Flat tires are an inevitable side effect of riding bikes. Changing a flat is normally a time consuming and painful task for most people—you have to pull off the road or trail, pop off your wheel, and get to work, hoping you brought all the essentials with you. New company Patchnride has created a device that not only saves you from having to remove your wheel to fix a flat or mess with your rear derailleur, but claims to fix the flat permanently.
I am a big believer in women’s sport camps and clinics. There is something about the supportive nature of women crushing together that, at least for me, really helps to learn, push harder, and feel more confident in trying new stuff. Whether it’s Chicks with Picks, Trek Dirt Series, or KEEN’s new Rippin Chix program, the number of camps and clinics for women to learn and master new sports is on the rise.
As I hopped off to push my rental Corratec X-Vert Motion up yet another hill, I quickly came to realize that mountain biking in Southern Germany is not exactly the same as mountain biking in San Francisco. Located in the heart of the Bavarian Alps, the small metropolis of Garmisch-Partenkirchen sits beneath the Zugspitze Massif, the highest mountain in Germany at 2962 m or 9718 ft above sea level. Most trails rise quickly and steeply out of the valley, and with a less than ideal bike to match the conditions, I needed to veer my expectations towards maximum fun factor not maximum distance or vert.
Last week, Strava announced the addition of routes to their latest mobile application update, a…
There are tons of fancy and complicated ways to store your n+1 bikes, but the new Clug might just be the cheapest and simplest solution. Named after the sound it makes when you pop your wheel inside, Clug is the brain child of ProdUX design company Hurdler Studios in Vancouver.
If you thought the TAZ 1200 was a bright bike light from Light & Motion,…
