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Stunning Pacific IF Mode Bike Folds Flat, Really Flat

By On April 21, 2011 · 4 Comments

The Pacific IF (integrated folding) Mode bike is a sleek combination of efficiency and artistry. Designed by the same people who brought us the Strida bike, the IF Mode features a svelte look without all the clutter of a traditional folding bike. Pacific Cycles has created this bike with the reluctant commuter or [...]

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Thinking Outside The Diamond: New Roundtail Bike Design Improves Comfort So You Can Ride Longer

By On April 11, 2011 · 4 Comments

Is it possible to improve upon the traditional diamond frame of a road bike without losing ground in efficiency? Avid cyclist,entrepreneur, and novelist, Lou Tortola, has given it a shot. After putting in over 3,000 miles on his bike last year and talking with his cycling friends in his age 50+ riding group who stopped [...]

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Dahon’s New Line Of High-Performance Folding Bikes: The Strongest And Lightest Yet

By On April 5, 2011 · 2 Comments

Dahon, maker of affordable folding bikes, has launched their new high-performance line, the Vector series. Perhaps the most efficient bike ever available, the new Dahon Vector X27 merges a folding bike with a high-performance road bike. A hybrid? Perhaps, but one that offers the best of both the commuting world and the road [...]

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Bamboo Bikes Provide Sustainable Transportation From Here To Africa

By On March 29, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Could bamboo be the new carbon? Though bamboo bikes have been around since the late 1800s, they’ve long been considered a novelty item, an amusing notion for tree-huggers to get excited about, but who would ever really own one? Well, manufacturers of bamboo bikes are out to change your mind and are picking up speed. [...]

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Commuter And City Bikes Shine At 2011 NAHBS

By On March 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment

For the average bike commuter, the idea of owning a handcrafted, custom fit bicycle used to be just a pipe dream. But with the increasing popularity of the annual North American Handmade Bike Show (NAHBS) sales of custom made bikes are rising and interest is growing. The 2011 NAHBS took place [...]

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Best Commuter Bikes For 2011

By On February 16, 2011 · 5 Comments

The best commuter bikes for 2011 present a wide variety of styles and components to best suit personal needs. Bike manufacturers have answered the call to the increased population of bike commuters by designing full lines of commuter specific bikes. Though many of these commuter bikes aren’t cheap, if you’re [...]

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Amazing Dutch Bike Path Embedded With Solar Panels

By On February 1, 2011 · 4 Comments

What could make bike riding even more efficient? How about a bike path embedded with solar panels to produce clean energy while encouraging people to get on their bikes? The town of Krommenie in the Netherlands, just north of Amsterdam, will be receiving the SolaRoad bike path, scheduled to [...]

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Bike Books: A Review

By On December 9, 2010 · 1 Comment

With the temperatures falling outside you may not be getting on your bike as much as you’d like, especially if you haven’t stocked up on your wool clothing. So it’s the perfect time to catch up on your reading. As bike popularity is exploding, so are [...]

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Girls Bikes: Best of 2010

By On October 17, 2010 · 1 Comment

Young girls will always remember that intoxicating feel of freedom as they make that initial ride around the neighborhood on their first big girls’ bike.  I know I remember mine. As parents, we want our kids to have that same experience, but it’s a daunting task to choose a bike that girls will want to [...]

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Bikes For Kids

By On October 16, 2010 · 1 Comment

There are important factors when choosing a bike for kids. See also our Girls Bikes: Best of 2010. With the way kids grow, parents can be attracted to cheaper price tags or to buying big with the idea of growing into it, but this can actually turn out to be [...]

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