In addition to the rider transfers that occur during this time of year, teams often change bike sponsors. As you might have noticed in comparison to rider’s transfers, which is a game of musical chairs due to one and two year contracts, bike sponsors don’t change too much – at least for 2014 they don’t. …
We live in a world of instant access to so many things – from where your friends are, to who they’re banging, and more importantly is your personal best on the local climb being threatened. Like the blog, “Jesus Christ, Silicon Valley” I blame the Segway. Remember way back when this motorized, two-wheeled podium was …
If you’ve ever gone to a car trade show you’ll see prototype cars that will never make it onto the highway. Known as “concept cars,” these are a rolling laboratory for ideas that might dribble down to other projects. They are also great for marketing as it shows to the public that they are always …
I picked up the January issue of Bicycling Magazine the other day. When I say, “picked up” I mean purchased it electronically. As I scrolled through one article caught my attention – Badges of Distinction by Leon Dixon. It’s a good article about the history of badges that are placed on the head tubes of …
The Neil Pryde name may not be a familiar one in the cycling world. However in wind surfing their boards are known as being some of the best engineered in the world. So how does a wind surfing company decide to start designing and creating frames? There are some similarities, design-wise, between both of these …