There are many ways to make a bike stand out at night, but Pure Fix Glow Bikes cut right to the chase and offer up – as the name suggests – bikes that glow in the dark. These minimalist, fixed-gear road bikes offer an almost ghost-like white appearance in the day, but at night cast a glow that can’t be missed.
These are feature a paint that is solar-activated and needs just an hour in the sun for each hour at night, and after the lights go down these will offer a neon green glow.
We’ve seen a lot of bike lights, reflectors and even a tube wrap that helps light up the night. But now Pure Fix Cycles says “let it go glow, let it go glow, let it glow” with the Kilo, the first ever glow in the dark fixed gear bicycle. For that matter we think this is the first EVER glow in the dark bike period. Additional photos after the jump
The Erie Trustees recently approved plans for the Boulder Valley Velodrome, which could be operational in as little as a year. This would be the first velodrome built to Olympic guidelines in the United States since 2004, and it certainly could be of interest to the world’s cycling community. While single speed and fixies have become popular in recent years, the fact remains that there are woefully few places across the country to actually compete, or even to learn the ropes. Continue reading Erie Colorado to Get Velodrome
Want to browse some bikes that you likely won’t be seeing anytime soon at your local shop? The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York City has an exhibit running through the middle of August, which shows off the designs of six internationally renowned bicycle builders. The Handbuilt Bicycle showcases bikes that took weeks, and even months of skilled workmanship to build. Each bike of course bears the builder’s unique signature in design while showcasing their personalities through the choice of materials, forms and techniques.
The frames are metal, but these works of art show off the individual craft with graphics and other artifacts. Michael Manaram, owner of a textile company and an avid bike collector, along with Sacha White of Vanilla Bicycles of Portland, Oregon, organized the exhibit, which includes 21 bikes that were completely hand-built.
The bikes include fixed-gear, road racing, cyclocross, mountain and even commuter bikes, as well as a stripped-down randonneur, which was designed exclusively for long-distance racing. The exhibition includes bikes from Mike Flanigan of Alternative Needs Transportation (A.N.T.), Jeff Jones of Jeff Jones Custom Bicycles, Dario Pegoretti of Pegoretti Cicli, Richard Sachs of Richard Sachs Cycles, J. Peter Weigle of J. Peter Weigle Cycles and Sacha White of Vanilla Bicycles.