Fashion Week: The Hat

I’ll be honest – now that we all wear helmets, how does one get to wear the cool cycling hat? Do you wear it under the helmet? Do you be a rebel and just wear the hat? I guess tomorrow I’ll shovel a cycling hat UNDER the helmet and see how that works out. I…

SIDI Shoes

Fashion Week: Shoes

I personally love cycling shoes. The blog post lovingly detailing my new s-works is proof of that. But not everyone wants to wear the sleek, sexy cycling shoe of SIDI or Specialized or whatever brand you prefer. Not to mention that it can suck to walk in cycling shoes. Yet you still want the ability…

Fashion Week: Helmets

Welcome to the kick off of Thrown Chain’s cycling FASHION WEEK! Ironically, I am a pretty UNfashionable person, but even I get sucked into fashion decision considerations. So! Who said helmets have to be dorky and lame? Helmets can be sexy! YAKKAY (in Denmark, hence the weird company name) sells helmets that don’t even look…

Fashion Week: Precursor

So Fashion Week here on Thrown Chain hasn’t yet officially started, as no one should be online during a three day weekend. Therefore, if you need a quick smile, here are two cycling fashion related posts on one of the best sites on the interweb, The Onion. Cyclist Friend Explains Necessity Of $35 Socks “Throughout…

Seven problems you can’t hear or feel

Bicycling.com article that is reposted below I really liked this article so I wanted to re-post. Think they missed anything?? Here are seven parts of your bike that should never be out of sight or out of mind. 1) Smooth Brake Pads What You See: It’s what you don’t see–the small grooves in your pads…