I have an update to share concerning the Effetto Mariposa Caffelatex products. I was contacted by Stephen from Cantitoe Road to see if I wanted to test the injector and the tubeless valve stems from Effetto Mariposa. I said “Sure!” and not long after the products came in. (You can find my First Impressions post [...]

The first time I became aware of a 36 inch wheeled bicycle was back around 2002 when I saw a picture of a Coker cruiser. That was pretty much a novelty bike. I didn’t really think anything more about that. However, in 2006 when Ben Witt of Milltown Cycles told me he was designing one, [...]

Coming home from Sea Otter, I thought my carry on felt a little bit heavier. Well, come to find out that someone from Bontrager had stuffed a pair of the front/rear specific Bontrager 29-3 tires in there!

These tires use the old, retro idea that a smaller, narrower rear tire mated to a bigger, more voluminous [...]

This will be my final post from Sea Otter 2009. I am heading back home and will resume regular posting next week. Until then, enjoy!

Misfit Psycles will be releasing a 29″er made of steel. Yes…..you read correctly. It will be hand made of True Temper OX Platinum frame tubes in North America. The prototype was [...]

Here’s some more goodness from Sea Otter 2009.

Rocky Mountain introduced this Altitude 29″er with a slew of cool details. Fox QR15, tapered steer tube, hydro formed aluminum frame, direct mount front dérailleur, and Stan’s No Tubes Arch wheels stock.

The Vertex was the other Rocky Mountain model debuted and it also features the Fox 15QR and [...]

Late news and all the afternoon news from Sea Otter 2009……………

Sherwood Gibson of Ventana took some time out to talk to me about the new swinging drop out design he did for this single speed belt driven rig. Saying he was inspired by the Black Cat Bike’s design, he did a bit of tweaking and [...]