Biking

For folks who have a penchant for carbon-fiber components or tool precision, check out the Topeak D-torq wrenches.

Most bike commuters would be happy with a shower at work and a safe space to store their steed. Ogilvy & Mather upped the ante with New York City’s first corporate bike-sharing program.

The Blaze 2w provides enough light for nighttime mountain roads that are “as dark as an Edgar Allen Poe poem,” according to our reviewer.

In homage to the Flemish tradition of kicking rear in the sport of cyclocross, Ibis offers its Hakkalügi bike. (Pronounced: “hock-a-loogie.”)

The Livestrong indoor cycle trainer is a feature-rich stationary bike approved by Lance Armstrong himself.

Jeans for pedaling are back! This is thanks to casual looking but well-designed pants like Osloh’s Pedal.

Pearl Izumi’s new mitts convert from full-finger biking gloves to windproof lobsters via fabric stashed under a back-of-the-hand pocket.

The 2010 Novara Transfer may be the Honda Civic of bikes. At $649, it comes with an internally-geared 7-speed hub, fenders, a rear rack, and other commuter-friendly features.

The Swingline is a one-piece waterproof pannier that functions sort of like a garment-bag-meets-laptop-bag product.

Step into cycling’s urban underground, where Alleycat racing pits clandestine competitors against the clock on an ad hoc bike course through the city.

Want a bike that’s good at doing a little bit of everything? The 2010 Kona Sutra could be your ride.

Lazer’s Urbanize N’Light is a bike helmet with built-in safety lights. This is the Gear Junkie review.

Charge your iPhone on the go. Dahon facilitates “user-generated electricity” via bike riding with its to-be-released BioLogic ReeCharge device.

Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne has a new book that balances travelogue, meditation, and musings on urban policy culled from his decades looking at the world from the seat of a bike.

Give children freed from slavery or human trafficking a bike and you’re helping them move closer and closer to autonomy and independence. That’s what the 88bikes Foundation is all about.

It’s unlikely Pearl Izumi’s new jersey and bibs will make you the next Alberto Contador or Lance Armstrong. But these high-tech cycling clothes could just make you more aerodynamic on a weekend ride.

Our writer takes the Thule Boxster 611 — a lux gear box that costs $799 — on a 2,600-mile road trip test.

Mopeds, Segways and even some foldable bikes are fun to ride, but a little goofy to be seen on. To make the latter a little less so: Dahon’s new Midtown Mini.

Pity the non-track riding, fixed-gear buyer who ponies up his pennies without doing research, for he may come home with a bike with a crap wheel set, straight gauge tubes or no-name specs. Unless he buys a 2010 Kona Paddy Wagon.

An ultimate gear test: 25,742 miles on a bike. Meet Scott Stoll, the man who biked around the world.

The Scott Addict CX RC is a race-ready cyclocross bike that goes for a sky-high $6,200.

Scott designed a full-suspension mountain bike, the Genius 10, that costs as much as a used car but seems so much better.

The Timbuk2 Dolores Cooler looks like the company’s Classic messenger bag. But a waterproof interior and insulation throughout transform the bag into a cunning cooler.

The Helmet Lock is a small vinyl-wrapped cable that loops through a bike helmet vent and around a lock to secure the helmet to the bike.

Fixed-gear bikes are painfully en vogue at the present moment. And I am no innocent in perpetuating the trend. This is my review of Wabi Cycles’ excellent new line of fixies.