Bicycle light maker Magicshine, which is a Sea Otter Classic Gold level sponsor, announced that it will help light the trails in the festival’s first even mountain and road night rides on Saturday, April 20.
At Sea Otter the company will offer three new lights (above – left to right) including the Magicshine MJ-88, which features two high-power Cree XM-L LEDs with 2000 Lumens and a run-time of 2.5 hours; the Magicshine MJ-872, a broad beamed four LED lgith with 1600 Lumens and run time of 2.2 hours; and the single LED Magicshine MJ-890 USB, rechargeable lithium polymer battery powered light that offers 160 lumens and a run time of three hours.
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Volkswagen Seaotter Classic: Magicshine Night Ride Official Website
Trek has expanded its partnership to support the nation’s biggest and most developed high school mountain bike program. Trek Bicycle and the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) announced a new partnership this month, and NICA student-athletes currently competing in California, Colorado, Texas, Utah, New York, Tennessee, Arizona, and Minnesota will enjoy the same benefits as other racers supported by Trek’s retailer-sponsored athlete program.
There have been numerous efforts to roll out a bicycle made of bamboo, but a new startup is looking to bring bamboo to the masses. Sunny Chuah has turned to Kickstarter to launch the Bamboo Bee, and produce low cost but durable bicycles.
Those who don’t have use of their legs do manage to compete in a number of hand driven cycles, but typically on the road. The new full suspension hand cycle from Lasher Sport could let riders go off road as well. The Lasher ATH-FS features Spinergy Wheels, Cane Creek Double Barrel Air and coil shocks to handle a variety of terrains, allowing the rider to boldly go where most hand cycle bikes haven’t gone before.
Even if you can’t head to France and might never race with the pros you can see the road ahead as the riders in the Tour de France will. Oakley is rolling of a couple of limited edition collections of its sunglasses to focus on the 100th Tour de France.
Italian bicycle component maker Campagnolo has a long and rich history and now the company, which was founded in 1933, has launched a virtual museum. The best part of this is that visitors can take in 80 years of Italian cycling history and not have to get on a plane to enjoy it. 
Now is the time of year when people are possibly thinking of extensions – like tax filing extensions or even hair extensions. But now we’re seeing the Vigurvant Foldout Pedal Extension. While this could be ideal for those with really big feet or for use when riding a bike with boots, the foldout pedal is really meant for tandem use.
This new ebook Roads Were Not Built For Cars explores the history of what roads in the US and UK may have been built for instead. While we will have to check this one out and applaud the efforts to tell the story of cycling in improving roads, we do know that many of the roads in Europe were built by the Romans – some 2,000 years prior to the bicycle. Just saying. 
In every cyclists efforts to trim grams, there comes a time when a few accessories, like a hydration system, are deemed essential. Now time trailers and triathletes, among other cyclists, can shave a few grams from their hydration system. Karbon Speed just released its XR Series hydration system, the Karbon Speed FXR, for Front Extended Range. 
Is Lazer going to introduce an aero cycling helmet? The company provided a one-piece aero helmet to a few pro riders this year. The helmet was called the Helium FAST, but now rumors are circulating that the company, which is the oldest bicycle helmet maker in the world, might be making a consumer version. We’ll have to watch and see.