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Hell’s Belles 3 Barcelona Player Portraits

Hell’s Belles 3 Barcelona Player Portraits

Hell’s Belles is a European women’s bike polo tournament, with the third running happening in November 2013 in Barcelona...

August 21, 2014 with 0 Comments
Gevenalle BURD Cyclocross Front Derailleur

Gevenalle BURD Cyclocross Front Derailleur

Gevenalle (the artist formerly known as Retroshift) introduced the Blatantly Upgraded Rear Derailleur a couple of seasons back, taking a..

August 20, 2014 with 0 Comments
Maestro Frameworks and Adaptive Bicycles

Maestro Frameworks and Adaptive Bicycles

Local to Urban Velo framebuilder Michael Brown of Maestro Frameworks is making a name for himself building adaptive bikes, namely for Mike..

August 20, 2014 with 0 Comments
Soma Wolverine 700c Adventure Frameset

Soma Wolverine 700c Adventure Frameset

The Soma Wolverine is a 700c adventure frameset — call it a gravel grinder, call it a monster-cross bike, call it whatever..

August 19, 2014 with 0 Comments
NYTimes: Memorializing Traffic Deaths With An Aritist’s Touch

NYTimes: Memorializing Traffic Deaths With An Aritist’s Touch

Last week the New York Times published an article about a group of artists memorializing pedestrian and cyclist traffic deaths with..

August 15, 2014 with 3 Comments
Raleigh Willard Gravel Bikes

Raleigh Willard Gravel Bikes

Raleigh found that a lot of people are hitting the road less traveled on their skinny tire bikes and sold through the disc brake equipped..

August 14, 2014 with 0 Comments
Levis The Ride Film Series – Tyrone Stevenson, Jr. of Scraper Bike Movement

Levis The Ride Film Series – Tyrone Stevenson, Jr. of Scraper Bike Movement

These guys so get it. Bikes are fun, spread the word. Check out this video with Tyrone Stevenson Jr, founder of the Oakland Scraper Bikes..

August 14, 2014 with 1 Comment

The Win Tunnel: To Beard or Not to Beard

How aerodynamic is a beard? Specialized engineers use their wind tunnel to find the answer we’ve all been waiting for.

August 14, 2014 with 3 Comments
9th Annual Seattle Bike-In Movies — August 16

9th Annual Seattle Bike-In Movies — August 16

This Saturday on August 16th is the 9th Annual Seattle Bike-In at Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill, presented by the Northwest Film Forum..

August 14, 2014 with 0 Comments
2015 Bianchi Volpe Disc

2015 Bianchi Volpe Disc

Bianchi has updated their popular Volpe line of do-it-all cyclocross bikes with the 2015 Volpe Disc. The disc specific steel frame and fork..

August 13, 2014 with 6 Comments