March 2, 20162 Comments on Race Face
Russia’s Daria Shmeleva and Russia’s Anastasiia Voinova cycle to gold in the Women’s team sprint final during the 2016 Track Cycling World Championships at the Lee Valley VeloPark in London on March 2, 2016 / AFP / Eric FEFERBERG.
February 29, 201612 Comments on Idaho stop and dead red for Oklahoma cyclists?
Oklahoma State Representative Lewis Moore (R-Edmond) and State Senator David Holt (R-OKC) authored and introduced HB 2999 on February 1, 2016, to allow cyclists in Oklahoma to treat stop signs as yields, and to treat red traffic signals as stop signs.
February 29, 2016Leave a Comment
Happy Birthday to Dr Seuss this Wednesday. Important: Please note updated meetup location and departure time below!
February 29, 20162 Comments on The head badges of the Handmade Bicycle Show
A head badge is the bicycle brand’s logo affixed to the head tube on the front of a bicycle. Here are a couple of dozen I saw at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show 2016, which took place last weekend in Sacramento, CA. You can find much higher resolution images for each of these head badges by clicking the links below. Each link will open a new window. Alternatively, you can start here and view my whole collection of NAHBS photos as a slideshow.
February 27, 20161 Comment on Fat tire minivelo, and a carbon fiber minivelo
Erik Noren’s off-the-wall artistic mind can always be counted on to create something insanely wonderful for the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, and he doesn’t disappoint for 2016. Everyone else is talking about his electric cargo truck (he rigs a hub motor as a midmount motor, with a 7 speed hub mounted directly behind the bottom bracket, which in turn connects to a differential on the rear axle. It’s got to be seen to be believed), but I’d like to showcase his APHP-10000, a fat tire minivelo bike.
You can see Erik’s creation at his Peacock Groove booth near the center of the show floor, which he shares with HED Wheels and show organizer Don Walker.
The other minivelo at NAHBS was fabricated by Tim Crossman of Kiev, Ukraine. I’ve seen plenty of minivelo bikes, but I believe this is the first time I’ve ever seen a carbon fiber minivelo.
This is Tim’s first time in America. He flies out of LAX next week, and he told me he plans to bike down to L.A. on this bike. I told him it’s over 600 kilometers to Los Angeles from Sacramento. He did a little mental calculation and told me in his Slavic accented English, “Is no problem, I can do in five days on this bike.”
Kudos to Tim. You can find him on the back wall at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show taking place now in Sacramento, California.
February 27, 2016Leave a Comment
David in this story is the tall guy. He owns DirtySixer bikes, which designs bikes around 36 inch wheels for tall and large riders. The shorter guy, who’s actually about average height, is Josh Muir, who fabricates bicycles under the Frances Cycles brand.
This is his small size DirtySixer bike, wihch is fabricated by Ventana. David tells me he plans to launch a Kickstarter next weekend so you too can pre-order your own bike for the tall and large rider in your life.
The other 36er at NAHBS was fabricated by Black Sheep Bikes of Fort Collins, Colorado for Tarryn, who stands about 6’4″ tall with his cowboy boots. He tells me you can roll down a flight of stairs on these big hoops without feeling the bumps.
See these bikes for yourself today and tomorrow at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show taking place now at the Sacramento Convention Center.