We all fall victim to ranting in the passion of a moment, and this is just that. Call it a flaw of the internet for providing instant information and access to an audience.
I caved in and drove to work today - the first weak moment of the day (writing this being #2). I am not [...]

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While browsing through LA’s Online Bike Flea Market (CraigsList) I noticed an interesting trend: Faux Fixies. What is a fake fixie? They are late model bikes that have been converted to single speeds but try to look like fixed gear bikes:

I really dig the concept of giving old bicycles new life, but I have mixed [...]

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A 39-year-old Illinois man was Tased after he ran from police trying to stop him because he was riding a bicycle with improper lighting equipment, the Enterprise Record reported.
Police said when a Glenn County sheriff’s deputy got the attention of Omar Herrada Rivera, he jumped from his bike and started to run away, the newspaper [...]

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I’m going to vent a bit here…
I may have said this before, but people in big SUV’s…Excursions, Expedition, Tahoe, and the like all seem to think they are smaller than what they really are. They remind me of the evil step sisters in Cinderella trying on the glass slipper…they can’t fit cuz their feet are [...]

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This past Saturday I went down hard! I posted a video of me eating it on MtnBikeRiders.com. I hit my head pretty bad and luckily I wasn’t hurting too bad.
Check it out HERE
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Not too long ago, Jack’s Patriotic bicycle was “admired” by the Bike Snob NYC and its readers. I wonder what they would say about this…

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I got an email from a loyal reader sharing his story about how he was whacked by a big SUV…check it out…
Fellas -
Quick story: I was riding home from a trail ride on my MTB.
Headlight, taillight, helmet — so I was being safe. The town I live
in, and in particular, the [...]

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I’ve seen taco’ed rims, busted seatposts, busted handlebars, and busted forks. But a busted chainring??? It happened to Jeremy, our resident mtnbikeriders.com 29er rider. Click here to read the probable cause..
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Specialized Langster line features 7 different models. 5 of them named after cities:

Langster Boston

Langster Seattle

Langster Chicago

Langster London

Langster New York
Source:Specialized.com
But where is the LA model? or the SFO model? or the Hollywood model? What? Are we not ‘hip’ enough?
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My daughter fell in love with an Electra Lil Betty cruiser. I went to my LBS to see if she could test ride it, but he their answer was “Sorry, she can’t test ride the bike, but she can sit on it”. I’ve been to about a dozen Bike shops and this is the first [...]

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