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Custom 2011 Surly Cross Check – Robin’s Egg Blue 58cm Frame: Surly Cross Check (stickers/logos removed) Fork: Surly Cross Check (steerer tube IS CUT) Headset: Origin8 Pro Pulsion, 1-1/8, silver Stem: Dimension 110mm, 7 degree, 1-1/8, 26.0, silver Handlebars: Nitto Noodle Handlebar Wrap: Brooks leather, honey Brake Levers: Tectro Brakes: Tectro Oryx Canti, silver Shift Levers: Shimano Bar-end type, 9 speed Front Derailleur: Shimano Ultegra triple 31.8/28.6mm Rear Derailleur: Shimano XT Shadow Chainrings: Salsa 48/36/24 Pedals: Power Grips (not pictured) Bottom Bracket: Shimano UN55 68x118mm Seatpost: Kalloy Radiussed Top 27.2x350, silver Saddle: Brooks B17, honey Cassette: Shimano HG61 12-36, 9 speed for 29er Hubs: Shimano Deore LX Rims: Mavic A119, 32 hole Tires: Schwalbe Marathon Plus 32mm (not pictured) Rack: NOT INCLUDED Water bottle cages: NOT INCLUDED Planet Bike Cascadia Fenders Kenda Comfort

Purchase Image Richard Jones, owner of Convertable Backpacks/Panniers, poses with his backpack on Nov. 19 in Fort Collins. The backpack can be taken apart into two pieces and used as a pannier for bike touring. / V. Richard Haro/The Coloradoan Written by | By David Young Question: What is Convertible Backpacks? Answer: The Convertible Backpack is a front and rear set of bicycle touring panniers that convert to an awesome internal-frame backpack. Other dual-mode bags are panniers first, and are cobbled into a structure that could be carried on the back. With the Convertible, it’s hard to tell which mode dominates. Q: How did you come up with the idea for the business? A: On a tour from Bethesda, Md., to Yellow Springs, Ohio, I intersected the Appalachian Trail and couldn't resist dragging my loaded bike 2 miles up to a trail shelter, all the while wishing I had a backpack instead of panniers. I sewed the first pack by

Thanks for checking out our project! We are excited to bring you more great DIY frame building products. Products for handbuilt bicycle frame builders We are trying to eliminate as many barriers to would-be frame builders as possible.  Jiggernaut LITE enables anyone to take up this wonderful craft and produce a high quality custom bicycle.  We have designed a number of flat-pack jigs and kits that make it easy to get started in frame building.  We will send these out very soon after the kickstarter closes! [The Jiggernaut LITE @ Kickstarter]

In 2009,  just 24 percent of all bicycle trips in the U.S. were taken by women,  and that number has grown only incrementally since. So why don't more women ride?  The answers are actually fairly straightforward. According to  variety of studies, such as one done by the  Journal of Public Health Policy and another by  researchers at Rutgers University  (PDF),  women are typically  more concerned for their personal safety on a bike  than men are. "Women are especially worried about having a safe place to ride," agrees Kate Powlison, research analyst and communications coordinator for the advocacy organization  Bikes Belong . "For instance, the 1 percent of the population who [say they] will ride a bike anywhere, no matter the conditions, is overwhelmingly male — about 80 percent." Other factors have more to do with women's often usual role and responsibilities in American society, says Carolyn Szczepanski, director of communications for the  League of Ameri

After enduring 2 years ridicule by the "purist" backcountry skiers, my efforts to utilize fatbikes as a method of backcountry transportation have proven successful given the right conditions.  This is the holy grail of combining the only two winter sports worth leaving the house for. Transporting a snowboard on a fatbike can be achieved one of three ways in my experience, two of which involve a splitboard.    As splitboarding is clearly the answer to most of life's woes, the latter two methods offer potential epic trips... biking out a valley or basin, then exploring the surrounding peaks, trees, and couloirs via the splitboard.  Traveling by bike in many instances is faster and more efficient than skinning or hiking depending on the terrain.  Option one:  A snowboard can easily be secured to any standard rear bicycle rack via two attachment points using bungies, webbing straps, or  ski straps  which work best (like those from Black Diamond or Volie) 

JK Starley is generally considered the creator of the modern bicycle. According to the editor of  The Cyclist , a contemporary magazine, Starley’s Rover Safety bicycle “set the fashion to the world,” leading to a global boom in bicycle ownership. Commenting in 1931, bicycle collector H. W. Bartleet wrote: “J.K. Starley…lived to see his Rover bicycle copied by the whole cycle trade, and a great industry was thus created.” Starley’s Rover bikes were so called because their riders were free to rove. The name for bicycle in Poland is  rower , based on the word Rover. 14th December is JK Starley’s birthday and the  Bicycle Association led the global celebrations  by leaving flowers and a card on Starley’s grave in the London Road cemetery in Coventry.  [Keep reading at roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com]

On any given night,  LeBron James  can easily play more than 40 minutes for the Miami Heat. When the Heat are up big, they take the opportunity to rest their biggest star for a bit. But if the game remains close, LeBron has no problem running up and down the court for 44 minutes. So what’s the secret? For starters, King James has been riding his bike to and from home games this season. He played 42 minutes in a 103-92 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night and said he still felt fresh afterword. “I felt great,” James said  according to the Sun Sentinel . “I didn’t get tired. I don’t think I got tired (Tuesday) night. I felt great. I could have played again if we had to. Yeah, I’ve been biking a little more than usual. It’s fun. It’s also conditioning, it’s cardio.” [keep reading at Larry Brown Sports]