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Introducing the Speedvagen OG1

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The Vanilla Workshop is proud to introduce the OG1 road machine, the first model in the Speedvagen Ready-Made program. With the Speedvagen Ready-Made program, you get our very best workhorse race machine -designed, built, painted and assembled in The Vanilla Workshop. Bringing a new definition of handbuilt bicycle to the market. Speedvagen was born from … Read more

Framed Wolftrax Fatbike

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It‘s been a few weeks and a couple of hundred miles since I purchased my Wolftrax fatbike by Framed. Now that I have had some quality time with it, I have been inspired to name it “Odin.” When I set out to buy a fatbike, I was told by riders and a few shops that … Read more

Hydro Flask Receives Two Red Dot Design Awards

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  Bend, OR (April 14, 2016) -Hydro Flask, the award-winning leader in high-performance, insulated stainless steel flasks now in the Housewares segment of Helen of Troy Limited (NASDAQ, NM: HELE), has won two Red Dot design awards for its 64 oz Wide Mouth Growler and Flex Cap products. A Red Dot award is recognized around … Read more

OMATA: World’s First Analog GPS Speedometer

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We are more than a little excited to share OMATA with our readers. Modern road cycling has seen some big advances in the tech that goes into our rides, from sophisticated carbon fiber layups, and proprietary blends in steel, aluminum, and titanium, to electronic shifting. All of these make for bikes that don’t just go fast, but some are like … Read more

Lock It Up With The Brooklyn Chain A.P.

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ABUS sent over the details of their newest tough bike lock,  The Brooklyn Chain A.P. It may have been made in Germany, but the design is all Brooklyn, as folks there know all too well about the sad reality of bike theft. This padlock and loop combo has an urban level security rating of 12 (out of … Read more

Brooklyn Bicycle Co.’s Latest Model

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Recreational Bike Brand Brooklyn Bicycle Co. Introduces Stylish New Model Introduction of Fulton Marks Industry‘s First Quintuple Top-Tube Bike   April 1, 2016 -Brooklyn, NY -Recreational bike brand Brooklyn Bicycle Co. today introduced the Fulton 3 speed.  The quintuple top-tube model Fulton ‘”named, as are all of Brooklyn Bicycle‘s models, for iconic Brooklyn thoroughfares’”mark‘s the … Read more