Adam Salmon has recently fitted a 3-speed fixed wheel hub on his Kogswell. Here is his report: Only been using this a week and it is just so much fun, it’s been a long time since a new bike put as bigger smile on my face as the Kogswell I built up using one of these. Can’t find a bad word to say about it. The hub does have just a little backlash, enough that you can feel it, but nothing to worry about. Not sure I’d [...]

Riding without mudguards in weather like this is simply crazy. But what are you going to do if you’re a gentleman with taste and you own a Pashley Guvnor – the like of which is not fitted with fenders? The Guv’nor was inspired by the Path Racer that Pashley produced in the 1930s. Using a Reynolds 531 diamond frame and a single-speed Sturmey Archer hub with internal drum brake on the rear wheel, the bike’s design and componentry harks back to an old-school Agatha Christie innocence. And, [...]

Here at Velorution we strive to provide options to suit everyone. We’re getting kind of obsessed. Sure, we specialise in high-quality town, folding and Christiana cargo bikes but we also do our very best to make sure every cyclist gets the exact ride they want. (See our Scorcher – we provide a sturdy steel base frame, let you choose your components and build it up bespoke for you in our London workshop.) So, what’s our current bugbear? Handlebars. And the gloriously vast variety of them. So huge [...]

If your kid can do this: … he can soon graduate to the new Like-a-bike with pedals. Only 7.5 kg, 16″ wheels. Available soon.

Moulton Buzz reports: The new version of the widely acclaimed 14 speed internally geared hub will have a number of changes over the current version: It still has 14 gears with even steps all the way, but the overall ratio increases from 526% to 580% The hub shell will be about 20% smaller. Useful for building into small wheels The weight will be about 1400g, compared with 1700g of the current version It will not be suitable for use in tandems or other “hard core” uses. A new shifter will be [...]

Last Saturday we hosted the first class of our three part maintenance course. It is our third series and the curriculum has improved a lot. We will soon film some of the key lessons. If you cannot wait for our repair videos, here are a couple of decent resources: VideoJug has a number of bicycle maintence videos, Carlton Reid of BikeBiz has produced a number of maintenace videos, such as this one on puncture repairs and this one on lubing. Watch out for some glaring omissions though: VideoJug’s How [...]

Rolling By, Beneath My Window – Downwind Of Amsterdam: The inspiration for Laura Domela? Via Bluebird Bicycle

Boing Boing: Unpaid diplomatic parking tickets as index of national corruption Muslim countries worst; North Europeans best. Correlation to social status of bicycle almost 1. (And let’s not talk about the million quids the US Embassy is owing us. Bastards)

Eddie Merckx, John Stainthorpe and Miles. Merckx visited the Like-a-bike stand at the London Cycle Show. He liked the bikes so much that he bought a Jumper for his grandson. John, the UK distributor was chuffed: he sold a bike to a man who probably hasn’t paid for a bike in a long time (and autographed another of the bikes). …and Miles? He just tested all the bikes on display. A more thorough report on all the folding bikes at the Show is here

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Bicycle destroy – YouTube Video showing what the Japanese do if you don’t park your bike correctly. Via InfoJunk Surly long bike – Cleverchimp Surly introduces a bike built to fit the Xtrabike loading tail

Acrobat – Google Video Chinese acrobat makes it look simple – via Bike Punx