by editors on March 21, 2013
Magura, the company behind the MT 6 and MT 8 hydraulic brakes are recalling them because they “can fail in low temperatures,” according to a post on the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
We recommend that you stop using these products with immediate effect. In the few cases where we have experienced this fault it is apparent that a loss of brake pressure can occur when the brake is exposed to very cold temperatures. The safety of our customers is our primary concern and any potential risk to the user due to quality issues, as in this case, leads to an immediate corrective action. . . MT 6 and MT 8 brake systems with manufacture date codes between March 1, 2011 and May 31, 2012 are being recalled. A date code in format Y/MM/DD between 10301 and 20531 is located on the caliper. Additionally, all MT 6 and MT 8 brake systems without date codes are being recalled.
Better get those in, if you’re running them.
[Link: CPSC]
by editors on March 20, 2013
Sausalito, California based Yuba Bicycles has recalled it’s Mundo V4 cargo bikes because they have had two reports of passengers (on the back) getting their feet caught in the rear wheel, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The word “Mundo” is on the top tube of the bicycle frame and “Yuba” is on the down tube. The serial number range for the recalled bikes is ADA11A008000 to ACA12D018000. The serial number is located on the kickstand plate. . . Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled cargo bikes and contact Yuba Bicycles to receive free wheel covers/wheelskirts and have them installed at no cost.
Guess the passengers just couldn’t keep their toes out of the spokes, huh?
[Link: Consumer Product Safety Commission]
by editors on March 20, 2013
Audi of America and HDX Hydration Mix are in a presenting sponsors of Orange County California’s Tuesday night Over the Hump Mountain Bike Race Series.
“Audi and HDX are a great addition to our event. Not only are they great brands, but they are going to enhance the race experience in real tangible ways,” said race co-founder John Russell. “Both brands are a great fit for us and having dual presenting sponsors, for the first time, means a better experience for our racers and fans. We couldn’t be more excited about it.”
The evening series, which kicks off Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at Irvine Lake runs all summer. (A second series for LA County racers kicks off Thursday, May 23, 2013 at Castaic Lake.) For more info follow the jump. [click to continue…]
by editors on March 19, 2013
We’re rarely interested in anything to do with BMX, however, when BMX design legend Bob Haro talks it’s difficult for us not to listen, even if he’s talking to a local newspaper reporter for The Coast News. What’s he talking about? His limited edition 540 re-release of his original BMX freestyle bike designs under his new label Ikonix.
“IKONIX will be an iteration of the original bike, integrating technology to meet the needs of today’s hot, young riders,” he said, adding that the product line will include freestyle BMX bikes, racing bikes and BMX parts, accessories and apparel. . . “We are working with young riders who can give us input on the product,” he explained. “It is a definitely a collaborative brand that harnesses creative knowledge and expertise. The products are designed at my office in Cardiff and engineered and prototyped in San Diego. My goal is to make as many of them in the United States, preferably Southern California, because it’s the right thing to do.”
Yes it is. And the bikes will reportedly be dropping in September 2013. Watch for it.
[Link: The Coast News]
by editors on March 18, 2013
Know a great bike mechanic? Someone who you think it’s getting the recognition they deserve? Someone who turns your bike around same day and doesn’t make you wait a week to find out nothing was done on your bike? If you do WD-40 Bike would like to know about them for their new Wrench of the Month program.
“The bike shop mechanic is often the un-sung hero of the cycling industry” offered WD-40 BIKE’s Mike Irwin, “There is a hidden story behind every well-running bike – that of a dedicated mechanic who takes pride in each machine and its rider. Our Wrench of the Month program is a salute to the folks who make riding safer, smoother and more enjoyable.”
If you are this mechanic, or know one click right here for nominate yourself, or your mechanic. Monthly winners will get an assortment of WD-40 Bike products and merch. For instance, February’s winner was Eric Faifer of Tom’s Bicycles in Tulsa, Oklahoma. For all the details, or to watch Faifer build a wheel blindfolded, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
by editors on February 6, 2013
On April 7, 2013 the twisted cycling minds at Spy Optic are rolling out their “Hell Of The North County” Belgian Waffle Ride for the second year in a row. The 200k race features 10,000 vertical feet of knee blasting climbs, dirt roads, creek fordings, river crossings, bone jarring descents while winding its way through San Diego, California’s beautiful, yet perilous North County region.
