the Flexie), and they’re available in either black or silver. For more information visit www.diacompe.co.jp or check it out over at the Soma blog.
The crazy kids in Denver pulled it off… They opened their own bike shop called Track Shack and celebrated this past Saturday with a bike race that rewarded the winner with a prosthetic leg. Read more over at www.cyclejerks.com.
The Oregon Manifest handmade bike show runs from October 10 to 12, 2008. It features a long list of exhibitors, ranging from custom frame builders to local bicycle organizations. The location within the city of Portland is said to be unique and environmentally friendly.
Visit www.oregonmanifest.com for more information.
White Industries has always been a company that listens to what their customers want. Sure, some of their products cater to a limited segment of the bicycle market, but the people who ride White parts swear by them. Perhaps most notable are their their brilliant eccentric singlespeed conversion hubs and their bombproof freewheels that can be easily rebuilt.
At this year’s Interbike, Doug White was quietly sitting behind a modest display of his handiwork. In addition to a pre-production splined fixed gear hub and cog, White was showing off their brand new pedal design. They’re double-strap compatible and use sealed bearings inside and out.
Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available, and visit www.whiteind.com for more information.
The Derailleur, the unofficial zine of Chicago Critical Mass, recently published its September 2008 issue and dedicated it to Ezra Caldwell.
As some of you may know, Ezra has been battling cancer for the past few months, and that’s something very near and dear to the hearts of many people, including the publisher of The Derailleur. Thankfully, Ezra seems to be winning the fight, which is encouraging news.
Click here to page through the September 2008 edition of The Derailleur, and click here to read more about Ezra.
Day 3 is in the books, and with that the 2008 Interbike trade show comes to a close. Click here for photos from the third and final day of the trade show.
Our sources at Interbike tipped us off to a new company starting out in Portland, OR called Portland Designworks. Started by former Planet Bike general manager Erik Olson, the new company promises, “Bicycle accessories that focuses on simplicity, utility and beauty.” Visit BikePortland.org for more details.
One of the cool things about being at Interbike is that we get to meet our peers in the bike journalism field. The above photo is Josh of Cyclocross Magazine, one of the coolest new publications to hit the streets in years. We’ve been spending some quality time with our friends at Momentum, who put on a heck of a fashion show on Thursday. And we’ve chatted with people from Singletrack, Fixed Gear Gallery, Mountain Flyer, Cog, Bicycle Retailer, Cars R Coffins, Moving Target, Cycling News, Commute By Bike, Cyclelicious, Cycle California, Bike Rumor and Jim Langley from Bicycling.
Our good friends at Momentum Magazine hosted the Urban Legend Fashion Show showing off fashionable bikes, clothing and accessories from the bike industry and beyond. Overall the show gave a real-life look at how people in cities are using bicycles as transportation, wearing whatever their other plans for the evening may involve rather than standard issue cycling gear. One on One owner Gene Oberpriller was one of the “models,” along with some of the Momentum staff and other friends. Look for video coverage on the Momentum website in the coming days.
Day 2 of Interbike is almost over, but we’re on the ball with more photos. Click here to see Brad’s photos.
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