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The Best Holiday Greetings Are City-Sized

Some holiday wishes are just cooler than others, and this city-spanning one by Erik Trinidad beats the hell out of your dime-a-dozen greeting cards.


The Yellow Sticker That Detects Emergencies And Alerts Your Contacts

ICEdot (In Case of Emergency) is expanding on ways to make life easier for people injured or involved in accidents. It has worked with a company called SenseTech to create a tiny helmet sensor that knows when you’ve been in an accident, how severe it was, and automatically trigger your phone to call for help.


Fitmodo: Get Out Of The Gym Once In A While

I’m just going to come out and say it: screw the gym. Screw it right in the face. There is a better way to get the body you want, one that’s actually fun and that uses your brain’s reward system. Really.


Track Just The Stats You Need With Garmin Cycling Sensors

Whether you’re a prince on a hand-built Trek Madone 6 or a Pauper on a Huffy — stat tracking is the best way to improve your riding fitness. These two upcoming Garmin products will record what you need, regardless of your budget.


I Hope The Verbal Bicycle Bell Has A Curse Button

I don’t know how effective the Verbal Bicycle Bell is compared to a regular bell or your own lungs, but it claims to generate 80 decibels with its 44mm speaker. It screams “On your left!” and holds a 20-second recording.


Strapping A Portable Speaker To Your Bike Sounds A Bit Douche-y

Foxl’s tiny portable speaker is a solid piece of equipment, so it should follow that you might want to take it everywhere. So, SoundMatters went ahead and provided a Bike Bundle Kit to strap it to your bike. I’m just not sure you’d want to.


Five Seats To Save Your Penis From Your Bike

Your bike is destroying your penis. Unless you are a woman. In which case it’s destroying your vagina. There is a solution. But nobody wants to use it because it’s embarrassing. It doesn’t have to be. We’re here to help.


Bike Commuters In The Yukon Are Better Than You

According to a recent study, the Yukon has the highest number of bike commuters in North America, at 2.6 per cent. It’s one of the coldest parts of Canada. What’s your excuse, everywhere else? Too warm for ya? [Harvard Business Review]


Manly Bike Basket Holds Heavy, Manly Things

When you think “bike baskets” you probably see a flimsy decoration on the front of a beach-cruiser. The Takeout would feel more at home on an F-150 Superduty. It’s designed to carry the heavy things that matter. Like beer.


Jog.fm Suggests The Best Music For Your Workout

We’ve previously looked at creating the ultimate workout playlist, which involves calculating the beats per minute (BPM) of your music and choosing the songs that work best. Jog.fm takes the work out of that process for you by not only providing the BPM but suggesting the best music based on your average mile time.


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