Here’s how event founder and Spy President and CEO Michael Marckx describes it.
“Belgium has been for a century the epicenter of international professional cycling in the early spring race season, and the SPY Belgian Waffle Ride is an homage to the storied history and folklore of bike racing in that region, a tribute to the incredibly arduous competitions staged there, and a celebration of our cycling heritage as a brand,” Marckx says. “With some similar terrain to Belgium that North County offers, we’ve done our best to emulate the race experiences of rural Ghent, Wevelgem, Flanders, Liege and Bastogne, with wearisome rolling hills, steep climbs, gravel and dirt roads, water crossings and a distance that few racers will ever contend with in the United States. We’ve also baked-in a fun Belgian breakfast and dinner, a whole lot of twists in the way of awards, and there’s a great foundation (CAF) that we’re excited to support through donations this year.”
So at least there’s a good cause for all this pain. For the official word from Spy, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
by editors on January 28, 2013
Looking for a brand newish original Chiementin-Cinelli Pista? How about a Masi 3V Volumetrica? Look no more. The crafts people (family) at Treasure Cycles have rebuilt these classic bikes and are now selling them on their website.
Once again, instinct and passion took over, and one frame at a time, one bike at a time, slowly at first and then very rapidly we started collecting a PK Ripper bike here, a Ciocc frame there, and finally some time later deciding that the cycling bug never really did leave us after all. And in this brave new world of Internet and treasure hunting and collecting, what better way to combine the two than to allow one to feed the passion of the other.
The bikes aren’t cheap. The Pista is currently listed at $5,750 and the Masi is $5,685, but they certainly are fun to look at.
[Link: Treasure Cycles]
by editors on January 14, 2013
Interbike, today announced the hiring of Sarah Timleck to the position of director of marketing for the bicycle industry tradeshow. Timleck replaces Elayna Caldwell recently took a brand management position at SRAM.
“Sarah should be a great addition to our team,” said Pat Hus, Interbike’s Managing Director. “She has proven herself as an innovative thinker in the motorcycle industry and she brings a tremendous track record of putting on world-class events. There are many similarities between the moto and bike industries, and I think she will bring a fresh new perspective and really add to the momentum we’ve started here at Interbike.”
For the official word from Interbike, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
by editors on November 5, 2012
The Japanese sporting industry giant Shimano Inc. has reported that revenues were up 13% for the 9 months ending on September 30, 2012, according to a story on Sports One Source.
In its Bicycle Components segment, sales in the nine months increased 13.6 percent ¥146.2 billion and operating income increased 40.6 percent to ¥29.8 billion. Shimano said in Europe, a major market for Shimano products, retail sales remained at virtually the same level as for the corresponding period of the previous year, thanks to the warm weather from late July onward “despite sluggish business in the spring when the weather was unsettled.”
Must be all those bikes we’ve been buying lately. . .
[Link: Sports One Source]
by editors on October 29, 2012
After deciding that traveling by car pretty much beats flying with bikes each and every time, we discovered Spinlister.com DoLiquid.com and started to rethink our travel plans.
Liquid, based in San Francisco, California, is an online “marketplace that lets you find the best bikes to rent online, whether from individuals or existing bike rental shops.” It also lets anyone with a bike rent it out. Not a bad idea really.
Now, rather than spending $400 on a bike bag and paying $150 each way to fly bikes around, we may just check in with Liquid and rent one when we get there. However, we doubt we’ll be renting David Tsee’s Scattante r570 Road Bike for $110 a day, although $170 for the week doesn’t sound too bad.
Check it out. The more people who sign up, the better it will be for everyone who travels and rides.
[Editors’ Note: Two days after we posted this Spinlister changed their name to Liquid. We’ve made corrections to update this post.]
[Link: DoLiquid]
Magura, the company behind the MT 6 and MT 8 hydraulic brakes are recalling them because they “can fail in low temperatures,” according to a post on the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
