Road
2011 Gentlemen’s Race
There is a great juxtaposition in cycling; the tougher the ride, the greater the rewards. The further you go, the more unknown places you will discover. Combine these and you have the 2011 North East Rapha Gentlemen’s Race. A 134-mile chain of beautiful scenery, grueling climbs, challenging surfaces through little-known areas of Eastern Pennsylvania.
The 1910 Challenge
The centenary of the Col du Tourmalet’s inclusion in the Tour de France will be celebrated with a mountain-top finish on stage 17 of this year’s edition of the race. As well as the special edition Tourmalet Jersey, Rapha honour the first ever Tour stage that tackled the Tourmalet with a tribute ride, The 1910 [...]
PUSH PULL
A glimpse of an athlete by the name of Pete Billington. Film by Landis Fields, Zac Wollons, Punn Wiantrakoon, and Brian Berringer. Directed and Edited by Landis Fields. The project required 2 locations. All of the outdoor shots were taken out of the back/top of a four door jeep wrangler going up Mount Tamalpais. Everything [...]
Technology
Mobile Barcodes and NFC for Bike Shops
New Data from Nellymoser indicates that well over 90% of the top 100 magazines in the US have featured at least one mobile barcode since May 2011; as recently as November 2010, just 9% had. With the proliferation of mobile barcodes in print and the availability of NFC there are new possibilities to use 2d [...]
Bike 2.0
The bicycle is one of the most efficient machines that man has ever made. Despite this, we have all come across at least one hill at some point that we had to dismount and walk up. At the same time there is probably another hill out there that you’ve come down and felt like you [...]
Eyecatching Bike Customization, But Would You Use It?
What is it about your bike that makes it feel like yours and yours alone? Every little tweak you make to your bike makes your connection to it more personal. For example, I’m a fan of foam grips. I don’t like them because I have tender hands and I want to be more comfortable, I [...]
QR Code Bike ID
2dbarcodes have been around for a long time and they’re making their way into the U.S. with other technologies such as NFC, Image Recognition, RFID and more. Kryptonite Bike Registration by Bike Revolution is utilizing Qr codes to register bikes as an antitheft technology for cyclists. The Pulse ID tag is a unique, tamper-resistant, weatherproof [...]