Sabrina Jonnier To Retire From World Cup Racing

Multi-World Cup and Multi-World Downhill Champion, Sabrina Jonnier, has announced that she will retire from World Cup downhill racing at the end of the season.  One of the winningest female riders in the history of the sport, Jonnier made the announcement after finishing fifth at the 2012 French National Championship held at Les Gets, France, … Read more

Nikwax Winner Reviews His Prize Package

This is a guest review from Alex D, winner of the Nikwax giveaway. – Brian   I started cycling regularly with an old mountain bike with flat pedals.  I wasn‘t fit for the bike and made the seat height adjustment to what felt “right.”  Soon enough, I had discovered parts of my pelvic region I … Read more

Albabici and Sci’Con to Support American Cyclists at Fixed Fest 2012 in Indonesia

OXNARD, Calif. –  Albabici, a leading importer of Italian cycling products, and Sci’Con Technical Bags, Italian makers of arguably the world’s best bike travel cases -are teaming up to support two American fixed-gear bike racers who will be competing in Fixed Fest 2012 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Fixed Fest 2012, set for July 13-15 at Jakarta’s … Read more

A Few More American Companies We Admire

Perhaps we should have started out this series with Vapur, and their Anti-bottle, since they are all about independence. Well, independence from disposable bottles as well as bulky reusable bottles. Based in Southern California, they manufacture a reusable water bottle that folds up for easy storage when empty. No matter how good their product is, … Read more

All-American Liberty Bottleworks

The 4th of July may be behind us already, but we’re continuing our week of spotlighting some of our favorite “All American” companies. One company that is probably not yet on your radar, but should be, is Liberty Bottleworks. Based in Yakima, Washington, all of Liberty Bottleworks’ manufacturing is done right here in America, by … Read more

Another Day Off – Happy 4th Of July!

Although in some ways, I’m not considered terribly patriotic, it doesn’t seem appropriate to publish any sort of commercial article on a holiday like today. Besides, most folks are probably too busy camping, grilling, hiking, and biking to be reading this. So be safe, stay cool, and have fun. “I hope our wisdom will grow … Read more