Random Bits

I saw these at the OR Winter show, and will hopefully be able to include them in an upcoming water bottle review. There’s no photo in my post because their website covers that much better than I could, showing how it comes together. Stay hydrated with the first easy-to-clean, bamboo and glass constructed, BPA-free water … Read more

NYC’s Bill A5430 is dead already. Didn’t take long either. It almost sounds like his colleagues might think Michael DenDekker demonstrated extremely bad judgment, or is at least out of touch with the rest of the state. The guy with the bat mentioned here is now on trial. Bryce Barker hasn’t presented a very good … Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 2, 2011‘” Mill Valley, CA Wilderness Trail Bikes (“WTB”) has been the recent recipient of some unwelcome and inaccurate rumor-spreading, requiring WTB President Patrick Seidler to set the record straight. “It started with a paragraph in Bike Europe, wrongly stating that members of our race team, Team WTB, including our longtime … Read more

My guess is that not enough bike messengers in New York manage to get to the polls. How else can you explain Bill A5430, brought to us by Michael DenDekker? For anyone that doesn’t want to click the link, here’s the bill,  in all its shameless glory: S T A T E      O … Read more

I’m not a huge fan of carbon fiber for much more than headset spacers. (I prefer steel or titanium) But there are plenty of cyclists out there who have ridden thousands upon thousands of miles without any issues. So when I came across two articles about carbon fiber forks in the same day, it struck … Read more