
Cozy Beehive Happy 2010. Do stick around next year for more cycling related velo buzz at Cozy Beehive. The blog is read in 73 languages across the world. A big thank you to you all.

In this post, we will explore the mechanics of a simple no-nonsense bicycle seatpost collar. What encourages me you ask?I was alerted to a Thomson seatpost failure at the Weightweenies forum. The item is a "Masterpiece" brand, the lighter cousin of the utilitarian "Elite"...

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This sort of character assassination between two racers is totally uncalled for, even after lets see, 5 months after the TDF. Lance and his manager continue to make clowns of themselves in front of the media. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/armstron g-slams-contadors-entourage
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Criticises Tour winner’s 'yes' men

Cozy Beehive Hey PPL. Happy New Year? What's going on over at your places in terms of celebrations? Send a word &...cheers!

DHEA (C19H28O2) is a naturally produced sex hormone in the adrenal cortex and is the most abundant steroid in the human bloodstream...

Before you go ahead, I want to take this time to wish you all a Merry Christmas. If the downward spiraling economy has taken a toll on your finances and your kids are wondering where this year's gifts are, tell them Father Santa had swine flu and is in bed rest...

Cozy Beehive Here's wishing everyone a memorable Christmas and a promising 2010 ahead. Is it just me, or do I think 2009 just flew by?

When I hear of amazing tales of bicycling injuries and recoveries, I always think 'wow, do some folks have a disproportionate amount of lucky stars stashed somewhere in their basement?' Maybe that's why I don't have so much luck...

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MIT grad student explains the Copenhagen Wheel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do3lxv_ek Uo
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MIT grad student Christine Outram was the force behind the Copenhagen Hybrid bike wheel. Here I interview her about what inspired the project and her experience in sharing the project with the mayors of the world.

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Not related to bikes but definitely to carbon fiber as a material for airplanes. Today, the Dreamliner 787 took its maiden voyage. But behind all the glitz is one of the most revolutionary leaps in the history of manufacturing. Great article here explains all that : http://www.designnews.com/article/14313- Boeing_787_Dr...eamliner_Represents_Composites_Revolutio n.php?q=787+dreamliner
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It can be easy to forget that physically challenged people often have normal or sometimes, extraordinary cardiovascular and respiratory parameters. The only specialty is that they are deficient in normal motive functions, which is where their disability even becomes apparent...

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Check this out. Bicycle Highways can become reality soon in Copenhagen. Can you image a EZ-Passes for bikes? Unimaginable in the good ol' United States unless people work for it. http://www.nytimes.com/projects/magazine /ideas/2009/#design
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, The Times Magazine looks back on the past year from our favored perch: ideas. Like a magpie building its nest, we have hunted eclectically, though not without discrimination, for noteworthy notions of ...

In a press conference yesterday open to a few handpicked journalists, it was known that the same company that brought out the AssBlend Saddle - Apologetic Technologies - now plan on launching what may be the perfect "instant fat burning" machine in the market.The whole idea behind it...

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Its certainly not inappropriate to revive old posts. If any of your readers are interested in knowing how a forensic materials engineer analyzed a failed bicycle fork, you may read this . http://cozybeehive.blogspot.com/2008/10/ easton-ec-90-slx-handlebar-failure.html
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1. Easton EC90 Equipe SLX Failure : Props to velonut for this interesting image. Our protagonist was attempting some innocent cyclocross gleefully on his single speed, and then boom came the anti climax. ...
























