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Engineers working for the Bell Bicycle Company have made a serious breakthrough that will literally change how we see bicycle theft. Leaving my bike outside for any length of time always gives me an uneasy feeling. But thanks to a new technology known as B.A.I.N.T. I may not have to worry ever again. This is a description of the technology from the site that broke the story:
Engineers working for Bell in a research laboratory in Switzerland have come up with a paint product that may be the answer to the longstanding problem of bicycle theft. The revolutionary paint will be sold under the patented name “BAINT Paint”. BAINT is a reversed acronym for Theft Neutralizer Invisible Application for Bicycles (T.N.I.A.B.).
The application of B.A.I.N.T. will render your ride invisible, thus solving the theft problem! Below is a picture of the technology is action. For the full article and more amazing pictures, visit the original article here.
Bicycling Magazine has an article that breaks down the top 10 questions they receive from readers about buying a bike. Some of the questions remind me of when I was a kid and it was just common kid knowledge that a certain brand of bike was obviously faster.
Back in the day a Red Line BMX was like the Ferrari of the kid bike world. Kind of like how buying a certain brand of shoe made you the fastest kid on the block.
Slatev has a video claiming that LA boasts America’s Stupidest bike lane.
The stupid thing about bike lanes in New York City is that cars just use them for parking . . . and I have never once seen a car ticketed for doing so.
If you have a stupid lane in your community, chime in.
If you live in New York City you can take advantage of a photography exhibit that started yesterday. If you don’t live in the Big Apple, well, sucks for you. The show is called New York Bike Dreams. A brief description of the show comes from hypebeast:
In the upcoming exhibition, New York Bike Dreams, photographer and messenger Takuya Sakamoto will share his experiences over the years in a series of photographs taken on the job. The whole sub-culture and lifestyle is revealed in this visual foray into the bike messenger world, in New York none the less.
The strength of this system is that it keeps the water off your back, the bladder is easily replaced and it’s easy to clean. The tutorial shows the system mounted to a rear rack, but a front mounted rack would probably work fine as well.
Reader Jim sent us a great front rack hack (say that three times fast) that involves a hacked milk crate. The full Flickr set with annotations can be found here, and Jim’s blog is over here. Thanks Jim!
It takes all kinds of cyclists to make the world go around, and all kinds of cyclists eat it from time to time. I’m generally not a mean spirited fellow, but I gotta be honest here: I find crash videos to be endlessly entertaining! And I tell you what: the web is full of entertaining crash videos, so I’m going to take it upon myself to serve as your human crash video filter. You’re welcome. This batch of video takes a look at 5 gnarly mountain bike crashes…
This first crash is definitely gnarly, but it’s more of a goof than a bona fide crash. The guy basically does an ill timed dismount that never ends:
This one is an actual crash and the anticipation buildup is almost unbearable. You just know the dude is gonna eat it. The only question is how bad will it be:
Number three here will probably make you grimace. Dude’s frame collapses at around 160km/hr. I’ve got nothing but respect for people who ride that kind of crazy:
This fool here, man, I don’t even know what to say. If you’re squeamish, you might skip this one since you’ll be seeing a broken arm. And some goofball “friends” who don’t pay much attention to their buddy’s pain:
Finally, here’s a nice little compilation of crashes by normal East Coast humans. No spectacular flameouts here, just the sort of stuff I can relate to. Plus, a couple of these guys get so racked that you can’t help but laugh!
This was fun! And I know I didn’t do justice to the ridiculous number of mountain bike crashes out there. Rest assured we’ll be doing this again. If you’ve got a “can’t miss” clip, drop it in the comments.
I have seen tall bikes, but this one takes the cake for sure. It seems to have a built in “ladder frame” for climbing up. Dude is sure brave, I’d hate to see what would happen if a car cut him off. That would be a wicked dismount for sure. Having his own escort definitely helped with traffic flow.
To get an idea of how tall the bike is, keep your eye out for the street light split he does at the 1:08 mark.
