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I spent a while in this booth, since I needed to know every new bike mechanic tool Park Tool plans to release. This is one of a few videos....

You probably already saw this posting about car companies collaborating and branding bicycles . But in case you were working on your Hallow...

If you want to see the bikes constructed by those who took up the Oregon Manifest's challenge of building the ultimate utility bike for ...

At Interbike 2011, I took a bunch of video of the lovely wooden bikes decorating the Kryptonite booth and talked with Kevin. He explained t...

I'm going to start posting a bunch of random (and somewhat chaotic) videos I created at Interbike in Vegas a month ago.  In 16 hours, I ...

Go to the Cow Palace on Saturday Nov 6th for the SF Bike Expo . Wheelgirl will have a bunch of choice cycling drive-train and build componen...

You are not going to see too many of these pink Rohloff Speedhubs with matching anodized pink Chris King, Hope, and Velocity components deco...

The Phil Wood ISO high-flange track hubs have wider 3.5-inch flanges. Phil's current high-flange track hubs have 3-inch flanges. The new...

Your hours have been cut. You are out are out of work. Four-hundred people are competing for one really boring, poorly paying job. My cats, ...

For you cats who break toe straps and like to ride wider BMX pedals on your fixies R.E.Load has come up with a toe strap design that is goin...

An engineering class at Yale decided to prototype a spokeless bike wheel as a class project. They prototyped  the rear wheel only, given the...

Maybe I am just a bit too urban in my initial ponderings. When I saw this u-lock my first thought was some wicked cat is going to use his/he...

OK, my urban cats, tired of hauling your decent but boat-anchor heavy steel fixie up and down the BART, apartment, and workplace steps at le...

OK, my cats who are holiday broke, nervous, crazy, riding around this winter in the dark with frozen hands on stretched chains and bald tire...

We received fewer designs this year, but deciding on a winning design was not an easy task. There are a several designs that would make real...

We are having a bike swap from noon to 5pm this Saturday. You are invited. Bring anything bike-related that you want to swap, sell, or trade...

You have an old vintage Raleigh, Roberts, Dawes, or Peugeot steel frame with 27-inch wheels. It has semi-horizontal dropouts, and you decide...

Schools back, and we know you need to get your biking self organized. So take a break from your homework by designing a t-shirt and winning ...

Schools back, and we know you need to get your biking self organized. So take a break from your homework by designing a t-shirt and winning ...

Ok, you cats who feel like you are going to fly off of your fixies into space if you are not double strapped into your pedals, Wheelgirl Bik...

It is bike season, and we are looking for a part-time bike mechanic with experience working on high-performance road and track bicycles.You ...

Many fixed gear riders like the positive feel of cloth bar tape. They feel more connected to their handle bars via the thin layer of cloth w...

Eat some grilled food, talk about the economy, kiss your great aunts on the cheek, and sneak a hand-held, web-browsing device to your 4th of...

A guy on a light blue BMX stopped at the bike shop. And I couldn't help but notice his ride. Creative cyclist Adrian had covered his ste...