New Gear From Industrial Revolution

It’s always fun to check out the latest from Industrial Revolution at Outdoor Retailer. While the PowerTrekk portable power solution that generates electricity from water was definitely the highlight, there are plenty of other products worth mentioning. Here are a few of our favorites, in no particular order. Later this year, we’ll probably review one … Read more

NICA Launches Booster Fund: Increases Access To Sport

Grants available for student-athletes, coaches and team BERKELEY, Calif.-The National Interscholastic Cycling Association is pleased to announce the launch of the NICA Booster Fund program. The fund was established with $30,000 raised at the NICA Awards Banquet in January this year and will provide micro-grants to individual student-athletes, coaches and teams from underrepresented areas and … Read more

And Now For Something Completely Different – ZBoard

One of our followers on Facebook mentioned the ZBoard, a product we had not heard of before. We checked out their website (www.zboardshop.com) and were surprised to see an electric skateboard. Now, we’ve seen mountain boards, which are noisy gas-powered, monster tire-equipped snowboards for the summer, but the ZBoard is like their complacent, polar opposite … Read more

Review: Detours Sodo Handlebar Bag

I do love my Wabi Classic. Set up as either a single speed or fixed gear, it rides like a dream, handles great, and is sexier than any bicycle deserves to be. If there is one downside, it’s that it lacks mounts for a rack and panniers. This is perfectly acceptable, as few cyclists are … Read more

WILEY X,® INC. ONCE AGAIN SET TO RAISE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO SUPPORT IMPORTANT BREAST CANCER RESEARCH

For Third Straight Year, Company Will Donate Money From Sale of Each Pair of Popular Lacey™Sunglasses For the third consecutive year, leading protective eyewear manufacturer Wiley X®, Inc. will be raising thousands of dollars for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation® (BCRF), through an ongoing fundraising program linked to sales of its popular Lacey™sunglasses.  Throughout 2012, … Read more