The following news piece is from WNYC public radio talking about the growth bike shops in Brooklyn.
One of the first quotes from Pete Kocher of Ride Brooklyn is “A lot of signs pointed to this is a business that could succeed.” These “signs” are seen through research. Kocher may have just been lucky [...]
It seems like electric bikes or e-bikes have been getting a substantial amount of interest recently. Here in the suburbs of Detroit, we had a new e-bike shop pop up about a year ago. And, if you think about the economy of Detroit a year ago, that seems like it would have to have [...]
Ok, so it took me a little bit longer than a day or two to write part 2… But no worries, I haven’t forgotten.
I’m going to kick off this post with a review of an oft overlooked part from many mainstream bikes: fenders. Wood fenders were all the rage at the Handmade Bicycle [...]
I enjoyed the Handmade Bicycle Show in Indianapolis this past weekend. I was relieved to hear from almost everyone that the recession has only been a minor blip in the world of cycling. Most builders that I talked to were positive about their year so far and were looking forward to the spring. [...]
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I had heard the other day that Lance Armstrong had a bike (along with a few others too) that was stolen out of the back of his team truck at the Tour of California. This bike was a one of kind track bike, so I expected that it would be returned, [...]
Feb 5
I’ve neglected to mention my new favorite blog for funtime reading (not that it’s a new blog, I’m just new to the party). Bicycle Design is essentially exactly what it sounds like – a blog about Bicycle Design. It is written by James T, “an industrial designer who has a slight (but I [...]
Jan 28
If nothing else, this logo and name are entertaining:
I am not sure that I really need to add anything else to it. I saw this will reading Urban Velo and thought to myself, “that is a very logical logo.”Aggressive and targeted… those offended by this, probably aren’t the target audience. Hardcore skiers, [...]
Oct 16
Yesterday, I spent some time reading about how to build a bicycle frame. Basically, I was reading how the angles, tubes sizes, etc. are all calculated and drawn out. This led me to read about how weld and how to make carbon fiber. All of this has me thinking that I need [...]
I had a conversation with a shop owner near my home the other day who was complaining that he is starting to lose more shoppers to the internet over bike pricing. He was telling me that margins are so thin that he can’t match the pricing information that customers often have when they come [...]
Oct 6
This weekend I was catching up on the variety of things that have made their way into the bailout package, and I found one very interesting little tidbit: Congressman Earl Blumenauer had a tax incentive for bike commuting that got included in the overall end package. This unrelated addition was presumably to get [...]
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