Random Bits

Geirgerrig Hydration Packs Recognized Again

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GEIGERRIG Hydration Packs – recipient of the 2011 In-New-Vation Award for The Best New Hard Goods Product at the 2011 Winter Outdoor Retailer Show, recipient of the 2011 Product of the Year Award at the Outdoor Trade Show in Great Britain, recipient of the 2011 Accessory of the Year Award at the Outdoor Trade Show … Read more

Anyone Getting One Of These This Year?

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The $4525.00 Hermes bicycle?   Here’s the description: Bicycle in lacquered stainless steel. Frame, handles and saddle in Taurillon Clemence leather. Kickstand, front and back lighting, carrier with bungy cord, mud flap and spoke protector. Didn’t think so.  

Bike-Friendly “SLO” Offers 6 Cycling Highlights For National Bike Month

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Tour Bike-Friendly San Luis Obispo, CA for May “National Bike Month” 2012 Urban Paths, Bike Valets, Single-Track and Scenic Roads Make “SLO” a Cyclist‘s Dream San Luis Obispo, CA’”halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco on the Central Coast of California’”is a cyclist mecca. Home of professional cycling Team Highroad and past stage-host for the … Read more

Drink Beer To Help Improve Someone’s Life

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Hey, I’m being serious here. There was an article on BikeRadar today about Michelob making a donation to World Bicycle Relief for certain consumer purchases of Michelob Ultra beer. World Bicycle Relief has already distributed more than 91,000 bicycles in Africa, providing people in developing parts of the continent the means to get medical care, … Read more

WTB Attacks Tubeless Rim Market With “FREQUENCY”

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COMPATIBLE INTEGRATED DESIGN (CID), 4D DRILLING, AND TCS JOIN WTB’S MARKET LEADING RIM TECHNOLOGIES FOR COST-EFFECTIVE TUBELESS PERFORMANCE   WTB is attacking the wheelbuilder market with its new FREQUENCY rim designs. FREQUENCY rims introduce new market-leading technologies that allow wheel builders and consumers to build reasonably priced high-performance tubeless wheels in 26″ and 29″ and to … Read more

ShieldSAK From Loksak

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If your next outdoor adventure takes you across country, or around the world, the ShieldSAK should be on your list of things to pack. With cell phones, many credit cards, and the new US passports now containing a small chip with your personal data, a new breed of high-tech thieves can steal your personal or … Read more