by Mike Hammer | Oct 2, 2014 | Events, Featured, LA, News, Sports
Members of the 1964 Staten Island Little League World Series Team and Downtown Alliance President Jessica Lapin at the 50th Anniversary Ceremony. Photo: Courtesy of Jocelyn Alas In a time when the morale of New York City was low due to a disappointing loss by both the...
by Mike Hammer | Sep 24, 2014 | Sports
Boca Bearings Bike Bearing Installer The recent trend of oversized bottom brackets on the road bike has been both a blessing and a curse to road bike riders of the present day. Bikes of the 90’s had virtually two choices: English thread or Italian thread (the...
by John Capobianco | Sep 17, 2014 | Featured, Fitness, Health, Sports
Photography: Courtesy of the JLVelo Recently the staff at DOWNTOWN decided to create a cycling kit (jersey/shorts) to advertise our magazine and sponsors. Inherently, I was given the assignment of selecting a company to design, engineer, and manufacture the outfit. It...
by John Capobianco | Sep 15, 2014 | Featured, Sports
When shopping for equipment and accessories, many cyclists tend to believe that if the item is expensive, then it must be quality. If you are shopping for a new pair of cycling shoes and subscribe to this philosophy, you will fail to notice the Bontrager RL Visibility...
by John Capobianco | Aug 29, 2014 | Sports
The competitive world of bike shops in New York City has recently witnessed the rise of a small shop in the West Village. Established in 2009, Echelon Cycles is co-owned by Daniel DeNigris and Pablo D. Castro. Together their goal is to offer a full service bike shop...
by John Capobianco | Aug 21, 2014 | Sports, Technology
[slideshow_deploy id=’54249′] Reynolds Aero 58 wheel set was voted 2013 Wheel of the Year by Triradar.com. Regardless of whether you agree with the award or not, the true test of any wheel is determined by the cyclist riding the wheels. I recently had the...
