They must think we are all fucking stupid

I'm sorry but that's a car, not a bike.

The cycling industry has traditions. Some of them have been going on for centuries and others, just for decades. And some of them probably started this year. For example, the cycling cap. A rather strange accessory, but it's ours and we'll hold on to it. The other obvious example is the self-loathing party known as Interbike. It continues to happen every year in September. Despite the fact that the industry has already released and shipped the next model year. Everything that is shown has already been seen. There isn't any level of surprise left.

So why go? Great question, to which I have no answer. But it did seem that the new venue brought out more manufactures and more attendees. Whatever that means.

But let's get right down to the good stuff, all that new stuff that revolutionized the cycling world this year.

The first noticeable trend was that everything got disc brakes. Road bikes with disc brakes are the new aero bikes which were the new endurance bikes which were the new road bikes and now we have disc road bikes. Every wheel manufacture had at least one set, every frame maker had at least one model and every fork former had something sitting in their booth that would allow the user to attach disc brakes to their skinny tire bicycle.

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Aluminum versus Rock

Rock won...

I went all the way to Eurobike and all I brought you back was this lousy post.

Once again, the bike has been completely revolutionized.

Unless you're living under the biggest rock in the known world's history, you know that the bicycle industry has been throwing themselves a big party on the other side of that big thing of water that separates us from them. They are throwing this party, of course, because they have been successful in completely revolutionizing the bicycle.

The design that was revolutionized.

I can say this with all confidence because I didn't see one, nope count 'em, not one bone shaker.   Now that thing is definitely not vertically compliant or laterally stiff. Aero? Forget it. It does however, sport the newest and greatest suspension design and direct brake system. Not to mention the integrated front fender, that did not increase the weight of the bike at all.

Of course, for today's kids the color is a bit drab, you know with the 80s coming back and all.

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Today is the Last of Days

The coolest of the cool kids will be sporting these at school.

Today is the last day to Preorder your SCRAM T-shirt. I know you want one, so go ahead and do it. Every one who is cool already has.

http://jlukasbrink.fatcow.com/store/index.html

You know what to do...

Do you shave?

You'll be surprised to whom these legs belong

As humans, it is our moral obligation to divide ourselves into the haves and have nots, the doers and the shakers. We must categorize, stereotype and file each person based on our perception of who they truly are. As cyclists, this is amplified. I mean really, what the hell is a gravel bike? I don't own a bike that I can't ride on a gravel road. And all of my bikes have seen dirt at one point or another, but I digress...

There are three types of cyclists. There are those who shave, those who don't and those who shave depending on which bike they ride. As an aspiring professional cyclists, it is important that you choose the appropriate level of leg hair for your chosen discipline.

Does the idea of having tan lines that are perfectly defined on your biceps, thighs and calves appeal to you? Are you willing to suffer through pedaling for hours on ends with some other dude's ass right in front of you? Have you fantasized about having legs smoother than your girlfriend's so you can feel them at night when you are all alone? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you need to shave.

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Gatorskin Fail

Check this shit out, http://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/comments/1k53w7/so_i_destroyed_my_gatorskins_in_one_week_can_you/

Absolutely hilarious.

SCRAM!

So these were made a couple of weeks ago and sold out the first day. We will be reordering on Sept 1st. If you want one, preorder it here.