Many efforts have been made to keep drinks cool in a cycling water bottle. And with the recent heat waves we’ve experience we can tell you that many of the efforts fall way short. Nothing is worse than warm sports drink.
But Hydrapak has looked to add PrimaLoft – a type of insulation that has been used in winter jackets to add warmth – to keep beverages cool and tasty. The Wooly Mammoth, which made its debut last year was such a hit that it sold out last season. Now the company has updated the bottle and will offer a new version this fall. This 20 ounce bike bottle will fit in most cages and features a flexible polypropylene body that is BPA free and can reportedly keep beverages ice age cold! Continue reading Hydrapak Packs in the Cool
Wood remains a viable building material for many things. Who wouldn’t want hardwood floors for example, or a nice wood deck for a sunny afternoon? On the fitness side of things we’ve seen wooden bicycles, but F&Y Les Classiques from Montreal have taken this a step further with hardwood handlebars.
The company that has made its business in helping people find their way is now looking at helping users find their way to better fitness. This week Magellan announced its new Magellan Active Website for fitness activity tracking. And to help users get there the company has released its new Switch and Switch Up crossover GPS watches.
Knog has already impressed us with a few products including bicycle lights, but now the company from down under has some bicycle locks that look like they’d be tough enough for just about any American or Australian city – and probably just about anywhere else short of an actual warzone.
Some communities require that ALL bicycles have a bell. Well, many riders would consider putting a bell on their road bike or mountain bike just plain “nutty,” but you can still play by the rules and evoke a little style. Nutcase offers six graphic bicycle bells that don’t look so bad and probably aren’t a bad thing to have on a commuter bike.
If rain is the enemy of cyclists – one of them, anyway – then it’s the duty of the cyclists to defeat rain any way we can. This one-piece BikeSuit from Smart Products is a slicker that takes the challenge gracefully. 
While bicycling can help work out your legs it doesn’t really do a whole lot for your arms or upper body. But the Raxibo Hand-Tret-Velo system looks to offer a full body workout. In addition to the traditional pedal driven drive train it offers an arm-powered one as well. Thus riders use both arms and legs.
There is an old saying that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Seattle-based Alchemy Goods essentially operates on that principal, and it creates new products from what many of us would likely just toss in the garbage.
The Tour de France is underway and while it doesn’t appear likely that Thomas Voeckler will be able to see himself back in the yellow jersey as he did last year, he should at least be very comfortable in his Team Europcar Professional Cycling Team kit made by Louis Garneau.
As we’ve often said a flat tire can be annoying. While it won’t ruin the day, it can ruin a bike ride. But @cme is a new brand that is looking to solve an old and all too common problem. The company, which was founded by bicycle industry veteran Steve Boehmke, looks to solve the flat tire problem.
Don’t call it recycled, because for Sourced its new messenger bags aren’t so much “recycled” as these are “upcycled” from tractor trailer curtains, which were previously used to protect cargo. These tarps are cleaned, and hand sewn into very durable bags from the UK-based company.
There have been two trends in bicycle design over the past couple of years – foldable commuter bikes and electric bikes. Richard Heath, an industrial design intern in Australia has crafted a design that is a merger of the two and is aimed at commuters.