Another one of those marketing e-mails from Taiwan. This one from Linearity. A taillight with turn signals.

Seems like turn signals on a bike couldn’t work because of the close spacing. Plus, given  the bike’s position on the road a turn signal would give a car driver enough information to confuse but not enough information to act on.

This one, though, almost looks feasible. The curve on the lens and the sequence of the flashes might inform.

(Not going to pursue this for the catalog, I just think it is interesting)

Tags: lights

Website Bike Review reports that the Vans shoe company is coming out with a special Brooks edition shoe in saddle-matching leather. I don’t know anything else about them, except that they look pretty nice.

(The Swift saddle with some sort of pattern in the leather is new to me too.)

Tags: shoes

The Brooks saddle company has undergone a reniassence in the last decade. Steven Green, from Brooks, talks with the host of “The Bike Show” in this podcast. Steven talks about sourcing leather, The Sturmey Archer crises, life with Selle Royal, making saddles, and the future of Brooks. I learned quite a bit.

Tags: history, interview

More pictures from the Brooks factory have been posted by Maurice, in a story on the Dirt Rag magazine blog. Rivet pounding and saddle buffing are of interest.

Tags: Brooks, factory