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Archive for October, 2007

NAHBS

Friday, October 19th, 2007

The list for show presenters at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show keeps getting longer and longer. As of yesterday Don Walker updated the Frame Forum on who’s coming, any custom builder that I can think of will be there. Now the question to ask is WILL YOU?
Don Walker
NIPC
Paul Component Eng.
Soulcraft
Sadilah
Oswald Cycle […]

Test Riding the new ‘08 SID

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Recently Cyclingnews.com posted about their first ride on the newly designed 2008 Rock Shox SID.
The 2008 Rock Shox SID will mark the first ground-up redesign of the venerable cross-country suspension fork since its introduction ten years ago. As the mountain biking market has evolved and matured, being light as […]

Tioga Spyder Saddle: First Impressions and Review

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

Editors Note: Today’s post is a review of a Tioga Spyder saddle that was provided as an evaluation sample to bicycle retailers by Tioga. Since the weight limit is 185lbs, and I haven’t weighed 185lbs for like….almost 20 years now, I passed this saddle on to fellow blogger Captain Bob to evaluate since he is […]

Bontrager Rhythm Pro Saddle: First Impressions

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

I received a Bontrager Rhythm Pro saddle as part of my schwag from the Trek Product Introduction out in Santa Cruz in April. I have since had it mounted to my Raleigh XXIX+G test sled and now have had a few longer rides on it.
First, let me give you some lowdown on the saddle itself. […]

Thumb Shifters from SRAM

Monday, October 1st, 2007

While Guitar Ted and I were browsing the SRAM booth he pointed out the thumb shifters they had mounted on one of the bikes. A stupid-simple shifting mechanism that only uses one lever. Push it a little bit to shift one way and a lot to go the other.
Don’t see it on their […]