Monday, August 21, 2006

Flying the flag: English 3 speed

3 speed bicycle

British Eagle by Falcon - a design classic spotted in Bristol, UK.

Saturday, August 19, 2006

Tools that rule: joe blow

track pump

A complete dream of a bicycle pump and it does airbeds too. Click here for manufacturer's info.

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Project bike 2006: handlebars ergo-go



cafevelo puts the finishing touches to its singlespeed supercycle. For added rider comfort, we opted for Cane Creek's ergo bar ends. The Eastern straight bar has been cut down to match the rider's shoulder width.

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Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Thor-tastic

Thor Hushovd

Look at who cafevelo bumped into. We were in Tonsberg, Norway, for a spot of hobo tourism - drinking wine in the park, sleeping in the forest, that kind of thing - when a criterium's worth of riders buzzed past. Cool.

Sunday, July 30, 2006

Bike shops of the world - Norway

Din Sykkel, Tonsberg

Din Sykkel, Tonsberg.



Norway has some of the smoothest roads that cafevelo has ever seen. The North Sea cycle route website is worth glancing at if you are heading out this way.

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Saturday, July 29, 2006

Four legged friend

greyhounds

Are greyhounds cyclists in pet form?

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Project bike 2006: singlespeed conversion kit

16 tooth rear sprocket and spacer rings

Looking for some purity in your life? Go singlespeed! Spacer kit fits Shimano 8/9 spd mtb hubs. 16t rear sprocket. Chain line bang-on with middle chain ring. Suits urban cycling.

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Sunday, July 23, 2006

Thursday, July 20, 2006

cafevelo salutes Floyd Landis

Floyd Landis in the press

Tour de France, stage 17 - inspirational.

"I can’t remember seeing anything like this...It doesn't seem possible," said Gordan Cameron of Pezcyclingnews.

"Never before in recent Tour de France history has one witnessed such a amazing turnaround of events," wrote Brecht Decaluwé of Cyclingnews.

Monday, July 17, 2006

TDF stage 15: doin' d’Huez

l’Alpe d’Huez

The fans' favourite summit finish, l’Alpe d’Huez, takes its turn on Tuesday to torture le tour's remaining riders. Three out of five of cafevelo's tips for the stage win have crashed out, leaving just Floyd and George in the pot. If we could sit in the director's chair, then cafevelo would have Simoni and Cunego battling it out up the climb's 21 hairpin bends.