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.…

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…