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Mia Birk's Palmetto Joyride

nathaniel@ttrbikes.com — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:26:33 +0100

Mia Birk is coming to Greenville!

Bike transportation expert and advocate extraordinaire Mia Birk will be in Greenville on September 9th. Details are at the Palmetto Conservation Foundation and the Palmetto Cycling Coalition.

As Portland, OR's Bicycle Program Manager from 1993-1999, Mia oversaw the beginning of Portland's transformation iRead More...

Breezer Uptown Infinity - Infinite Best

nathaniel@ttrbikes.com — Mon, 09 May 2011 16:04:36 +0100

For the fourth year in a row, a Breezer Uptown has been named the 2011 Bicycling Magazine Editor's Choice in the Commuter Bike category. This time around, the accolade goes to the new Uptown Infinity. You can read about Breezer's reaction to the honor here.

We've been huge fans of the Breexer uptown ever since our expansion intRead More...

Bikeville's Commuter Challenge

nathaniel@ttrbikes.com — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:45:57 +0100

May is National Bike Month, and Bikeville—Greenville's Bicycle Friendly Community initiative—is stepping it up this year with several noteworthy events. There's a full slate of events and activities, which you can see here, but TTR Bikes wants to highlight one in particular: the Commuter Challenge. IfRead More...

Showers Pass in stock now

nathaniel@ttrbikes.com — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:27:32 +0100

TTR is pleased to be carrying Showers Pass foul weather gear. Know an all-weather cyclist? If you're reading this, odds are the answer is yes. It may be a little bit late for a Christmas gift, buy hey, it's going to be nasty outside for a few more months yet—check out the Showers Pass line.

Showers Pass is headquartered in Portland and has its roots in NoRead More...

Sweet Ash Baskets

nathaniel@ttrbikes.com — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:46:40 +0100

These baskets from Peterboro Basket Company are one of my favorites from Interbike . . . I liked them so much I had to get them in the shop. They're hand-woven in New Hampshire, using Appalachian ash. They have a really satisfying crafty feel—the fasteners are copper and the whole line is available in a variety of finishes, sRead More...

Go more a-roving.

nathaniel@ttrbikes.com — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:24:03 +0100

"TTR" does not stand for TerraTrike Rover, but you'd never know it from the number of calls we've gotten about it while the trike enthusiasts out there awaited its launch. It's here now, in the 8-speed flavor, which retails for $999. The 3-speed version will sell for $799. The rover sits considerably higher than the average tadpole tRead More...

Active Transportation

nathaniel@ttrbikes.com — Sat, 29 May 2010 04:09:55 +0100

Bike Month is winding down, and this year it's been a fun opportunity to raise awareness and gain momentum for the future, particularly since we celebrated here by opening the Swamp Rabbit Trail and—thanks to some forward-thinking city council members—by keeping some bike infrastructure projects in the city's 2010 budget. There was even a Critical Mass ride this evening, which was a great chance to get out there and see a nice mix of faces both familiar and new (picturesRead More...

Local advocacy and the Bike of the Week

nathaniel@ttrbikes.com — Sun, 09 May 2010 02:32:23 +0100

I've been wanting to do a Bike of the Week feature for a while, so I thought that Bike Month would be a good time to start. Sometimes it will be a bike that we sell or build, sometimes it will be a customer's bike, and sometimes it will be just whatever shiny object catches my attention that day. Here's the first one:

This is Donald's bikeRead More...

Breezer wins again, again

nathaniel@ttrbikes.com — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:19:14 +0100

For the third consecutive year, a bike from Breezer's City series was named Bicycling Magazine's Editors' Choice for best commuter. Two years ago it was the Villager, this year, like last year, it's the Uptown 8.

These bikes are real sleepers. They don't use eycatching baubles and bling. They don't use aggressRead More...

(At least) two interests collide

nathaniel@ttrbikes.com — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:04:27 +0100

I mean, you'd probably at least want a rack on it if it was going to be your everyday ride, but still . . . not bad.

via Hacked IRL.

The commute was a mite chilly today.

nathaniel@ttrbikes.com — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:46:19 +0100

In case I get lost on my way to work...

nathaniel@ttrbikes.com — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:54:01 +0100

... now there's a sign that'll help me get back on track. It could happen. Seriously.

The sign is tight, no?

A post on Streetsblog pulls together some ideas on why we need to move those bodies.

A lot of this resonates with me, given my experience as a bike commuter. When I started riding to work I noticed that I was fresher & sharper on days when I rode. Now that I riRead More...

You say bam, I say boo...

nathaniel@ttrbikes.com — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Bamboo bikes have gotten a lot of attention in the last couple of years. Craig Calfee's bamboo artistry has received accolades like the People's Choice Award from the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, among others. There are several enterprising builders out there who are exploring nontraditional materials and experimenting with ways to use more sustainable materials in the production process.

Paris still loves Velib, and Velib loves Schwalbe tires.

nathaniel@ttrbikes.com — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:34:44 +0100

Here are some interesting numbers from the second annual survey of the users of Velib, the Parisian bike-sharing initiative. 27% of Velib subscribers use the service as their primary transportation. Wow. Courtesy of The Bike-Sharing Blog, which is run by MetroBike, LLC, a transportation consultancy that specializes in bike-share programs. Their site links to initiatives of that kind worldwide, wRead More...

Links. Just links.

nathaniel@ttrbikes.com — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:33:02 +0100

The BBC covers the prisoners' Tour de France. No "solo escape" jokes, please.

James @ Bicycle Design shows us an intriguing concept commuter bike from a UK design student. I like the integrated 360-degree-visible lighting.

Other than the fact that she is a "human person"—thanks for filling us in there, Chuck—NY's senior senator tells us something else of interest about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Via DC Bike Examiner.

New bags.

nathaniel@ttrbikes.com — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:29:01 +0100

We've got new bags in stock. Lots.

We just got big new shipments from Ortlieb and Detours. We've got a good selection of Ortlieb's touring panniers in stock, and we are now carrying some of their city/lifestyle bags. New to us are the Bike-Shopper, Velocity, and the Zip-City messenger bag. All of these bags have the same attributes as the touring panniers—they are 100% waterproof, feature smart thoughtful design, super-tough construction, and the induRead More...

Breezer wins again.

nathaniel@ttrbikes.com — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:43:08 +0100

For the second year in a row, a Breezer was named Bicycling magazine's editor's choice for the best commuter bike. It was the Villager last year, and this year it's the Uptown 8.

http://www.bicycling.com/editorschoice09_commuter/slide7.html

The writeup in the dead-tree version nailed the best points of the Breezers—they're designed from the ground up to be transportation bikes and they handle like nothing else in the category.

We have the new Uptown 8s in sRead More...

Reason 1,180 why . . .

nathaniel@ttrbikes.com — Sat, 09 May 2009 03:49:44 +0100

. . . I love commuting by bike.

On my regular route to work I pass a little knick-knack shop in San Souci. It's one of those sweet little brick storefronts in a neighborhood that has seen better days but is charming nonetheless. While I was riding by I saw this:

For anyone without a magnifyinRead More...