San Jose Bicycles: NOW OPEN!
San Jose Bicycles at 565 Tully rd in San Jose is NOW OPEN! Repairs, accessories and special orders, new bikes coming asap! Check the facebook page for more up to date info…and make sure to “like” it! Or stop in and say hello! -Jonesy
San Jose “Bike Clinic” now at the Downtown Farmers Market!
San Jose “Bike Clinic” now at the Downtown Farmers Market! Check their facebook page for details on dates and times…
MINOURA Bike Mount for Smart Phone: IS THE BEST!
Keeping your phone in your pocket or a bag is fine on short bicycle rides around the neighborhood. When your on a longer ride and dont want to be hastily reaching for your phone when it rings only to get fustrated. Having your phone mounted on the bars is very handy or maybe you just [...]
SE Racing “Big Ripper” 29er BMX Bike!
Although this is a 2010 model, this SE Racing “Big Ripper” is still brand new outa the box. It was just assembled for pro skateboarder/artist Jason Adams. Now Ive seen and riden 26 inch PK Rippers but this 29er “Big Ripper” is the grand daddy of BMX Cruisers! An aluminum looptail style frame with Landing Gear [...]
“Dirt Rag” mountain bike magazine…
From the publishers of Bicycle Times magazine, or vice versa, comes Dirt Rag mountain / off road bicycling magazine. Its a great informational source for any average to experienced mountain bike and cyclocross cyclist. Printed on the kinda paper I like to have in my hands it features products, rides, competitions, events, stories, write ups [...]
Vittoria “Rubino” 700c X 23c Tires…
I’ve been riding a Vittoria “Rubino” 700 by 23 tire up front on one of my daily runner bikes and so far its a great tire. The Rubino is an all around tire for most road bike riding styles and conditions and is available in a few different “Pro” versions as well. At around 26 [...]
1000 Bicycling Tips Book
Bicycling Magazine’s “1000 All Time Best Tips” will help make your bike rides fun, safe and also help increase performance. If your looking to improve your cycling game ride over to your local book shop and pick it up for around 10 bucks. Tips on road biking, mountain biking, racing, eating correctly and pretty much [...]
Those Darn Bike Light BATTERIES!
So you have some small and super bright LED bike lights that you love using, but after 4 months of using them everyday the batteries are dead. The “nickel” batteries used in most of these batteries are expensive at around 5 bucks a piece and the lights are only about 15 bucks each(the small one [...]
“Klunkerz” the roots of Mountain Biking
Check out this trailer for “Klunkerz“, a documentary on the birth of Mountain Biking in the late 1970s. Get an idea of where it all began and who started it!
TEASHACK PROJECT Bicycle Shirt!
San Jose/Santa Cruz based clothing company, owned and operated by artist skateboarder and avid SJ Bike Partier Sid Enck Jr., has just come out with a bicycle graphic T-shirt with art by Patrick Jilbert. Check out their web site at TEASHACKPROJECT.COM to order the shirt and click on “Products” to check out other clothing offered [...]
Osiris G-BAG sound system!
So your riding along in the San Jose Bike Party on a friday night and some dude whizzes by you with speakers blaring off his back. You say to your self “dang that was loud! I WANT ONE!”. Most likely it was the Osiris Shoes G-Bag, “Metatron 1080″ model. Its an average sized backpack with [...]
AVENIR = JUNK!
So I needed a new chainwhip (used to remove the rear wheel sprockets, freewheel or track-cog) as the one I made a few years ago was dying a slow death. Went to my supplier (Bike Ex) and picked an Avenir single speed chainwhip and a multispeed chainwhip. The price was good and they looked solid, [...]
Kenda “Kwest” Tires
Kenda tires are priced economically and offer durability and great longevity. These 700 by 28 tires are good for single speeds, fixies and hybrids. Very thick with a Kevlar layer (on some models) makes them resistant to punctures and fixie skids. These have a nice reflective strip on the entire side of the wheel that [...]
review: INFINI “Amuse” LED Bicycle Lights: Excellent!
SANJOSEBIKEBLOG Bicycle Product Review: The tiny INFINI “Amuse” bike light is sold at Bicycle Express in downtown San Jose. This thing is awesome! It has 2 very bright leds that face at a slight outwards angle, it does “flashing” or “steady on” and mounts with a quick release “bungy” style strap and hook. Its water [...]
ONGUARD “Mini” U-Lock
The Onguard “Bulldog” Mini U-Lock gets my vote for the best bicycle lock I have ever owned. Its more compact than most regular U-locks but in most cases it still manages to get around the wheel the frame and the pole your locking up to. It uses a laser cut key and came with about [...]
Shortyfatz Bike Co. / POPS Fabrication
I did a tour of the Shortyfatz Bicycles / POPS Fabrication in San Jose just before a Bike Party ride and was very impressed. They hand build their frames themselves right here in San Jose with guidance from long time bicycle frame builder Dale Sasso. Selling a limited amount of bikes each month keeps the [...]
Bicycle Times Magazine
Just got the newest issue (#6) of Bicycle Times when I was at Frys browsing around in the magazine isle. I was looking for a certain digital photo magazine but stumbled apon this. This is great magazine and if you live in an urban area and cycle alot it will interest you. This issue has [...]
“Spoke POV” programmable bicycle wheels LIGHTS!
When my “hokey spokes” bike wheel lights started to go out (due to age) ,and I couldnt get “Bike Party” to show up in the programable lettering, I started looking into a new wheel mounted bicycle light. I found some unbeleivable wheel lights called “Spoke POVs”. It took me many times looking at their website [...]