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Turn signal cycling jacket

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Here’s something just for Sue, who keeps asking for turn signals for her bike.
Michael Chen of Middlesex University in the UK designed his “Reactiv” responsive cycling jacket. The jacket uses an accelerometer that senses movement to change the color of the LEDs in the back from green (accelerating) to red (braking). It has amber [...]

Basil bags now available at YOUR local bike shop

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

I and many of you have gone ga ga over the beautiful panniers and bags available from Basil Bags in the Netherlands. I loved them so much I bought for my wife last year from Clever Cycles of Portland, OR, which had arranged their own import deal.
I learned just today that the big bike parts [...]

New Pedros Trixie tool

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Pedros is well known for their bike care products and for being a very environmentally minded company. They’ve recently picked up some new investors and gotten a new infusion of cash. During the press conference yesterday I asked what they would be doing with their new found money and they said:
We’re very interested [...]

SealLine Urban Backpack : Preview

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Last week I took delivery of two bags from SealLine, their Urban Backpack and Shoulder Bag. The first one I really will be testing out the next few weeks is the Urban Backpack. With its dry sack design and roll top it really is water proof. This right now is needed [...]

Product Review: Cannondale Doubletrack shorts

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

I bought a pair of Cannondale Doubletrack mountain bike shorts on March 24, 2007. The Cannondale Doubletrack mountain bike shorts consist of a mesh inner short with a padded chamois and a separate durable outer short. Last Monday (exactly a year after I bought them), the fabric finally wore through in the crotchal [...]

Final Review: SE Lager

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

After several months of riding the SE Lager for my daily commute, I’ll now give my final wrapup of my thoughts and impressions of it’s performance as a commuter bike. If you haven’t already, check out my first two posts I did as part of this review (Part one and part two). Also [...]

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