The other day at the bike shop, the Vittoria rep came by. Vittoria shoes, not tyres. I’ve never owned Vittoria shoes before, but I might…
Mark V
UCI Approval Labels Shelved?
Reports are in that the UCI will “modify” their approval label program that would have required labels issued on bike frames used in competition and…
The name is Tchmil…Andre Tchmil
Every time I see a still of Daniel Craig, who is slated to star in a 3rd James Bond movie since the Casino Royale reboot,…
UCI Approval Labels
A recent topic of bike shop talk is the new UCI rule requiring approval labels issued by their technical committee for bike frames in races.…
Attention public: Brit doc says carbon no faster than steel
Byron emailed me to point out this article in the Bike Biz, explaining about the British doctor who has been widely quoted within online media…
In the Bike Shop: I hate the new QBP.com
When I took over buyer duties at the shop, I was quick to embrace using the online ordering option from QBP, one of North America’s…
“Nah, we’re gonna work this out now”
A former employee at Davidson Cycles got his dirtjump bike that he made while working the frameshop stolen. Days later, the bike actually came into…
Florida roads are deadly…how I miss home.
Stats say that Florida has the most cycling fatalities in the union; and nine cyclists have died in Tampa since midsummer. Of course, Florida is…
3T Sprint bar part 2!
A while ago I mentioned that 3T was introducing a new track sprint dropbar that was based on their TT base bars. The design was…
The Littlest Giant
< p>After my most recent trip to Taiwan (including a tour of the Giant Bicycles factory in Taichung county), I’ve been rather keen on Giant…