I’m not lazy (well, truth be told, I do enjoy my free time). Gail (my wife) and I have loaded up Big Red and we are headed out for a road trip. We hope to out on the road until November, so please excuse the lack of postings. This road trip will be unplugged.
You can’t get your hands on the electric-powered Porsche Taycan until next year, but you can see it featured in a promotional video from DJI who are promoting their new drone, the Mavic 2. Also captured in the video is a mountain bike rider (on the road) with a ginormous pack on his back (the rider pops on the screen at the 14-second mark). To all my riding friends, be careful of silent speeding Porsches.
Steve Cuozzo’s editorial against the use of bicycles in New York City is so misguided that, as a cyclist, it is hard to read it or take it seriously. There may be some valid points in his editorial, but the racial and sexist overtone drowns out what little common sense the editorial possesses. If you find the time to read the editorial, you might want to drop Steve a message with your feelings. This is especially important if you are a female or a non-white male rider (because Steve doesn’t…
Ohio University and Appalachian State University researchers have put together one of the more interesting mountain bike surveys I have even taken. The survey is sponsored by the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) with funding help from SRAM. While not a big fan of surveys (questions can be slanted and responses can be skewed), this one has some unique questionnaire features where you can drop and shuffle your answers (you’ll understand if you take the survey). Hit this link to take the survey. The survey is open to U.S. residents…
I was fortunate enough to get my hands on an Underground Bike Works Revival 27.5+ hardtail mountain bike for a week of thrashing around in the hills surrounding the beautiful (and dry and dusty) community of Somis, California. I say “fortunate” because only 250 of these bikes are being made. This was a unique opportunity to spend some saddle time on an ultra-rare, two-wheel creation. THE BIKE’S PEDIGREE The Revival 27.5+ comes to the trail with some serious DNA behind it. Rather than try to trace the family tree, you…
A bicycle trade organization, People For Bikes, is offering riders a chance to win an iZip E3 E-bike (valued at $3749 but being blown out by iZip for $2999) for taking a rider survey that helps rate your community for its bicyclebility (a word I just made up that I don’t believe will stick). The survey will identify where cyclists are welcome and where more work needs to be done to make them welcome. Share your feelings on local cycling and earn a chance to win an electric-motorized bicycle. Good…
The Specialized advertisement that pits their Turbo e-bike against a bicycle has got to be the weirdest advertisement Specialized has produced since their high-speed police pursuit video. It sends a message that must have e-bike proponents gnashing their teeth. The bicycle is piloted by Peter Sagan, one of the fastest bicycle racers on earth. The Turbo e-bike is ridden by a rider identified only as Grandma Joan. The ad, that does not reveal Joan’s age, explains that her heart requires a pacemaker and she has had two knee replacements. The…
The rider who ignored closed warning gates by riding round them gets quickly owned by the bridge. Luckily, a number of Good Samaritans pulled the dazed and confused rider from the gap before it closed.
Alexis Bosson jumped over a few Tour de France riders in this year’s event, but let’s give credit to Dave Watson who did the same thing eight years ago.