Posts Tagged ‘Cycling’
Written by Louis Ramirez on 21 March 2012
Life Fitness wants to give your spinning class a major redesign with its new exercise bike, the LifeCycle GX.
Announced at last week’s IHRSA 2012, the LifeCycle GX offers everything from an ultra-durable frame to a built-in computer designed to record your every move. However, the bike’s most striking feature is its rear flywheel design (there’s no front wheel like you’d find on most of today’s group exercise bikes). This new design, along with the bike’s zinc oxide-coated frame, help protect it from sweat, dirt, and rust. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Cycling, IHRSA 2012, Life Fitness, Life Fitness LifeCycle GX, LifeCycle GX, spinning
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Written by KineticShift on 21 March 2012
Mr. Smith move over, as this week two of the leading bicycle advocacy groups – which for the record are in the process of a merger – have headed to Capitol Hill for the National Bike Summit. This comes as Americans across the nation are bicycling in record numbers, and bicycle sharing is seeing adoption in places that just a few years ago might not have seemed so bike friendly.
This week as part of the event, more than 800 cyclists from 49 streets are heading to the halls of Congress to share their stories and show lawmakers and policymakers how bicycling can be important transportation option. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Andy Clarke, Bikes Belong, Cycling, League of American Bicyclists, National Bike Summit
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Written by Enid Burns on 21 March 2012
We’ve seen bike lights, light up vests and even helmets that can signal, but now we’ve seen the LED Gloves, designed by Irene Posch. Known as the “Early Winter Night Biking Gloves” these could be ideal for late winter and early spring as well. These feature five LEDs in each glove and are powered by just a single cell battery.
These light up when the wearer clenches their fist and can help give drivers a little more indication on which way the rider is turning. It can help make a ride home at night a little safer.
Irene Posch
[Via Sociable: Bike safely with these LED gloves]
Tags: Cycling, Early Winter Night Biking Gloves, Irene Posch, LED, LED Gloves
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Written by KineticShift on 16 March 2012
There is no denying that being to see well while on a bicycle is crucial. So riders opt for corrective lenses, but what do riders who wear reading glasses do? While obviously seeing the road is the paramount concern, being able to see a heart rate monitor or cycling computer is also a concern.
And here is where Dual Eyewear addresses the issue.We first heard about these last year, but the glasses are making the rounds on the blogosphere, which reminded us we should get our eyes checked, and decided to remind readers as cycling season is upon us. The Dual Eyewear glasses work much like regular bifocal glasses, with the lower part providing the magnification of reading glasses. The top part isn’t manipulated and instead these are regular sunglasses – but these won’t affect vision if the rider is wearing corrective contact lenses. The magnification area reportedly isn’t too noticeable while looking straight ahead but help make for a clearer view when looking down. The lenses are 100 percent UV protecting and shatter-proof polycarbonate, available in both clear and amber. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: bifocals, Cycling, Dual Eyewear, glasses
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Written by Enid Burns on 14 March 2012
We’ve seen numerous ways of bringing a laptop when traveling on a bike. Most solutions call for the computer to ride in a bag or side pouch, and last December we saw the Samsung Galaxy Tab bike – but now Peugeot is taking it a step further with its DL122 bicycle.
The company, which started producing bikes in 1882, has introduced a lot of bicycle innovation and the concept here is that a laptop can ride within the frame. Actually it makes use of what is traditionally the open front triangle of the bike between the down tube, seat tube and top tube, and by placing a heavier object here – instead of on the side or back – it should help with the center of gravity. It also helps protect the laptop should the rider fall or crash – of course this is because the rider is also providing that protection, but given how some value their laptops, this might be a small price to pay.
[Via Gizmag: Peugeot’s elegant DL122 – the bicycle with a laptop compartment]
Tags: computer, Cycling, laptop, Peugeot DL122, Samsung Galaxy Tab Bike
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Written by KineticShift on 13 March 2012
WTB proves it once again has some serious off-road mojo as it introduces its new line of “Moto” tires, which include open spiked knobs, lower profile tread, DNA rubber and inner peace sidewalls – the latter no doubt helps with some peace of mind when on the trail.
The WTB tires were developed by company founder and rubber designer Mark Slate, and these are now available in 26-inch and 29-inch versions. These feature double center blocks for traction in wetter conditions, spiky knobs to penetrate the trail surface, good transition edge knob placement for control where control is hard to come by, and a more open pitch to get a grip on almost any surface. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Cycling, Dual DNA, Mark Slate, Moto, mountain bike, off-road, Tires, Tubeless Compatible System, WTB
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Written by Peter Suciu on 11 March 2012
If you’ve watched a mountain stage of the Tour de France you’ve probably seen David Mayer, but then again it could be anyone inside that water bottle costume. While Mayer is owner and designer of the Clean Bottle – the water bottle that unscrews from the bottom as well as top for better cleaning— he still actually “suits up” and runs along cyclists dressed as large bottle.
