I’m hardly a trackstanding expert, so I’ll point you to this video of Jiro Nakamura from Bikeskills.
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Crazy Idea: Cable car bicycle tow
October 25, 2009 – 9:00 am
Update: I made a little diagram of what I had in mind. Thanks to the commenters for their ideas and suggestions! Update 2: The fact that this is dangerous, possibly deadly, and probably illegal is blindingly obvious, but several of my friends felt obliged to tell me so anyway. Don’t try this at home, kids. read more
2010 Breezer Lightning
October 23, 2009 – 4:00 pm
Coming in December — Breezer will re-introduce the Lightning, a steel hardtail mountain bike. Custom butted Reynolds 525 cromoly and integrated head tube, 23.3 lbs equipped with Fox 32 F100-RL Remote Lockout 100mm Travel Shimano XT FC-M770 44/32/22T Chainrings Shimano XT, 28.6mm top swing dual pull front derailleur Shimano XTR rear derailleur Shimano XT Trigger read more
Follow Friday
October 23, 2009 – 3:03 pm
Happy Friday, all! Curtis responded to a Speedvest discussion on BikeForums.net with his own photoshopped Speedvest. He tells me he met the Speed Vest people at Maker Faire and they loved his version. Steephill has all the latest on the 2010 Tour of California. Speaking of which, a lot of people (including myself) liked how read more
World’s smallest cinema
October 23, 2009 – 10:33 am
This is one that escaped my attention until recently. Virgin Media created the world’s smallest cinema on a bicycle to promote their Virgin Media Shorts award ceremony. They call it a Flick-saw. The compact cinema can fit an amazingly small amount of people, just two! It comes with surround sound, popcorn and drinks. It is read more
Spokesmen #45
October 23, 2009 – 8:00 am
David aka Fred, Mark aka “Thighs”, Tim aka Uncle Giant, Rich aka Mr Interbike, Chris aka Belgian Head Case, Scott aka Sleepy, and I talked about cycling on issue #45 of the Spokesmen. I think we talked about Interbike (more filling, tastes great!), Taiwan (food and fun in the tropical sun), the future of Team read more
