Ok, so with all the clothing companies out there, you'd think that we'd be all dialed in for new gear and designs. Well this new garment isn't coming to you from a clothing company, but rather from a Messenger Bag company that happens to know a few things about fashion too.

Chrome is the manufacturer of some of the most in demand courier bags on the market. With all this time spend flying around the streets of all major cities, their clientelle was in need of some user specific functional, fashionable wear for during and apres work. Enter the SHINS.

With Halloween just behind us, most of you are probably sick of Bottle Rockets. However this is no ordinary bottle rocket. This is a 5.5 inch travel free ride/ slope style bike, called the Bottle Rocket. A bike built for new school trails where stunts are big and smooth , but you may need to pedal up to the trail head. The Bottle Rocket is built by the rider owned Transition Bicycle Company based out of Ferndale Washington in the U.S.A.

Lets set the scene first. 120 degree heat, zero shade and all you have to drink is near boiling hot Citrus Fruit Cytomax. Not a good picture right? Now how long would you put up with that just to ride a bicycle? Apparently not as long as me. I spent one and a half hours working on my sunstroke just to pedal a bicycle down a hill, does that sound desperate? Yes, but thats something I need to work on down the road.

So what else do you want in a set of wheels?

This is Mavic - Deemax UST (Tubeless): you know, those yellow wheels.

These bright wheels have been around for a while and Mavic even tried to tone it down by going to silver for a year, but that was short lived-the yellow lives on! Lets see how they faired to a year in the court room.

Cane Creek Comes To the Gun Show With Both Barrels' Blazing!


The Double Barrel shock has been around for a few years now and is manufactured to be a high end aftermarket item for your bike. Cane Creek partnered with Olhins Racing who have been involved with Nascar, Formula One and Motocross to bring the Double Barrel to the market and offer something extra for the rider looking for a no compromise high performance shock to take their ride to the next level.