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Down low glow

Down low glow
Rad! You’re sold right? You are day dreaming about how to trick out your bike, your shoes, and your cat and with these laser chips. All you need after this is an air horn that can play dixie and you will own the road.
My favorite question from the FAQ:
Can I use the Down [...]

Using an iPhone to Track Your Rides

Runkeeper, I don’t know why these guys didn’t think a little more broadly when they named their app, maybe they’re planning on coming out with a whole line of keeper apps, bikeridekeeper, kayaktourkeeper, hangglidingkeeper, basejumpkeeper. Personally I think they should just change the name to something more generic like fitnessmapper, workoutlogger, because I assume that [...]

Handle Bar “Flute”

Mark Growden plays the handlebars from Doctor Popular on Vimeo.
This would be really impressive if he was doing this while riding.

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Don’t Drinking and Weld

I think this is the ugliest bike hack I’ve ever seen. Even hippies with a welder and a shopping cart can produce something that doesn’t make me wretch.

Figure 8 Track


It’s about twine

This guy has really bad taste in music so I’d recommend hitting the mute button. Also the video is completely out of focus but you get the idea. Obviously the key is starting with the loop that you cover with the wrap. Important. A step that was missed when someone showed me how to wrap [...]

Fast Boy Cycles

hi - we are fast boy cycles - GALLERY

I know I keep giving a lot of play to the Fast Boy people but their stuff is really nice. But I’m posting this because of this caveat in their ordering policy:

Your right to micro-manage the project: $500 extra.

for those who don’t remebmer here are the previous [...]

Mountain Bike Terms

Thanks Bob Ward, you have enlightened me. Can’t wait to flash some gnarly singletrack on my hard-tail.

Bike Chain Font

Kind of cool for those of you who are into graphic design etc.

CICLO

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2,865 bicycles

What exactly was he planning to do with 2,865 bicycles? | Rolling Resistance