While LeMond Fitness didn’t have a good year in 2012, and the company basically folded shop just before Interbike, we heard that LeMond is back with Lemond Inc. This week Greg LeMond also posted a survey on his site inquiring whether or not there would be interest in the LeMond road bike brand.
The company had been founded by its namesake, and was distributed by Trek… but then all sorts of ugliness occurred and the brand fell by the wayside. So could LeMond bikes be ready to roll again?
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[Via BikeRumor: LEMOND LOOKING TO START MAKING BIKES AGAIN?]
There are the ram’s horn handlebars and of course the bullhorn handlebars, but Brooklyn Designer Taylor Simpson has created the Moniker Cycle Horn, a handcrafted handlebar that features real deer antlers! We’re not sure who exactly would want to ride with these but we suggest you stay out of the woods during hunting season!
We were saddened at last year’s Interbike Trade Show to learn that LeMond Fitness had closed shop. But now comes word that the company’s revolutionary stationary bike trainer is back in gear so to speak. Greg LeMond announced a new company called Lemond Inc, which will retain rights to the Revolution Trainer. Moreover, Lemond (the company) will introduce a number of Revolution compatible accessores designed by LeMond (the person) and his team. 
Koala Bottle isn’t trying to reinvent the water bottle – although a few companies have tired – but rather it could be seen as reinventing the water bottle cage for bicycles. One problem of the cages, no matter whether these are plastic, metal or even carbon fiber, is that the bottle can sometimes be difficult to remove. That’s not a good thing when heading down the road in traffic, and never a good thing on the mountain bike trail.
Commuting by bicycle to a metro station might just get riders only part way to work, especially if the distance from the station at the other end is far. Plus most commuters probably don’t love the idea of leaving a bike in the elements all day. But Tern Bicycles, maker of folding bikes, is working with the Stuttgart Transit Authority to provide a special folding bike at a special bike. Unlike regular bikes these folding ones can even be taken on the train during rush hour – providing riders a way to ride a bike, ride a train and ride a bike the rest of the way.
When we think of Detroit we think of cars and maybe Motown music, or more over how the city could use a turnaround. Fortunately some smaller shops like Detroit Cargo are trying to get innovative and taking the good old Motor City innovation in a new direction with quality products.
CrankBrothers Egg Beaters are great off-road pedals, offering a minimal base and low weight. But without cycling shoes these are a nightmare to use. Not exactly friendly for shoes without the proper cleats. But now Pub Pedals is developing cleat covers that can transform the Egg Beaters into flat pedals – ideal for commuting or just heading to the store.
While we like the innovative spirit behind most products, for the second time in recent memory we’ve seen a barebones bike rack offered as something special. The Make 001 Bike Rack does have more style than the Bike Hook – which is why that one was called out as a Kinetic(Mis)Shift and the Make 001 is not. But that said we still question whether $180 is money well spent on a few pieces of wood. Nice design but worth the cost; we don’t know.
We hear a lot about the “carbon footprint” but Raleigh Bicycles may have cyclists thinking instead about the carbon rebate. The company is issuing $100 prepaid rebate cards to everyone who purchases any Raleigh carbon bike through the end of March. 
While it is doubtful that Robin Hood – if such a character really existed – would have worn green tights, he might still have appreciated the Sherwood Camouflage cycling gloves from Giro. According to the company:
Michelin has taken a cue from that old (and somewhat not so cool) Huey Lewis song “Hip to be Square,” but in this case square could be the new round. The Protek Max inner tubes, which we