But in addition to being the guy in the suit, Dave is quite the innovator and he spoke to KineticShift to tell us what’s he working on next – and it isn’t another suit. Check out video of Dave
Tags: Clean Bottle, Cycling, Dave Mayer, Q&A, Running, Sunday Q&A, The Runner, The Square, Tour de France
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Written by Peter Suciu on 09 March 2012
This week at the Taipei Cycle Show in Taipei, Taiwan the JD Group presented its award-winning automatic-shift bicycle gear system, the Automatic Gear Transmission Bike+ (AGT Bike+). This handlebar mounted, computerized unit automatically determines when the rider needs to shift and puts the bike in the proper gear. This system features a maintenance free self-charging Lithium battery that attains ranges of up to 500km. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: AGT Bike+, Automatic Gear Transmission Bike+, Cycling, JD Group, PST AGT E-bike, Taipei Cycle Show, TranzX
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Written by KineticShift on 09 March 2012
The old “cranks” at Crankbrothers know a thing or two about adjustable seat posts, and according to the company they have “learned that the main source of failure is an overcomplicated design.” They further noted that “Hydraulic posts are heavy and problematic, so we took a different route.”
That route has led to the kronolog, which was developed over a two-year process that included extensive design, development, prototyping, testing, redesigning and retesting. The company tells that this new post went through 10 design iterations, “and even more when you include incremental changes.” Through the process, the post was extensively tested both in the lab and on the trail. The kornolog promises to be infinitely adjustable and yet is designed to eliminate nearly all rotational-movement. Video after the jump
Tags: Crankbrothers, Cycling, Hydraulic posts, mechanical dropper post, seat post
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Written by KineticShift on 08 March 2012
This week The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada announced a voluntary recall of Bicycle Brake Cables for Road Bikes from W.L. Gore & Associates.
This recall involves GORE Ride On Low Friction System brake cables for road bikes and GORE Ride On Professional System brake cables for road bikes. The cables are silver and are available with housings in black, white, blue or red. “GORE Ride-On” is printed on the housing for the Low Friction cable. “GORE Ride-On Professional” is printed on the housing for the Professional System cables. The cables are being recalled only if they were installed on road bikes that use a Campagnolo-style brake lever. The ends, or attachment heads, on the Campagnolo systems have the letters “C” “CC,” or “RO” imprinted on them. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: cables, Campagnolo, Cycling, GORE Ride On Low Friction System, GORE Ride On Professional System, GORE Ride-On Professional, Health Canada, recall, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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Written by Enid Burns on 07 March 2012
Lazer Sport, the makers of cycling helmets, eyewear and snow helmets, recently introduced a redesign of its site including all its new products for 2012. To celebrate, the company is holding the Love Lazer Official Helmeteer Contest. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: bike helmet, contest, Cycling, eyewear, Lazer Sport, ski helmet
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Written by Peter Suciu on 07 March 2012
Last week our friends at BikeRadar.com got us all excited, and we helped spread the rumors that Geoff Kabush was spotted possibly riding a prototype Shimano Di2 XTR groupo – in other words it sounded like the popular electronic shifters for the road were going off-road.
But now BikeRadar.com reports that is not the case. But before we get totally depressed about this news, it seems that Kabush was testing an electronic control system for his Fox Racing Shox suspension fork. As BikeRadar notes this is more than just an electronic lockout, and could mean multiple damping maps. What does this mean?
It sounds like it could mean a suspension fork that could be adjusted to changing conditions on the trail. A little bit of give where you need it, a bit more on the technical stuff and a lockout when you to do some climbing. Isn’t electric control grand?
[Via BikeRadar: Fox Racing Shox Test New Electronic Suspension]
Tags: Cycling, Di2, Fox Racing Shox, Geoff Kabush, mountain bike, Shimano, XTR
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Written by Enid Burns on 06 March 2012
British Cycling has partnered with training software company TrainingPeaks. This means coaches and members of British Cycling, a national club that includes GB Cycling Team as well as avid cyclists, with software and support for discounted rates.
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Tags: British Cycling, Cycling, GB Cycling Team, metrics, nutrition, Training, Training Peaks
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Life Fitness wants to give your spinning class a major redesign with its new exercise bike, the LifeCycle GX.
