No, this isn't a photo of the latest drivetrain system on display at the Interbike International Bike Show. It's simply a picture of some badly needed new components for my worn out LeMond Tourmalet.

A slipping chain and a near-ballbusting experience -- in addition to a tell-tale grinding from the bottom bracket -- convinced me it was time to make the replacements after my bike tour of the Olympic Peninsula last month. ...   more »

I think we were on a bicycle tour to Montreal when my friend Bruce had the idea of attaching sails to our bikes to make them go faster. Always the practical one, I chalked it up as another of his hare-brained schemes, like his vacuum-cleaner shoes.

All I can say now is Bruce was ahead of his time.

A retired attorney has developed a sail system that attaches to a trike and propels it along the highway. The rig is called the Pterosail ...   more »

The last North American appearance of the 2006 Bicycle Film Festival rolls through San Francisco this Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 28-30. Featured is the documentary B.I.K.E., about New York City's Black Label Bicycle Club. There also are films about the history of BMX racing, the life and death of Tour de France cyclist Tom Simpson, and a 500-mile bike tour across Europe to join protests against the World Bank ...   more »

Out for a Sunday bike ride, Andrew Heitner had pasued on a Miami drawbridge when it unexpectedly started to open.

Heitner grabbed the railing and started yelling for help. As the span reached it full upright position, Heitner had a decision to make -- his body or his bike. He told a Miami TV station:   more »

A long-simmering dispute between Moses Mathis, who has given away thousands of bikes to kids, and the Fayetteville-Cumberland County Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Committee has boiled over.

The King committee has sold a warehouse that Mathis leased for $1 to an Atlanta-based company that builds affordable housing for college students. Mathis has 90 days to vacate. ...   more »