This guy makes it look so simple. Great skills, great imagination and great-riding wheels? Two out of three ain’t bad.
Spokeless Wheels From An Amazing Fabricator
Category: Mountain Biking
Coronavirus May Take The Sea Otter Classic As Its Next Victim – UPDATED
UPDATE: The 2020 Sea Otter Classic has been rescheduled for October 1-4, 2020. There is more information here. The date change makes the best out of a bad situation and may work better for brands interested in releasing new model and product information. March 9th, 2020: The 2020 Sea Otter Classic, a week-long celebration of bicycling scheduled for April, has pulled the plug due to Coronavirus fears. The thousands of riders who ride or race in the downhill races, cross-country races, E-bike races, circuit races, cyclocross races, gran fondo and…
Concept Bicycle Helmet That Tucks Into A Water Bottle – UPDATED
UPDATE 2/21/2020: Following up on the much-hyped Park & Diamond foldable bicycle helmet, it appears the company has not yet delivered a single helmet. The company’s last update to their 13,040 backers explains that the latest delivery delay is due to…wait for it…the Coronavirus! This is six months after the company claimed that a production “bottleneck” had been resolved to assure a higher production rate and faster delivery. I can’t find verification that the helmet meets or exceeds the U.S. CPSC cycling helmet standard. I suppose the company could get…
Portland’s Cool Bike Shop
The awesome mural on the shop’s wall is what got my attention, but it is the shop behind the art that is pretty cool. The Community Cycling Center is a non-profit bike store that develops programs to get people on bikes. Check them out.
Steam Punks On Two Wheels
A mad scientist creates a jaw-dropping, steam-powered bicycle. Not as convenient as an electric-motorized bicycle and a lot more complex than a human-powered bicycle, it brings back the great memories of the steam-locomotive toy I had as a kid.
Jimmy Mac On Two Wheels’ Most-Viewed Stories of 2019
I’m not sure why the top stories of 2019 are very important. I don’t have advertisers to appease and I don’t monetize my loyal readers. It is not a fair measurement because the stories posted in the first part of the year had more opportunity to build an audience than the stories from a month ago. I guess I’m just curious what stories spiked the status quo and if you missed them, you get another shot to read them. So here you go. The most-read stories of 2019. E-Bikes Not…
Niner Trout 9 RDO Coolest Custom Paint Of The Year
The year is almost up and Niner squeaked in with this amazing custom artwork to easily win my “Best of 2019 for Custom Paint.” You can read the entire story here. Congrats to Niner senior graphic designer Nate Adams for such a fun, well-executed custom presentation.
The Amazing Bob Sutton Shocks His Docs
I was introduced to Bob Sutton by the late Steve Tilford. That should tell you something right there. We became fast friends. Bob even spent some time working for the same publishing company I used to work for and Dirt Bike published a few of Bob’s adventure stories. Bob was recently diagnosed with a very serious medical condition that required a surgery. When Bob showed up for the procedure, his doctors were shocked at a good amount of bruising on Bob’s body. Bob explains in an email received this morning;…
Antagonizing Motorists Does Not Improve Rider Safety
I’ve noticed a number of well-meaning experts touting the use of pool noodles by cyclists to keep motorists from passing too closely. I believe this is bad advice that may be counter productive and potentially dangerous. Here’s why. Years ago I was given a jersey that read “3 Feet To Pass” and had graphics of a big arrow and an automobile passing a cyclist. I thought it was pretty cool. My first ride in it dampened that enthusiasm. It seemed like an inordinate number of vehicles passed dangerously close (by…
The Major Flaw in Brigham Young University’s E-Bike Paper Revealed
A flood of headlines last week appeared to be clickbait because of their preposterous claims. The articles from Outside, The Verge, Men’s Health, KSL.com, Adventure Journal and Electrek referenced a study from Brigham Young University claiming that riding an E-bike requires close to the same amount of energy as riding a bicycle. Anyone who has had the pleasure of riding an E-bike knows the main attraction of electric-motorized bikes is how much they reduce the energy needed to ride. These media outlets were claiming the study proved this perception wrong.…