April 3rd, 2009 by Matt · No Comments
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Thank you to all of you who submitted entries for the LED Reflective Cycling Vest contest sponsored by the folks over at TwoKnobbyTires.com. After reviewing all of the entries we have chosen a winner and it is . . . . Travis A. Wittwer, Portland, Oregon.
The photo submitted has it all really. The photo below includes the following elements:
Positive Influence on kids: Kids being transported by bike rather than car.
Safety: The kiddies are in their brain buckets.
Art: Local graffiti that is pretty dope, including the gas pump suicide tag (look closely for it).
A cool ride: That is one unique ride that you might see commonly in Europe, but not on this side of the pond.
A hack: Check on the bungee holding the bag on the back down.
Here was the comment submitted by Travis with the photo. Thanks again Travis, we’ll be in touch in regarding getting you hooked up with the TwoKnobbyTires.com folks.
These are my three boys our our commute home from school. It is just under 5 miles, one way, through a variety of urban features, including a great vista over a bridge. The last section of the route is to cruise up Williams Ave (it is noted in the graffiti), which is a main bike road from north and south. We often stop in front of this wall for a break and to see what new graffiti has been added to the ever changing wall of a Portland artist (the wall has since been torn down). The stencil of the “gas pump suicide” was new that week.
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art, children, contest, helmet, led, photo, picture, reflective, safety
April 2nd, 2009 by Andrew · 1 Comment

Photo credit goes to Extra Leg
We’ve had leg postings before…but none like this. The Extra Leg is new product produced by A.P.C. via Jean Touitou. The concept is fairly simple, yet effective.
The Extra Leg is a garment accessory that allows you to really protect your pants when you ride your bike without looking like an idiot. Just wrap them around your pants, they self attach with Velcro, and leave your trousers untouched and protected from your bike.
The Extra Leg comes in Black Denim, Raw Denim, and White Denim. 12euro each, or 3 for 30euro…available online here
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clothes, culture, gear, ride, riding
April 2nd, 2009 by Matt · No Comments
A couple of more photos for the LED Reflective Cycling Vest Contest. Winner announced tomorrow!
I took this photo this past fall as I was leaving work. That empty area where you can walk or ride under the second floor of the building would be a great place to put a bike rack. That building is Kingsbury Hall at UNH-Durham (the University of New Hampshire). Last spring, summer and fall, I cycled to work most days, but often had difficulty finding a good place to lock up my recumbent trike. Students frequently locked their bikes to railings and other objects because there were not enough bike racks.
Tim Logsdon (aka: the Recumbent ReCycler)
Somersworth, NH
A picture of my bike on my commute through San Francisco. Taken in front of the De Young museum. Meow.
Derek S
San Francisco
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contest, led, photo, picture, reflective, vest
April 1st, 2009 by Andrew · No Comments

The San Diego Custom Bicycle Show is taking place at the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center. The location will be in the Golden Pacific Ballroom…if your going to be in the area, it will definitely be worth checking out! You’ll need to order tickets in advance, but you can do that here. For a full list of exhibitors (as of 3/27), see below.

If anyone gets pics at the show, we’d love to see them! For more information, please visit SanDiegoCustomBicycleShow.com
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bicycle, california, culture, customization, modification
April 1st, 2009 by Matt · 1 Comment
A while back we posted an entry on camera mounts for bicycles. A reader recently stumbled upon the post and added a comment about his own experience with an out of box kit by a company called Hobby XCam. Their site is decidedly combustion engine leaning, so maybe buying one for a pedal powered bike is a hack in itself.
Jerad wrote up a great entry and you can find it on his blog JeradWeiner.com and he also posted a great Flickr set. The sample video on his site is remarkably smooth. Most bike/helmet mount videos I see are jumpy and I can’t watch them for more than a minute or so. If you are a video honk this might just be the droid you are looking for. Thanks Jared!
Photo Credit to JeradWeiner.com
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camera, helmet, mount, video
March 31st, 2009 by Andrew · 2 Comments

Photo credits go to the Bikehacks crew
While passing through PDX (Portland International Airport) back in November, I noticed this display of Oregon-made bikes. The bikes were on display in a 40′ display case, but because it’s located beyond the gates of the TSA only ticketed passengers see it. Since I saw this back in November, I am unsure if it is still up or not…and for those who didn’t get a chance to see it, enjoy!









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bikehacks, culture, customization, oregon, portland, riding
March 31st, 2009 by Matt · No Comments
You know you are getting big when you are getting picked up by The New York Times, after all, we got picked up =)
Bike Blog NYC got picked up by the New York Times for a post on a cool hack criterium race through the Red Hood section of Brooklyn. Here’s a snippet from the article, give the full thing a read, it’s dope for sure.
The race, called the Red Hook Criterium, was organized by David August Trimble to celebrate his 26th birthday, which had been a few days earlier. Among the participants were art dealers, bike messengers, graduate students and at least one man who said he was happily unemployed. All were riding track bikes — fixed gear bicycles fit with narrow tires and aerodynamic frames for racing. And no brakes.
Photo Courtesy of Casey Kelbaugh
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criterium, fixie, new york times, race, red hook
March 30th, 2009 by Andrew · No Comments

Photo credit goes to Jam Home Made & ready made
Jam Home Made & ready made is a Japanese jewelry and leather accessory company with a pretty cool product offering! Their current collection features a ‘Recycle’ theme that is communicated through their use of recycled bike chain links to make bracelets.
Photo credit goes to Jam Home Made & ready made
There are many colors available, check them out here and here!
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culture, japenese, links
March 29th, 2009 by Matt · 3 Comments
Reader Anthony sent us along a hack he ran into over on the forum portion of the Roadbikereview.com Web site. With some rubber cement, velcro, and a trash bag you can make a handlebar bag for your bicycle.
Not sure how durable this might be, but if you wanted to take along some maps, money, or other light items this might do the trick. Thanks for the heads up Anthony! The following comes from mynamesrob on the forum:
I was looking online at making a messenger bag and I came across the video on how to make one out of trash bags. No way! So I tried it trial size and it turned out awesome. I decided to make it into a handlebar bag by adding straps and doo-hickeys to make the straps taught.
I have to find a way to secure the front flap; velcro maybe? I don’t want to have to undo the sewing to add a zipper… Not sure yet; I may just leave it like it is; or add a strap and buckle. Who knows!
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bag, handlebar, map, rubber cement, valuables, velcro
March 28th, 2009 by Matt · 4 Comments
When I first read this story shivers went through my body. This comes from MercuryNews.com:
SALINAS, Calif.—A motorist who called 911 to report hitting something hours earlier on Highway 1 has pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter in the drunken driving hit-and-run death of a bicyclist.
The bicycle was still attached to Charles Seaborn’s Range Rover when the California Highway Patrol arrived at his Carmel Highlands home.
The 54-year-old Seaborn pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and felony hit-and-run for the death of 48-year-old Daniel Vasquez on Feb. 9, 2007. Seaborn will be sentenced May 15 to five years in prison.
Let me get this straight, the driver was so drunk that he did not notice a bicycle attached to his car after he had run the cyclist over? And he got five years for taking someone’s life? Please at least tell me that he will never, ever be able to possess a drivers license again for the rest of his life. If it is not a law that if you kill someone while driving you will never ever be able to possess a motor vehicle license again, it should be.
Be careful on the roads out there folks.
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alcohol, death, drunk driving, law