Team Lope Tyre Clubbe

some genius decided that broken cranks would make a good training device, and invented POWER CRANKS. they’re just like regular cranks, only lamer — you can disengage one side or the other to cause one of the following to happen…

+ one side stays still while the other drives the bike.
+ both sides face in the same direction, so each leg is pulling or pushing at the same time.
+ you look lame.

"Grafik magazine organized a project to create posters for each Olympic even during London Design Festival a few weeks ago.

Music, a design studio in Manchester got BMX as their nominated sport and created posters by getting BMX riders to ride around in paint in a warehouse. Each bike used started off completely white."

SICK.

CROOZER is actually a family of bicycle trailers — some for kids, some for dogs, some for hauling shit around. this particular one, the croozer cargo, is sublimely awesome in that it holds a ton of shit, mounts easily at the axle, can convert to a hand-truck, has a tarp top, and FOLDS FLAT (inset).

We’ve looked at this frame design before, but man, I can’t get over the bridge in the dropout. How cool. That’s craft!

http://www.pedalconsumption.com/files/m … opout.html

I mean, they aren’t overall my cup of tea, but the company with the raddest logo ever just chose a very number one good colorway for these shoes…

http://www.pedalconsumption.com/files/c … n_ctc.html

This may be propaganda from back in the day, but it’s ALSO a great primer for urban commuting joys…

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/16/ex … briti.html

They’ll stop you for rolling a stop sign or whatever, but if you get mowed down, suddenly they’ve got one of those car to car parking lot conferences to attend to. Grrr.

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/15/sf … tigat.html

It took me all of about 3 seconds to order one of these after Lung posted about them here. It’s a thick leather piece with two lace-up points on either end, so you can attach it to your top tube and seat tube and have a sweet, old-timey shoulder pad. I don’t even know that i plan on putting YBD on my shoulder, barring unexpected cyclocross scenarios, but shiiiiite, I’ll be ready! Do note the three brand aware adhesive strips and the inclusion of a real walnut.

Nice!

fyxation has a GREAT little primer on understanding bike tyres over HERE. going over design, construction, benefits and features, and even skidding — the article, while geared towards explaining their "session" tyres specifically, is actually very useful for anyone considering how to shop for tyres.

give it a look!