The Industry Outsider Archives: Reviews and Guides Since 2007

  • Mountain Bike Pioneers Tip Their Glasses to Trips for Kids

    Local mountain bike legends and Marin Community members gather to celebrate Trips for Kids and raise $3,000 San Rafael, Calif. – Feb. 19, 2008…

  • Handmade Bicycle Show Photos

    By now, the entire internet must be full of photos from the show in Portland. Even though I’m practically chained to my desk, I…

  • News about “the other Lance”

    LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. – Feb. 11, 2008 – Lifeboat Solutions founder and Interbike industry consultant, Lance Camisasca, was recently named Individual Advocate of the…

  • Ritchey and Syncros to show upcoming goodies at the Handmade Bicycle Show

    SAN CARLOS, Calif. – Feb. 6, 2008 – Ritchey Design today announced it will show prototypes of road and mountain bike handlebars using hi-strength…

  • BMX fans – Bubba Harris on Rush HD-TV!

    Gork, from SBS/Redline, sent over this info about Bubba’s upcoming show: Friday February 8th @ 9PM ET/PT In the case of this must-see series,…

  • Sheldon Brown

    Just when I was ready to start doing some writing again, the cycling industry lost one of its greatest advocates and resources. Sheldon Brown,…

  • It’s been a rough year already

    I lost my dad last week. I’ll resume posting when I’m caught up with the rest of my life.

  • I lied

    I don’t have any secret spy stuff today. But I have been trying to get some news out of Sunrace Sturmey Archer. And you’re…

  • Not your regular Ellsworth model

    It’s funny, the articles you can find if you just search a bit. Here’s one about a seven year old kid named Noah Garcia.…

  • Interbike for the east coast

    SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. – Jan. 10, 2007- In an effort to better support retailers in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, Interbike announced it…

  • Say no to the Nano

    Hey, I have nothing against the iPod, but unless you live under a rock, (and apologies if you do) you’ve probably heard about Tata…

  • Seven percent!

    That’s what this works out to. One point four million bicycles were sold in Australia last year. That’s in a country with a population…

  • Things can only get better from here…

    Over the past several days, I’ve sat down and tried to write at least a dozen times, to no avail. I’ve wanted to be…

  • I guess this is my last post of 2007

    365 days ago, I wrote my first post for this blog. I’ve managed to knock out another 224 since then, and mostly enjoyed it.…

  • Test

    365 days ago, I wrote my first post for this blog. I’ve managed to knock out another 224 since then, and mostly enjoyed it.…

  • Santa on a bike, Bulgarian style

    I can’t think of a better cycling advocate this time of year than jolly old St. Nick. Sure, Floyd Landis Lance Armstrong might be…

  • Yesterday’s news…

    I’m getting a little behind as the end of the year approaches. In case you didn’t read it elsewhere already: SAN CARLOS, Calif. –…

  • Sweet bike!

    LAKE FOREST and SAN CARLOS, Calif. – Dec. 18, 2007 – GT Bicycles and Ritchey Design Inc. today announced the signing of sponsorship agreements…

  • There’s a little Santa in all of us

    I’m talking about this article. Susan Runsvold got this crazy idea a few years ago to scrape up some cash and buy bikes to…

  • Rickshaws are bad. Rickshaws are good.

    I was doing a bit of browsing (thank you, Al Gore, for this blessed series of tubes) and came across this article, about India’s…