Earlier this month, the nonprofit Detroit Fitness Foundation (DFF) announced Lexus as the official naming rights sponsor of Detroit’s newest indoor multi-sport complex, which will be anchored by a 166.66-meter (1/10 mile) velodrome, the only one of its kind in the United States. There's one other 166.66-meter track, but it's an outdoor track in Cleveland. Most velodromes in the … [Read more...] about New 166m Indoor Velodrome Coming to Detroit
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More Modern Wheel Tools, Part 2
By Jim Langley Back in January, I reviewed Wheel Fanatyk's Tensiometer, a consistently accurate, easy-to-use and beautifully crafted digital spoke tension gauge. Just click the link to read all about it. At the time of that review, I was building wheels part-time for Praxis Works Bicycle Components. Today, I'm a full-time engineer at Praxis and in charge … [Read more...] about More Modern Wheel Tools, Part 2
Question of the Week
Today's QoW is an interesting one re: cyclists' rights on the road. (And a bill our governor here in Georgia vetoed a couple years ago, claiming it would "confuse" motorists!) It's from Premium Member Michael Leven. (Wikipedia definition: "The Idaho stop is the common name for a law that allows cyclists to treat a stop sign as a yield sign, and a red light as a stop … [Read more...] about Question of the Week