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How to get a super cool bike for £150
When the frame (yes, frame, not chain) on my old Raleigh Pioneer snapped a few weeks ago, I faced two choices. I could pay £100 or so to have the frame completely stripped, sent to Raleigh for welding, then have the bike reassembled. Or I could say adios to my feckless companion of six years and start afresh. (11/01) ReadYou may also like
Bike builder gains esteem with each handcrafted frame
gazette.coml | 03/07/08 
On a recent afternoon, the Ground Up garage suddenly filled with an eerie lavender glow that meant Eric Baar had started building another frame.
He ... More
Bike passion spins out great tales of cycle pioneers in NZ
Hawke's Bay Today | 20/06/08
"Tearing along the traffic-burthened thoroughfare with staring eyeballs and reeking frame, this insane demon shoots past men, women and children, with ... More
The million-dollar Olympic bike
The New Zealand Herald | 06/06/08
Cycle maker Koga Miyata is hoping that a one million dollar bike built for Dutch track cyclist Theo Bos will secure him a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.
Koga ... More
Carbon nanotubes found in bikes likened to asbestos
BikeRadar | 22/05/08
The material is widely used in the cycling industry as part of frames, forks steerers and seat tubes, which are regularly cut to size by professional and ... More
A Visit to the Bike Mechanic
Seattle Post Intelligencer | 24/04/08 
Adapted from the Seinfeld episode, The Bottle Deposit #1
[Bike Shop]
Cyclist and mechanic stand beside the bike. Cyclist looks worried and mechanic ... Read
Reinventing the wheel
Daily Princetonian | 24/04/08
Chances are you've never seen a bicycle made out of bamboo. If you picture a bamboo bike as wobbly or lopsided, though, think again, because when juniors ... Read
Artist is assembling sculpture out of bike parts
Ventura County Star | 04/04/08
Under a slight drizzle and with the ocean as a backdrop, Petaluma artist Mark Grieve began assembly Thursday of an 18-foot welded sculpture of dozens of ... Read
Tag devices to curb bike thefts
BBC | 26/04/07
Electronic tagging devices are to be fitted to bicycles in a Surrey town free of charge as part of a continuing crackdown on thefts in the borough.
Residents ... Read
Nine Legendary Frame Builders Collaborate on Custom Road Bike for NAHBS Raffle
Ppolnews | 01/02/07
The North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS), the world's largest consumer show for custom-built bicycles, invites the public to buy a raffle ticket ... Read
Alarm bells ring for bike thieves
The Press | 31/05/07
POLICE in York are testing out a new weapon in the war on bike thefts. They are trying out ten cycle alarms, which give out a high-pitched, piercing alarm ... Read
All-carbon bicycle rims cost-competitive with aluminum
Compositesworld.com | 30/11/06
In the bicycle world, carbon fiber isn't just high-tech ... it's hot. Virtually every bicycle manufacturer has incorporated carbon fiber into a portion ... Read
Wheeling through history
The Phoenix | 09/05/08
n a cramped basement in Watertown, collector Michael Kaplan squeezes another box of parts next to his $10,000 1934 Schwinn Streamline Aerocycle. At a bike ... More
Bikes on Snow provides thrills, spills
Stuff | 03/07/08
That's why you have to fit chains to your car and drive slowly.
That's why snow ploughs run on caterpillar tracks and why practically all winter sports ... More
Don't let your bike eat your pants
McGill Daily | 24/04/08
As long as you're riding a bike with no chain guard, you'll need to be watching out for getting your pants/skirt/shoelaces/ankle hair caught in your ... Read
The Sideways Bike: Like Surfing the Streets
Wired News | 13/07/07
This crazy contraption is Michaels Killian's Sideways Bike. Killian is a software engineer in Dublin, Ireland and he came up with the idea while tinkering ... Read
Bouticycle: new investments?
Bike Europe | 03/05/07
Facing bad results, the shareholders of netHub, owner of bike retail chain Bouticyle and wholsesaler José Alvarez, have decided to recapitalize ... Read