Month: August 2007

Pink Lady’s 85 lb bicycle

Pink is a heavy burden is cute.

The first thing you see is a riot of pink. She rides a touring bike with front and rear pink panniers. She wears a pink jersey and pink gloves. She has a pink helmet on her head and a stuffed bear is tied on her rear rack with a pink ribbon.

What I want to know is where in the world do you find pink panniers? Read more at Team Alameda. Hat tip to Tommy who found it at Kent’s Bike.

Masi Speciale Commuter

The Masi Speciale Commuter is a new bike for 2008 and is intended for the commuter market.

Masi Speciale Commuter

The new Speciale Commuter is a sweet metallic root beer color. It has long dropouts (forward facing!) with a dérailleur hanger, but stock this bike comes equipped with a freewheeling singlespeed cog on a 130 mm flip flop hub. The randonneur bars have natural cork tape on them. This is a commuter bike, so of course it has rack and fender mounts. CroMo fork and frame, of course. Kenda flat resistant Kwick Trax commuter tires have reflective sidewalls.

This bike is amazingly gorgeous.

Cruiser bikes from Masi

Tim “Masi Guy” Jackson has unveiled one of the new bikes in the 2008 lineup. The Masi Speciale SoulVille.

Speciale Soulville

This bike is simply gorgeous!

This cruiser bike represents a shift to diversifying from Masi’s road and track racing heritage. “Let’s face it, road—more specifically race bikes—had to slow down eventually,” Jackson said. “The market is expanding into more categories all the time, but the commuter/hybrid/utility bike category is one that particularly appeals to me.” Specs:

  • Internal 8spd rear hub with Revo shifter.
  • Coaster brake.
  • Simple arc bar with natural cork grips.
  • Ritchey adjustable stem.
  • Rack and fenders mount.
  • Custom Masi embossed leather saddle with springs.
  • Double butted chromoly steel with steel fork with lugged crown.
  • Alloy fenders with the Masi headbadge artwork laser etched on them(!)
  • Available in 14″, 16″, 18″ and a 20″.

This bike will retail for about $800 and will be available in black or cream.

Friday bicycle link love

Before I start, I have to share this story: Dan Gertz of Los Angeles was found with three gallons of GHB during a traffic stop. Oops!


“Oficina Reloaded” photo by Yuri de Castro

These are the blogs which linked to Cyclelicious over the past week or so, so I’m returning the love. Thank you all!

Hybrid GM / Chevy full size SUV

In the For Whatever It’s Worth Department.

Sold as either a Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid or a GMC Yukon Hybrid, it’s a full-size sport-utility with as many as eight seats and the capability to tow a boat that also delivers a fuel-economy gain and can even run on pure electricity.

The hybrid (which uses a 6.0-liter V-8 for better low-end torque) ought to get 19 to 20 mpg in the city and 21 or 22 mpg on the highway.

The target customer? “It’s clearly going to be the customer who needs an SUV’s five-, six-, seven-, eight-passenger capability. They tow their boats. They go camping. They really have a need for this SUV,” says Micky Bly, GM’s director of hybrid powertrain integration. “But they also want to make sure they’re ecology-conscious, that it’s important to get the best fuel economy.”