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Our North Face stuff is up!
We spent ages agonising over North Face's huge range of stuff, trying to figure out what would suit our customers best.
Then we just ended up choosing what we wanted (That lovely hoody to the right, for example isn't just making this post pretty. It's a clear Christmas present hint).
We're pretty sure you will too though...
The Blackburn Flea LED lightset is, like you'd expect from the name, tiny. One of the many small light sets now on the market designed at keeping the user visible. There isn’t, in all honesty much to choose between most of them.
Some are a little bit smaller, brighter, more durable, longer charge life… But they are all pretty similar.
Not the innovative Flea. Whilst it is light, bright and smaller than most, it’s real selling point is how it can be charged from any battery. That’s right, if you’ve run out of charge and haven’t got you’re charger with you then you can just bust open your mates TV remote and steal some battery juice.
Cool no?
The blog Bicycle Design is running a very cool competition. Design your idea of a perfect commuter bike and you could win one of the best ones around: A Cannondale Bad Boy 700.
The design brief:
Do you have an idea for a bicycle that might persuade the average person, with no prior interest in cycling, to park the car and pedal to work? That is the main idea behind this competition. The scope is up to you- choose to come up with a whole new form factor for a pedal powered machine, or focus on specific details that you consider key to accomplishing the goal of getting the average non-cyclist to consider riding a bike for transportation. Don’t be constrained by products that are currently on the market, but do make sure that your concepts are based in reality (don’t break the laws of physics, etc) and that they are manufacturable using existing technology. All concepts submitted will be considered, so be creative and have fun.
There's already some pretty good commuters out there, the Bad Boy can count itself as one of the best - whilst the Specialized Globe range we touched upon recently might help inspire you.
Either way you'll face stiff competition from my glow in the dark drop handlebared, disc braked, 700c tyred, air horn toting, cow catcher running monster.
Woah! Walking past the workshop earlier on I noticed our head mechanic Steve was working on this...
It's the Specialized Stumpjumper Elite 2009, in the Test bike livery. I only got to ride it over to our grassy knoll for a photo op so I am not in a position to say how it compares to the '08 Stumpy, all I can do is wipe away the dribble.
It's beautiful. It's very light. I can't wait to ride it properly (if I'm allowed). Steve was literally snarling at me at me as I placed it carefully against the rock, so whoever gets to take it out first better look after it!
We got a route:
Presenting the Tour de (sud) France!
Couple of things worth mentioning. First, the team time trial is back - obviously this'll give an advantage to the more powerful teams (unlucky Cadel!). Second we finish with a trip to Ventoux. With the removal of time bonuses and no time trial at the end the organisers are obviously hoping that the tour will be kept wide open till the end.
Will Armstrong even race, will Sastre defend or will Contador reclaim what he must think is his? Can't wait to find out!
The alternative world is becoming ever more difficult to tell apart, with mountain bikers dressing like surfers wearing snowboarding hats riding BMXs it's enough to give anyone brain freeze. Where was I?
Anyways long story short we decided it was about time we got some of that skate/BMX shoe love on our site, so we headed straight to the top and brought in world leading brand DuFFs to beef up our shoe range. Check out our new range of DuFFs shoes and the awesome range of colours, then go read the DuFFs blog to see what the cooler end of the cycling fraternity are up to (hint: not triathlons).
The Specialized Globe range of bikes is going places. Their 2009 models are taking a big step forward. We've had details of what's changed for a while, but since Spesh reiterated it at the London Bike Show recently we though it worth pointing out the changes.
Here's the blurb:
With environmental and wellness concerns and soaring fuel prices, there most certainly are clear problems. And, as we know, bikes are the solution! Following on their success with the Innovate-or- Die contest, Specialized have innovated with a totally redesigned GLOBE offering, focused at getting people out of cars and onto bikes. Its category-leading, light weight, ergonomic touch points, dialled in geometry and flat resistant tyres perfect are perfect for utilitarian riding. The Globe is an exclusive line available only to Specialized dealers.
That's Specialized dealers like us!
They also sent us more info explaining the differences between the Globe's of last year and the 2009 Globe models...
