Guide to Kid Bike Sizes

Children's bike sizes are determined by wheel diameter, not seat height and frame size as is the case with adult bicycles. The chart below should help you narrow your search, but it is not a substitute for an expert helping you find a bike that is most suitable. A critical factor is the brakes.

2011 Schwinn Madison Fixie

Schwinn offers two different models of the 2011 Madison fixed. One which we refer to as your basic model, and the other a retro theme.

Going retro can be a hit or miss, but the 2011 Schwinn Madison seems to pull it off with its white, purple and yellow colorways, a vintage styled Schwinn logo with a strike through, and bullhorn handlebar.

Cervelo RS Road Bike

Bike Setup:
Full Dura Ace 7800 apart from an Ultegra cluster, DA or Kysrium wheels, Deda carbon post, Selle Italia Turbo 4 saddle (the best ever, now regrettably no longer made).

Favorite Ride:
Local Hills

Summary:
I bought this as a training frameset in 2009 (frame is 2008 and cost is for that alone in US dollars). What appealed was the reasonable cost, the stable geometry and promise of comfort for longer rides.

The RS has met all my expectations. It is laterally very stiff, particularly the chainstays and bottom bracket, yet horizontally compliant and so very comfortable.

Rose Mr Ride (custom build)

Rose's Mr Ride 29er has it all in terms of component value and low weight, and the basic geometry is sound if you get the right size for your sort of riding. The brutal bluntness of the oversized frame tubes makes it a boneshaker on longer rides and less than buff trails, though.

Ride & handling: Stable, safe, burly

Cannondale Road Bike 2011 Release

Cannondale debuted their UK road range this week down on the, er, sunny South Coast. Over the years Cannondale have built up a reputation for engineering innovation and the canny ability to trickle high end winners down the price ranges as fast as possible, top end kit at not such top end prices… should be a winning formula for hard times. Among the 2011 highlights on display were a budget-friendly version of the award winning Super Six (well, relatively) and an all-new CAAD 10 performance aluminium frame pitched squarely against the budget end of the carbon bike market.

Bicycle Size Guide

This chart is a guide only and does not take into account personal flexibility, injuries,
range of motion or personal riding style. To determine correct inseam measurement
stand with your back to a wall, your bare feet approx 150mm apart.

NEW ARRIVAL: XDS A8 (foldable bike)

New arrival off folding bike from XDS, more powerfull, more stylist, and easy to move with this bike.

Specifications:

How to Use Bicycle Gears?

Most bikes these days come with 18spd (front 3 x rear gear 6spd) or 21spd (front 3 x rear gear 7spd). However, this doesn’t mean you have an unusable gears. Most USJ Cycles’ customers get confused by all of the gear combinations available.

Scratch Air Downhill Bike

Trek’s Scratch bikes have been refocused for 2011, which means their hefty coil-sprung model has given up any pretence of being a trail bike, shifting to a single ring and fixed 180mm-travel (7.1in) fork. The Air, meanwhile, is pitched as a ‘light’ freeride bike that’ll climb without much grumbling.

Ride & handling: A ‘light’ freeride bike with secret climbing powers

The Scratch Air’s regular Fox RP23 shock doesn’t have the two-stage magic of the DRCV model found on Trek’s popular Remedy but since it has 20mm (0.8in) more travel, we didn’t particularly miss the feature. Set the back end up with a decent amount of sag and the Scratch Air settles back on its haunches, ready to take on pretty much anything.

It’s poised on steep, technical stuff but light enough to be chucked around. The surprise comes when you have to pedal back up. A bike in the 13.6kg (30lb) range is never going to keep pace with a 11.6kg (26lb) trail bike, but the Scratch Air puts in a decent showing.

That’s mainly thanks to the steep seat angle – in the saddle, your weight’s pushed forward, helping to keep the front end in line, and there’s always the TALAS fork’s 120mm (4.7in) travel setting if you need it. Yes, you’re hindered by the short cockpit, but it’s not meant to be fast uphill – just to get there, which it does well.

