Out On The Weekend

Locking alloy bar plugs- a classy way to round out some fresh bar tape.
- 26g for the pair
- All your favorite colors
- Quality 3mm hardware

Enjoy the weekend!

Starting our week off right

Late Riser bars in purple ano and baby blue powdercoat.

Spied At the Ryan Phua Memorial Ride/Burlingame Criterium

We don't know anything about the kid's helmet market, but have any of you seen anything like this? Is the yellow thing on top what I think it's for? The turnout for the kid's ride was huge. Probably over 250 participants from 4 to 12.

Biggest Velodrome in the World?

We don't usually re-post other people's news, but there is always the exception.
This is actually an accumulation pool at a hydro electric plant before it gets filled with water. These guys broke in and started riding in it.
More amazing pictures at Muslauf.

Product Testing

The new guy around here is testing one of our prototype lightweight plastic cages. Note the universal mount system. We are working on offering a custom color-match program for our bottles as well.

RetroModern

The Hellyer Drillium chainring has been around for a while now, but we did recently receive them in a 48t size. One day a Sugino SG75 black drive-side arm and a Hellyer ring ended up on the same table and we got to thinking how good the combo looked together. See for yourself:






We also got our hands on the brand new high-flange Suzue Classica Road Hubs.

* 280g rear and 160g front!
* 28, 32, and 36h configurations, 130mm spacing rear
* Smooth sealed Japanese bearings

They look as good on an 80's Japanese touring bike as they do on a modern race-inspired frame.

A Great Headset For Our Soma Rush

Our friends at Interloc Racing Design have made their Techno-Glide Headsets in anodized colors for a long time, BUT only in 1-1/8". Finally they have gotten around to making colored headsets for the 1" threadless( and threaded) crowd, which opens them up for so many fixed gear bikes which use that size.

Any of these eight colors (including new additions -- purple and pink) would look fantastic on our black or white Rush track frames (the advantage of having a neutral paint color).

These are available on our online shop and at independent bicycle shops.