
Mountain-biker? Fed up will all those hikers getting in the way? Check this out, a bicycle horn that gives a 115 decibels sound “blast” (a car horn is 110 decibels). If that doesn’t get those hikers of the trail nothing will!
Brando via Gizmodo
Posted in Weird, Mountainbike
A new design by Tawianese designer Hsieh Jung-Ya, a windpower LED bicyclelight. The design has been awarded with Red Dot award for product design 2006. Check it out here.
Via: Backcountry.com Gearu
Posted in Light, Mountainbike
Moab based Zeal Optics presents the PPX Google. The goggles photochromatic and Acetate lens auto-adjusts to the current light levels, reducing the need to swap goggles depending on the time of day. The lens has also been given anti-fog treatment. The PPX lenses are available for two googles, the Detonator and the Aspect.
Source: Zeal Optics
Posted in Outdoor gear, Mountainbike
Part of Hydrapak’s 2007 lineup is the Tortuga, a hydration pack focusing on “chairlift sports”, from mountainbiking to wintersports. Thanks to the flat EVA shell it allows the users to sit while wearing the pack. The pack offers multiple gear pockets inside the EVA shell, compression straps, gear straps on the bottom, waist strap and adjustable sternum strap. It also features Hydrapaks “Air Chairman” back. The reservoir in the Tortuga holds 2-liters of liquids and the pack has 7-liters of storage.
Source: Hydrapak
Posted in Outdoor gear, Backpacks, Mountainbike
PinkBike has a sneak peak at TroyLeeDesigns new mountainbike helmet graphics for 2007. Check it out.
Posted in Helmets, Mountainbike
Loeka Clothing is a new mountainbike clothing brand focusing on female riders, launched at Crankworx, Whistler a few weeks ago.
Via PinkBike
Posted in Female, Clothing, Mountainbike