We rode a coil-sprung Scratch back-to-back with the Air, and while the heavier, slacker bike is an excellent park weapon, the Air isn’t far off it and is considerably more versatile. For lift-free areas, the Scratch Air 9 makes a lot of sense.

Frame & equipment: Versatile chassis plus decent finishing kit

Trek use the same Alpha Red aluminium frame on the Scratch Air and burlier coil-sprung Scratch – both have 170mm (6.7in) of rear travel, but the Air ends up with slightly steeper angles thanks to its shorter fork. Trek’s adjustable Mino Link lets you alter the head angle by 0.5 degrees and the bottom bracket height by 7mm, though.

Up front, you’ll find a tapered E2 head tube and under the down tube is a polymer guard to reduce the potential for rock strike damage. Out back, you’ll find the same Active Braking Pivot rear end as Trek’s other full-suspension bikes. The Scratch takes a 142x12mm rear wheel, but you can convert it to use a 135x12 if you prefer.

With the introduction of 10-speed cassettes, 2x10 drivetrains have come into their own. Shimano XT transmission is dominant throughout here and the 11-36T cassette is teamed with a Race Face Atlas 24/36 chainset to deliver a useful range.

The wheel package consists of DT Swiss E2000 wheels shod with 2.35in Bontrager XR4 tyres. Finishing kit is mostly Bontrager too, with an adjustable CrankBrothers Joplin seatpost adding to the bike’s ready-for-anything feel.

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1941 Schwinn | Liberty Autocycle

This 1941 Schwinn Super Deluxe Autocycle belongs to Drew Rollins. He found it at a local farm auction and restored it to the glory you see now.

Let's Try Google Bikes

Google extend their designs to customers needing something as unique as they are. Case in point, they outfitted Google with a fleet of bikes that Googlers use to cruise from building to building at the Googleplex in Mountain View, California.

Calfee Tandem Bicycles

When only the best will do, then Calfee is your choice. Think of these bikes as the Ferraris of the tandem world: gorgeous speed demons that might just earn you a speeding ticket if you're not careful!

Fixie Bike Spesification

This fixie bikes are built around steel track frame core. Great geometry, drop out frame, straight blade forks and flip-flop hub, and just 23lbs are just some of highlights. Designed for recreational riding our bikes make for great work or school commuters, townie or bar hopper. Sleek looks with solid dependable components make this bike a stand out from the others. On top of that our customization options and exceptional price make our bikes a no brainier when it comes to value. Take a look at what we have to offer.

Cycling Shoes

If you want to ride comfortably and efficiently you need to own a pair of cycling specific shoes, you probably already know this if you have been doing a lot of cycling. The big problem is to work out which cycling shoes are correct for you and the form of cycling that you choose to take part in.

Which Shoes Should I Buy?

The first answer is easy, there are specific biking shoes for each different discipline; from mountain biking to road shoes, track and spinning. There are even shoes that are specificly designed to keep your feet warm in the winter.

A word to women’s cycling shoes

Taking the 'Bond bike' for a spin in the snow

Britain's Environmental Transport Association (ETA) have taken advantage of the early winter snow to demonstrate their caterpillar track-driven snow bike.

Giant Reign

Giant’s Reign has been evolving for years now, generally getting both lighter and slacker with each passing season. The 2011 version is no exception. What’s more, it receives a tapered-steerer-compatible Overdrive head tube that’s raked out by 1.5° compared to the 2010 bike.

Ride & handling: Stiff and light but rear suspension never gave the performance we expected

Cannondale SuperX SRAM Rival

While many cyclo-cross bikes are pure performance machines meant for an hour-long lung-searing event, Cannondale's SuperX is a proven winner that also offers a surprisingly smooth and comfortable ride. It's just a shame the price is so high.