The Industry Outsider Archives: Reviews and Guides Since 2007

  • Did he invent the wheel too?

    Perhaps I’m just a bit cynical today. I read this article about a nice little old man that “invented a motorized mountain bicycle”. My…

  • I almost didn’t publish this

    First, it’s huge. This will easily take up an entire page on my blog. Makes me look slack, since not only did I not…

  • A Tony Hawk Bicycle?

    I can remember when Tony Hawk was still an unknown in the skateboard world. Of course, he’s become a something of an icon in…

  • Patrick Sims, please keep delivering your message

    I just found out that Patrick appeared on the Dr. Phil show recently. In November of 2005, Patrick was the driver of a vehicle…

  • Giant makes a Giant-sized donation

    I really like passing along news like this. Props to Giant for their generous contribution to this worthwhile cause. SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – September…

  • Steal a bike, tamper with evidence

    There has been a lot of discussion about a bicycle lately which was considered to be critical evidence in the recent disappearance of a…

  • Utah ride – Yield to Life Dave Zabriskie Time Trial Challenge + 5K to 100K rides

    I’m a bit late on this release, but there’s still plenty of time to make plans to attend. Bikes for Kids Utah Gears Up…

  • They must be “Idiots” too

    So we now know that Beverly Hills PD has it in for cyclists. And that at least one of them recently called a cyclist…

  • Bike weddings

    I found this article today, about bike weddings, and it reminded me of a couple that I know who are planning on tying the…

  • Interbike and Bikes Belong Ink Long-Term Partnership

    New 10-year pact will support key bicycling projects and increase industry involvement in the world’s leading bicycle trade show SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. and…

  • Sunrace Sturmey Archer gets back in the game, in a big way

    I just saw this on their blog today. Not really too much info, other than the fact that they’re going to be offering new…

  • Odds that really suck

    Ok, no link to the original article, since I must have read it in at least 8 places today. But I can only offer…

  • I’m Doping

    Not really, but I saw it on a t-shirt and thought it was funny. Velotees is a company that prints t-shirts you probably won’t…

  • Because bikes are just so damn convenient

    I’d have to say that 75% of the Google Alerts I get are total crap. Bad links, or links to something 3 years old…

  • It’s the 1% that counts

    Being the administrator on Bikeforums.net certainly has its challenges. One of them is trying to please most of the members. I gave up a…

  • America is hardly the only country with backwards thinking politicians

    In other countries, where owning a car may be completely out of the question, the poorest citizens would do well to even own a…

  • Time to settle back in (Plus a happy story)

    I’ve been so slack with my writing lately. There has just been a ton of work to do inside and outside my house, plus…

  • BikeForums loses another member 🙁

    I’ve always taken a lot of pride in being a part of the BikeForums community. Even though there are almost 85,000 members, it still…

  • Cyclist kills a pedestrian

    I’ve been following this story for a while now, and it looks like it’s pretty much reached the end here. I don’t know how…

  • Sucks to be the winner

    Fark me, can’t we just have a winner in the Tour de France without all the doping controversy? I didn’t even get to start…