Cruzbike has a new model coming out

And I’m still not impressed. Their Silvio is positioned as a road bike, I just haven’t figured out who the target demographic is. According to their website, it will take Dura Ace or Ultegra 10 speed components, and they show it with FSA carbon cranks and Easton wheels. That certainly sounds like the beginnings of … Read more

Gone over to the dark side

There’s a reason for my lack of quality posts lately. I’ve decided to add another two-wheeler to my stable, and this one happens to have a motor. Doing the pre-purchase research and organizing delivery has taken up a good deal of my free time. I’m now ready to get back to digging up interesting bits … Read more

Trek 69er

Michael, at Trek, sent over some info on their 69er. “After hashing out all the gory production details, the Trek 69er singlespeed finally came to market this past April. With things like the sliding dropouts, the flared BB/seat tube juncture and matching fork and frame colors… Well, all these details presented a bit of a … Read more

Project Pink from Ellsworth

Just in time for Mother’s Day. Long known for innovation in design, Ellsworth has taken a step in another direction’”cancer research funding. Without much fanfare, Ellsworth started offering its entire line of ICT mountain bikes in a satin pink anodized finish and will donate $50 to breast and ovarian cancer research and clinical trials per … Read more

In support of your LBS

I think most of us will agree that the more cyclists there are, the better the world will be. Bicycles provide an inexpensive means of transportation that is generally healthy for the user, have no tailpipe emissions, and are reasonably recycleable. Cycling as a sport has fairly low entry costs, and can be done year-round, … Read more