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Division26 is a clothing company after our hearts
If you’re anything like me, an absurd percentage of your clothes are bike related. With that in mind, it’s still good news when somebody else jumps into the ring making clothes for riders, on or off the bike. Division26 is the latest company to join the party, and with Eric Carter backing the effort, expectations are high. […]
And now for something completely different
Have you been feeling that your bike is just too comfortable and efficient lately? Do you hate the mobility, simplicity, and ease of modern bikes? Well, Gizmodo has dug up the solution. There’s not much to be said other than watch the video, and then go and hug one of your, ahem, ‘real’ bikes.
April Fool’s roundup
With April Fool’s now come and gone, there were a handful of bike-related news items floating around. Some were definitely funnier (and more convincing) than others, so we’ve scraped together some of the better ones for their entertainment value.
GM purchases Specialized
This was the big one on April Fool’s, and the blasphemous story was picked up […]
Lance Armstrong’s new bike shop gets its first complaint
As you might have heard, Lance Armstrong is opening a bike shop in Austin, Texas. The shop, which goes by the name of Mellow Johnny’s (as in maillot jaune, geddit?) is planned to sell mountain bikes, commuter bikes, road bikes, triathlon bikes, and “niche” bikes (read: fads) like low riders. The shop is to be […]
Do the test: clever campaign trying to keep riders safer
Alright, so this isn’t strictly mountain bike news, but most of us ride our bikes on the road at least occasionally, and this new awareness campaign from Transport for London is too cool to ignore. It’s a clever test of your savvy, and focuses on ‘change blindness’, the tendency for our brains to filter out certain […]
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