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Hit from behind leads to a long road to recovery

Long time cyclist Pearson Constantino was preparing for his life long dream of cycling across this great land of ours when he was hit from behind by an SUV. He suffered crippling, life changing injuries to his femur, back and brain. In spite of his disability, Pearson felt motivated by his pain and serious injuries read more »

Fatbikes at Sea Otter 2013

I saw a couple of new fat tire bikes at the Sea Otter expo in Monterey, California last weekend.

Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival 2013 recap

Do you know that truism that if you want something done, give it to the guy that already has too much on his plate? Sometimes that’s me.

Trail API from Singletracks.com

The folks at Singletracks.com have exposed their trail data via a public JSON API so you can create your own trail data mashups. I wish I had some time to play with this and describe its usage, but I don’t so I’ll just repeat part of the announcement for now: A few months back we read more »

Made In USA leather bicycle bags by Detroit Cargo

You might be surprised to know that Detroit got its start as the center of the American automotive industry by being a center of bicycle manufacturing. Several early car companies began as bicycle manufacturers, and the car factories contracted with the same suppliers of ball bearings and mechanical parts that bicycle factories used. Over the read more »

NAHBS: Adventures in Off Road Adventure Bikes

[Publisher's Note: Justin is being coy when he writes about these adventure bikes and fails to mention his own participation in the 2012 Tour de Divide -- and on a single speed bike, no less.] Most – if not all the bikes being shown at this year’s NAHBS are head turners, and the variety of read more »