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Kickstarter DaHÄNGER Dan update #4

Kickstarter DaHÄNGER Dan update #4

Look who showed up two weeks early. Only a couple of days left in the campaign and we got some great news from our US manufacturer. Our first batch of Dan's just arrived in New York and are ready to be packed. Pop quiz - How many Dan's fit in an Uber? These guys are going to be used to fulfill the US, Canada and rest of the World Kickstarter pledges. We are still waiting to figure out how many Dan's to order from our German manufacturer. As soon as the campaign is over we are going to send out...

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Kickstarter #2 DaHANGER Dan

Kickstarter #2 DaHANGER Dan

Please check out our second campaign "Dan" which was born 100% from customer feedback. http://kck.st/2lS1Ku8

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what is the best bike storage

Hang your bike or make it pay rent.

I can think of more than one reason (well, actually five reasons) why your bike deserves to sleep on a wall inside your home or garage.   1. The floor space is for living. Life is expensive and your bike is not paying any rent. Consider instead of building an addition on your house or a second garage, you could be hanging your bikes up on the wall. Saving yourself thousands of dollars, which could be used to buy more bikes :) 2. Shit happens. Bikes fall over, shit happens. The problem is, when that nice carbon fiber frame hits the edge...

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The lure of the bike that never has the right gear. Is racing single speed just stupid?

The lure of the bike that never has the right gear. Is racing single speed just stupid?

It seems to me that single speed racing is getting more and more popular these days, especially in cyclo cross events. I have been racing in this class for two years now and I think I know what's behind the lure of the bike that never has the right gear.  First you have to choose your gear and you know it's going to be wrong 99% of the time.   What gear to run was something I cared about in the beginning. I thought changing my one gear to match the course every race could make a difference. Wrong!!! The...

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