Out of all the big brands for sneakers, Puma has the strongest presences in cycling, they have even launched their own line of bikes. Today we have a look at the Puma Cycling to Mars sneakers, a great and some what fashionable (depending on your style) commuter shoes. The Puma Cycling to Mars features hide away laces, strong rubber outsole, and reflective strips which is a good thing while riding in traffic at night. Available now at Puma retailers.
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The Sustrans Bike It Virtual Bike Race 2010 is a community based project which encourages cycling for school children, parents and staff when they go to school.
The Bike It program is a four-week virtual race. Wellington Primary in Tower Hamlets, London has surpassed their 8,408km virtual route. They are now the leading school on the program, having cycled 9,403km.
The race is still ongoing. With 400 plus schools participating in the program, not every one of them has submitted their daily tally yet. The runners-up are still vying for local and regional awards and prizes.
The virtual challenge is that a virtual kilometre is given to each cycle commute. The schools have to accumulate virtual kilometers to reach the 8,408km in UK. The number would depend on the size of the school to keep things fair across all schools. Currently, there are 61,497 cycle journeys have been ridden. The…
Xtracycle now opens preorders for their newly redesigned longtail bike Radish. The deliveries will begin on May 2010. Grant Petersen of Rivendell Bikes was the one who created the improved design on the cargo bike’s loaded and unloaded handling.
Radish gets a makeover in terms of frame geometry, brake and drivetrain components. The downtube was lowered to allow easier mounting by short people. For tall riders, the effective top tube length was maximized making the distance from the seatpost and the headset wider.
Another feature that makes the Radish a must-have for longtail cyclists would be its 4130 chromoly steel which is stronger than the hi-ten steel. It is of superior quality when it comes to strength, durability, and longevity. Chromoly is commonly known as “aircraft tubing”. It is much lighter than the High Tensile Steel.
Xtracycle limits its release of the Radish to fifty bikes. This is to emphasize their…
Although the weather is clearing up, we are sure a few more showers will come, and with the new SKS Commuter fenders you can stay clean. Two are present, one features 3mm twin parallel stainless steel stays, aluminum foil insert, and PET plastic while light and still strong. The second which is mainly made of steel utilizes 3.4mm stainless steel, and front fork crown fitting. Both sets use Secu clip security fastening clip, and comes in various sizes to fit your bike. Available now at SKS Germany retailers.
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The City of Portland has been struggling to improve its infrastructure as sanctioned by the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030, regardless of the esteem honor it earned from the National Geographic Traveler as the most bike friendly city in the United States of America.
Planning ahead was their key to the honor rendered to the city, according to Gerik Kransky, advocacy campaign manager at the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. He also added that Portland has a high riding population that brought about the ranking and likewise did open the need to improve its infrastructures based on previous plans. However, this is just the beginning.
On February 11 of this year, the City Council by a unanimous vote of 5-0 passed the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030 with its objective to enhance Portland’s ridership, to attract new riders, improve practical biking policies, appropriation of suitable parking space, the expansion of biking programs and networks…
A cycling shop in New York has been in business for more than two years selling cycling wear that is made out of natural materials, and not spandex.
This shop, called Pedaler Clothing, was started by Trinity Kerr and Virginia Elwood, two friends who got tired of wearing their cycling apparel when they’re out commuting on their bicycles. Specifically, their shop sells sustainable, American-made cycling clothes that don’t look like, well… cycling clothes.
Kerr and Elwood make sure that they only use natural materials in their apparel and create designs that make these clothes comfortable to wear for cyclists, while avoiding the traditional look and feel of common spandex shorts and jerseys. And get this – they even use bamboo on some of their clothes. Kerr says that bamboo makes draining off sweat faster and easier than even cotton.
You can’t have cycling wear without the reflective logos to keep…
