OK, the headline is a bit misleading. The bike is not for sale or anything, but it jumped out at me as I thumbed through the latest Design Within Reach catalog (this image is a full page in the print catalog, so the bike is a bit easier to see). As a designer of home…

Finally, the Giant TCR Advanced Team is to be available in the US. I listed the TCR as one of my favorite bikes back in March, but at the time I was bummed that the integrated seatpost model was only available in Europe. Speaking of Europe, I am ready to add the new Scott bikes…

Shimano just won two Eurobike Gold awards at this year’s show; one for the new XTR group and one for the Alfine group. Alfine, pictured here, is a new component group designed for bicycles with internal hub gears. I am a pretty big fan of this group as it fills a niche between typical city…

Wow, what a great road race yesterday in Greenville. After every lap over Paris Mountain the field seamed to cut in half. This was no doubt a tough course for many of the domestic pros who are accustomed to racing crits all season. It was really cool to see future teammates Hincapie and Leipheimer working…

Have I mentioned that I am excited about the USA Pro Championship races in Greenville? Yeah, I thought maybe I had. I really enjoyed watching the time trial this morning from my spot near the turnaround point. Unfortunately, my camera started to malfunction in the light rain and I missed getting pictures of many of…

The 2006 Eurobike tradeshow is getting started right now in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Check out the website to see what is new at the show. While you are there, the “Design as an engine for the cycling industry” pdf document is worth a download. The document lists the gold and silver level winners of the second…

Posting will be light this week. I have many, many projects consuming my time right now. Later this week, of course, I will be gearing up for the big race weekend. The road race on Sunday crosses over Paris Mountain in northern Greenville five times. As I mentioned, it is a route that I know…

In a comment to my last post, 54 mentioned that he remembered seeing a later prototype of the Black Hole with a smaller hole in the center. He followed up by sending me this picture of the wheel from a mid nineties issue of Road Bike Action. What a shame it is when those pesky…

Yesterday, I saw a post on the Core77 blog that featured this concept rendering of a bike with hubless wheels. The post linked to Kancept, where several respondents took issue with the design. I was just thinking the other day that I had not seen an open wheel design in a while. They seemed to…

Nice scoop for Bike Portland. They posted this fuzzy but top-secret spy photo today of a new Trek city bike that features the Shimano Coasting group. Apparently the picture was taken at Trek’s dealer meeting in Wisconsin earlier this week. I think this is a good move for Trek and I look forward to seeing…

Earlier this week, I mentioned both Biomega and Alta in a post. I have mentioned Biomega a few times before, but I don’t think that I have ever posted about Alta. Many of you might remember the Alta bike in green from its first production run. Now the same single speed commuter is available in…

I wasn’t planning to post today, but I noticed a pretty significant spike in my site stats this morning. It looks like a link from Coudal Partners is the main culprit. Thanks guys. Coincidently, they also had a link to Bike Hugger in the Fresh Signals sidebar a few days ago, so I feel like…

Yeah, I know that the news coverage about professional cycling has not been very positive lately. Like many cycling fans, I have been bummed about the whole situation with Floyd, but I refuse to let that put a damper on my excitement about the upcoming USA Cycling Pro Championships. Ever since I heard the announcement…

That’s right. I still have a Swobo brochure in my catalog file from 1995. Nothing weird about that, right? Even scarier is the fact that I knew exactly where to find it. I liked what Swobo was doing with their design oriented bike clothing ten years ago, and I am glad to see the company…

This innovative suspension system developed by Product M is so named because the design maintains the relationship between the critical human interface points on a bicycle (the bars, seat and pedals). By suspending the rider and keeping the distance between the saddle and the bottom bracket fixed, this design is meant to eliminate, as the…

If you haven’t already seen it, check out the short profile in the July issue of Inc. Magazine of Trek Chairman Richard Burke. I found it last week via a post on Khabar Bike ( a great blog for those of you interested in the latest new bicycle products). Recently, the Make blog showed us…

Recently, PB&J posted about the new Trek 69er singlespeed with a 26” rear wheel and a 29” front wheel. Obviously not a fan of the bike, he said that Trek should “leave the hair-brained ideas” to Cannondale. He also stated that Cannondale is “world renowned for solving non-existent problems.” I don’t agree, but I can…