Chainless Melody

The Outback Chainless Mountain Bike

Me and the wifey are doing the Commerce Bank Five Boro Bike Tour this Sunday.

The 5 Boro Bike Tour is a car-free ride through New York City and the largest recreational cycling event in America and the ultimate tour of this great biking town... The journey starts in Lower Manhattan, north through the heart of Manhattan to Central Park and up on to historic Harlem and the Bronx, returning south along the East River on the FDR Drive. From there we'll cross into Queens and then Brooklyn. The route is 42 miles, mostly flat except for the bridges.

We searched high and low for appropriate bicycle choices and ended up with a pair of smart mountain/road hybrids which seem to suit us fine. I'll blog that afterwards in order to do a complete review of the cycles we chose.

In the meatime however, I wouldn't mind having a technological tour de force like the above.

"At one time or another, we’ve all ended up with dirty duds caused by a greasy bicycle chain. The Outback Chainless Mountain Bike from Dynamic Bicycles ($750) solves that problem by using an internal gear system in the rear axle instead of a chain system. Plus, it sports all kinds of rugged features such as 13” of ground clearance and multiple climbing gears — a bit much for a simple ride to work, but then again so is a Hummer."

~via Uncrate