Random Bits

I was just messing around on Google today, as I was doing a bit of research on recalls. Now obviously, not all 320,000 hits relate to recalls for bicycles sold at Wal-Mart. So I figured I’d check the CPSC website for bike recalls. Of the 841 I found, 59 of them were related to Wal-Mart. … Read more

When I first joined the workforce, and rode my bike to work, facilities for cyclists usually consisted of a lightpost to lock your bike to, if you were lucky. Today I read in BusinessWeek about some companies that truly cater to their biking employees. This is the magazine that usually gives us all the gloomy … Read more

So by now I’m sure everyone has read the story and seen the photo of Ryan Lipscomb, holding his smashed Giro helmet. Seems he managed to get his head under a truck, and it got run over. Normally, that’s not something you’d walk away from. But Ryan somehow managed to suffer only a concussion and … Read more

Man, those Trek guys can be so touchy. I had it on good word that they were working on some secret bike project. Now, it can’t be too secret if someone told me, but I wanted to find out more. So I put on my dark sunnies and a trenchcoat, and went to see what … Read more

I read an interesting article today, with that exact title. Basically, this British scientist outfitted a bike with an ultrasonic distance sensor, and went and played in traffic. Based on his interpretation of the data from 2,500 passing vehicles, he has determined that not wearing a helmet causes motorists to give you more room, while … Read more

And I’m still not impressed. Their Silvio is positioned as a road bike, I just haven’t figured out who the target demographic is. According to their website, it will take Dura Ace or Ultegra 10 speed components, and they show it with FSA carbon cranks and Easton wheels. That certainly sounds like the beginnings of … Read more