Here’s a machine that will make even the most dedicated weight weenies drool – this complete road bike tips the scales at a truly staggering weight of 2.7kg (6lb).
Originally owned by German cyclist Gunter Mai, the first build started out at about 3.3kg (7.3lb), dipping as low as 2.9kg (6.4lb) in Mai’s posession. But don’t for one minute think of this bike as an exhibition piece that’s never properly used. Mai and others put more than 20,000km on it over a period of two years.
As it stands today  … Pictures and more
The second annual “Napa Bike Fest†(napabikefest.org) is happening on Saturday, April 27 at 500 First St., at the Oxbow Public Market south parking lot.
Organizers Napa Bike (a.k.a. Napa County Bicycle Coalition) said Bike Fest features a bike swap, KIDical Mass, BMX stunt show, four types of rides (including a ride with mountain bike icon Joe Breeze), great food and live music from Napa musicians.
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Ever had one of those days when you couldn’t decide whether to head for the horizon on your road bike or hit the trails with your mountain bike? Now imagine a bike vacation where every day is like that. Yeah, it sounds pretty awesome to us, too.
Don’t get us wrong; we love us a good bike beer-cation or foreign road tour as well as long trips to the trails, but give us  … Pictures and more
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON — There are women in Afghanistan who are risking their lives to fight for their rights: their right to get an education, their right to work outside the home, their right to run for Parliament, and their right to ride a bike. These few, brave women who dare to ride epitomize how the bike is often viewed as a symbol of freedom — they are literally pedaling a revolution in how women are perceived and valued.
In fact, the bike has been a symbol of freedom for women before, here in the US. Susan B. Anthony declared in 1896, “The bicycle has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives a woman a feeling of freedom and self-reliance  … More