$249 for Walmart's new Dutch bike. Notice how Walmart's website puts "Adult Bikes" in the "Toys" section.

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The VelEau is a new direction for Showers Pass.

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As a custom frame builder, I pay a lot of attention to the distances between the three primary contact points that a rider shares with their bicycle — their saddle, pedals, and grips. The millimeters in between guide my decision making from design to assembly. Component and accessory designer Ergon concerns itself, not only with [...]

The new Chris King Espresso Tamperawaiting action at Red E Cafe in North Portland.(Photo © J. Maus)

Portland-based manufacturer Chris King Precision Components now makes an espresso tamper. If the release of a precision coffee component by a bike company seems strange to you, you are probably not familiar with Chris King — the man [...]

Watch out thieves, there's a GPS in there.(Photos: GPS Track This)

[Via BikeBiz]
Word is quickly spreading on the Interwebs tonight about what many have considered the Holy Grail of bike theft — a GPS tracker for bicycles.
UK-based GPS Track This now offers (wholesale only at this point it seems) the "Spylamp Bicycle GPS Tracker", a small [...]

SBU creator Daniel Wood.(Photo © J. Maus)

Remember the SBU — the electic Self-Balancing Unicycle made just north of Portland in Camas, Washington? I got acquainted with it back in February when I ran into its creator, Daniel Wood of Focus Designs, at a local e-bike shop.
Daniel dropped me a line the other day to [...]

It was a busy day on the show floor. Here's the stuff that caught my eye...

First, Hutchinson claims to have solved one of the bike industry's biggest unsolved mysteries — the flat-proof tire. Their new "Serenity" system looks very promising. It consists of a specially made tire and an "insert" developed by [...]

Have a seat at the Surly booth.(Photos © J. Maus)

Surly Bikes has made a solid name for themselves over the years by offering well-built, versatile, and affordable steel bikes. You can hardly ride for five minutes in Portland without seeing one. I took a tour around their booth today with employee Emily Richard [...]

These two bikes show the range ofbikes made by Sun Bicycles.(Photos © J. Maus)

Day Two here at Interbike and I've got lots of new product information and photos to share. I'll start with Sun Bicycles, which was one of the more memorable booths I visited today in part because of their $550 (estimated retail) [...]

Colorful front racks from Basil.-Slideshow below-(Photos © J. Maus)

I've got to get back out onto the show floor, but I wanted to share some of the bits and bikes I checked out yesterday.
Basil bags from The Netherlands are very solid and attractive. They've got a full range for daily riding. Their [...]

A day at the Outdoor Demo. - Slideshow below/Gallery - (Photos © J. Maus)

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Burley's Travoy brings home the gold (and the groceries).

Burley Design, a Eugene-based company known for its bicycle trailers, has won big at the Eurobike trade show that kicked off today in Friedrichshafen, Germany today. Eurobike announced today that Burley has won a 2010 Eurobike Gold Award for their new Travoy cargo trailer.
The Travoy was [...]

Even though cargo bikes are becoming increasingly common, there is still very little standardization in their design. Case in point is the new "Mopion" cargo bike from Puma Bikes (designed by Biomega). Puma's other bikes caught my eye when they debuted back in June, and this one does too...

The "Mopion" from Puma/Biomega.

And here's [...]

The Rack Tote bag from Po Campo.(Photos © J. Maus)

Thanks to Twitter, I was able to connect with Maria Boustead from Chicago-based Po Campo bags while she was in Portland this past weekend.
Po Campo launched last summer with bags for women who want style and function that look good on and off the [...]

The EcoShopper at work.(Photos © J. Maus)

Eugene-based BicycleR Evolution knows a thing or two about trailers. The 15 year-old company is owned by Ian Scholz, brother of Alan and Hans Scholz, the guys who run Bike Friday (Alan also founded Burley Designs back in 1973). But, when the "EcoShopper" trailer showed up on [...]

There's more than meets the eye.-Watch video below-

Northeast Portland resident Michael Felix has just launched a project called Velosynth, an "open-source bicycle interaction synthesizer." Or, in other words, it's "a small computer that you attach to your bicycle that interprets your motion into sound."
With mobile sound systems flourishing on bikes throughout the city (you've [...]

The man behind The Gary Fisher Collection.(Photo © J. Maus)

Two big announcements in the bike world this week could result in some interesting new bikes showing up on the streets of Portland.
The first is from the biggest bike brand in the world, Trek. Trek announced Tuesday that they will shelve the Gary Fisher brand [...]

A new way to walk.-Video below-

I get a lot of interesting things sent to me in the mail, so I've been thinking about doing a 'Mailbag' column for a long time. Here's the first installment.
A company from Naples, Florida emailed about a new product called "Walk A Bike: The Bicycle Wrist Steering Strap." [...]

The Travoy from Burley.(Photo © J. Maus - All other photos by Chris Sullivan)

Burley nailed it. Their new Travoy -- part cargo trailer, part grocery cart, part portable office -- is an amazingly well-designed product.
From the first time you hold the top handle and move it around with one hand, you get a sense [...]

The Hauler is solar, electric and leg-powered.- Full gallery - (Photos © J. Maus)

Introducing the Hauler -- a solar, sweat and electric powered vehicle its designers hope will bridge the gap between bicycle and car and bring a new level of utility and affordable mobility to millions in the process.
The Hauler is a product of [...]