Random New Products (Not Tonic)

Not much of anything going on.
Actually, a great deal is happening here, but it's boring.

Here are a few new bike products that are exceptional.

Something I've picked up on is that touring bikes / racks are trendy right now. At the hand built show "Touring Bikes" out-numbered Mustaches and Man Capri Pants, combined!
They can look great, but jeez..what a rotten way to carry stuff! Especially with the fashionably flimsy bikes the racks are attached to. I've ridden a loaded bike with a 1" top tube. Surpise! What was terrible in the 70's still is.

I've done some bike touring with both panniers and a BOB trailer. The trailer wins, no question. The only thing that could beat a trailer for touring is a friend carrying everything in a car.

Anyway, bike riders tend to be a very opinionated crowd, and I'm no exception. I just love my trailer. Loved..it was stolen.

This is the most exciting bike product I've seen since the Thomson Seat Post Clamp. It's a trailer which converts to rolling luggage, has fitted bags, and can be configured as a chair and table. And has a solar panel for charging your gagets. This has to be the most deluxe article of touring equipment ever. $1100 Canadian.

The Koga Trailer.


Profile is up to some good stuff. Extra Hollow BB spindles are in the works.


A 130mm 6 speed road hub. Talk about a niche product!


Big-Dog. This is possibly one of the most frightening and amazing "product" I've ever seen. So many smart people to create something with the function of a donkey.


-L