Posted on 20. Nov, 2008 by in Bike industry, Trends | 2 Comments
Here is an unscientific, apples-to-oranges comparison of Google Trends search volume over the last 12 months for “fixed gear” in blue vs. “road cycling” in red:
There are lots of interesting things here, but two that jump out at me are how much of a bump “road cycling” gets during the Olympics around point C relative [...]
Posted on 04. Nov, 2008 by in Bike industry | No Comments
I’ll be writing more soon about the NorCal High School Mountain Bike League but here’s information about their upcoming benefit weekend in Marin:
Friday evening cocktail party featuring Levi Leipheimer
Saturday evening gala dinner and auction
Sunday group ride with Levi
The league is a really amazing program – get out and support it!
Posted on 27. Sep, 2008 by in Bike industry, Client News, Personal | No Comments
Lots and lots of goings-on at Interbike. It was a long couple of days. I’m not at the point yet where I have actual coherent thoughts but when I do, I’ll post them. Here are some things that were part of the experience.
And these guys:
10 Degrees Latitude from Neal Mueller on Vimeo.
Posted on 22. Sep, 2008 by in Bike industry | No Comments
As I learned from writing the Zipp catalog, the technology that goes into modern race wheels is amazing… and the prices reflect that. But now you can rent a $2000 wheelset for 100 bucks from Echappe Equipment. Well, insurance is $40, a cassette is another $10, and shipping is based on FedEx rates. Carbon-specific brake [...]
Posted on 19. Sep, 2008 by in Bike industry, Client News | No Comments
Kadisco friend/client MASH blogs:
We updated the MASH site today with new videos, 500 information links, a photo archive, a press archive, oh and Lance fucking Armstrong!
Right on. Have fun buying the Tour. (more thoughts on that tomorrow)
Posted on 11. Sep, 2008 by in Bike industry | No Comments
I don’t usually geek out about bike parts, but this is really cool: the 3-speed fixed gear hub from Sturmey Archer. Apparently these were big for British time trialists back in the day. There are 134 comments on Sturmey’s blog post, so apparently I’m not the only one excited.
via BikeRadar
Posted on 02. Sep, 2008 by in Bike industry, Client News, Marketing | No Comments
Here’s a screenshot from Cyclingnews that I noticed while researching the next ROAD column.
(no, this does not mean that the bikes are put away.)
Posted on 10. Jul, 2008 by in Bike industry | No Comments
I suppose Trek has had a number of great ideas, although this might be my favorite: a bike parts vending machine stocked with tubes, tire levers, water bottles and such. Here’s a prototype installed near their HQ in Madison, Wisconsin. In general, Trek is has a major commitment to making bicycles more accessible to the [...]
Posted on 04. Jul, 2008 by in Bike industry, Client News, New Media | No Comments
The project that I’ve been working on with SRAM for the last two months reached a big milestone this week. The Road Diaries went live! The site itself is a multi-author, multimedia blog written by the SRAM road team. We’ll be producing exclusive behind-the-scenes content that we’ll upload at events using mobile technology to give [...]
