A couple days out of the office and work sure does pile up. I am in catch up mode right now; so normal posting will resume next week. If you sent me an email in the past week or so, I’ll get back to you eventually. Anyway, the beach was great and crowds were nonexistent.…

Yeah, I know it is not summer anymore, but I am heading down to the beach for a few days and it is still nice and warm on the gulf coast. While I am down there, I might have to try out this trick that I spotted on Pan-Dan. All I have to do is…

I was checking out portfolios on Coroflot earlier today and ran across a few interesting bicycle concepts. Pictured here is a rendering of a city bike from Navin, an industrial designer in Bangalore, India. You can check out more of his bike renderings here. Browsing through a few portfolios reminded me how much I love…

I have been meaning to post about Groupe De Tete since Interbike, but I seem to be on a 3-week delay lately. A post on Bicycling magazine’s “This Just In” blog about the company got my attention because this boutique bike builder is located about an hour north of here in Asheville, NC. They are…

That’s right, I just heard on the radio that today is officially designated as national “Put the Brakes on Fatalities” day. The program is an effort to raise consciousness about the incredibly high rate of transportation fatalities that we have here in the US. Hearing those awful statistics again (42,000 deaths a year or 1…

I don’t know this guy, but I was very interested to read this bit of news on BRAIN today. Torgny Fjeldskaar has been promoted to global director of industrial design at Cannondale after about 3 years with the company. The Synapse, SystemSix, and various European urban bikes are listed as some of his contributions so…

I probably should have mentioned this in yesterday’s post, but it slipped my mind. Bike Biz is now offering a pdf download of the print magazine for free. Yes, now in addition to the breaking industry news on their website, anyone can read the digital edition of the magazine. Trust me, you can’t beat that…

I may have mentioned before that I subscribe to the Cycling News and Views podcast on iTunes. The podcast comes from Carlton Reid, editor of the UK based industry trade magazine Bike Biz. I recommend checking it out if you don’t already get it. I have been pretty backed up with work lately, so just…

Wow, check this out. In keeping with yesterday’s post about graphics, I have to pass along this detail shot (from Singletrack Magazine) of the Mamasita, a new cross-country racing 29er from Salsa. This is definitely a flashy graphics scheme, but I like it. More photos of the Scandium and Carbon bike can be found here.

I shared a few thoughts on the trend toward curved top tubes on road bikes last year. It appears that there are plenty of those bikes at Interbike again this time around. Why not? After all, some of them look pretty nice. Besides you can make any shape you want with carbon, right? I am…

Okay, I know this is a little off topic, but I still thought it was worth passing on. Besides, I am way too busy today to look at any cool new Interbike stuff. You all will have to do that for me. So here is the news. Tim Jackson, AKA Masiguy, was prominently featured in…

I suspect that, like me, most of you will not actually be attending the 25th anniversary Interbike show this week. Luckily for us, this will be the best year yet to see the new bicycle products in Las Vegas from afar. Needless to say, I will be checking out all the mainstream media cycling sites…

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I am a fan of Shimano’s new utility oriented Alfine group. To showcase the versatility of the new component group, Shimano recently sponsored a custom bike design contest called the Alfine Challenge. The company will be displaying the top three winning entries in their booth at Interbike…

I just saw something interesting over at the Interbike Times blog. Artist Taliah Lempert, who paints portraits of bicycles, will be doing just that at the show this year. I have been a fan of her work since I first discovered her website many years ago. Last year, on a trip to New York, I…

Wow, time sure does fly. It is hard to believe that it was a year ago today that I started writing this blog. At the time I was inspired by a few other good bike blogs that I had just started to read. Cyclelicious, Masiguy, Go Clipless, and Just Riding Along were the very first…

I have been meaning to say something about these FSA RD-600 wheels for a long time, but it is one of the many topics that I just never got around to posting about. You see, I like FSA and I think they make really good products. I have an FSA crankset on my cross bike…

I have been meaning to post about Bike Furniture Design for a while. The company makes some interesting contemporary furniture out of recycled bikes and parts. On Wednesday of this week, I noticed that they were featured on Yahoo’s “The 9.” Wow, the front page of Yahoo is pretty good exposure. Congratulations guys.

Earlier this year, I posted about bike related products that were spotted at the Salon del Mobile furniture fair in Milan and at ICFF in New York. In keeping with the theme of bike products at major furniture shows, I looked for something from Maison & Objet, which just wrapped up last week in Paris.…