Simple shoes sent us a pair of their EcoS EcoSneaks shoes to feature on the site. If you are not familiar with Simple, here’s what they are all about :
With all the over-built, over-hyped products out there, it’s pretty hard to find sustainable shoes that you can live with. So we started Simple, your stereotypical, [...]

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Here’s a design straight out of Europe…Biria’s “Easy Boarding Top 3” city bike. With its innovative step-through frame and comfort features, the bike is ideal for around-town errands, neighborhood cruising and light commuting.

Here are the manufacturer’s specs:
Frame - Aluminum 7005 - 40 cm (15.5″) and 46 cm (18″)
Fork - Hi-Ten unicrown
Rims - Aluminum
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First of all, our apologies for all the outages that we’ve been experiencing for the last 2 days. Our hosting service is working hard on fixing the problem.

We swung by the Selle An-Atomica booth at the Sea Otter Classic. We checked out their not-so ordinary line of ostrich hide saddles. The cool thing about [...]

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Recently Banjo Brothers had sent me the Market Pannier to review and at the same time Wald sent me the 215 rack to review.
Here are the specs for the Pannier:
MARKET PANNIER (deluxe grocery bag pannier) - It’s like a deluxe grocery pannier, only it’s so much more. This is a great bag for errands, commuting [...]

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A while back I wrote a post that ruffled a few feathers. I posed the question if recreational riders were posers, well, the people from ElevenGear has a jersey for some of them. Check it out:

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We met the cool people from Cycleaware, they are a company that manufacture and distribute a line of high-quality mirrors, lights and safety products for cyclists. Here are a few of the things that we will be testing on our commutes:
The Viewpoint mirror,

The reflex mirror,

The Heads Up,

The Hot Rod,

and my personal favorite, the stow-away:

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Brian from Calgary sent in the following question:
“My current commuter bike has bolt-on wheels, and I’ve never had a wheel stolen, but I’ll need to replace it soon and new bikes all seem to have quick-release hubs, so I’m curious what your take is on this - is it worth getting quick-release locks, or just [...]

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The Sea Otter Festival is this week. RL, Jeremy and I are heading over there to cover the event. We learned a couple of things last year. First, having a bike to cover the entire festival really helps. Sea Otter is so big that walking really SUCKS. Second, it rains, and it rains a lot. [...]

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By now, most of you are familiar with the highly-acclaimed Superflash rear blinkie made by the great folks at Planet Bike. This blinkie is widely regarded as the best AAA-powered rear bike light on the market, hands-down.
There’s a new flavor being offered, though, for those folks out there who object to white bicycle components [...]

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**Sorry folks, I originally posted this to say Schwinn Varsity, but I didn’t even realize that its a Continental. So I’ll be updating the rest of the article to say the correct model name…**
Check it out, I just scored on a vintage bike! It’s a Schwinn Continental! I guess this color is called, “Radiant Coppertone.”

This [...]

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