Studded Tires for Winter Bike Riding

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Ben

Last night while riding home from work, I couldn’t help but wonder how much help my studded tires really were giving. Sure, I wasn’t slipping, but I still took corners pretty slowly, never leaning into them, and rutted up snow still pushed me around a bit.

Bianchi: 125 years of cycling excellence

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Ben

Here at Budget Bicycle Center, we have always embraced history. We love looking back at the development of bicycle technology and where it will take us into the future. While we have the pleasure of working with several companies with a great and storied history, none is so respite with heritage, palmarès, and innovation as Bianchi.

c.1915 American Crescent Bicycle

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Ben

Western Wheel Works was founded in Chicago around 1890 by Chicago Immigrant Adolf Shoeninger. His mass production practices learned from Albert Agustus Pope and Columbia bicycles helped Wheel Works keep costs down and profits high.

Winter Bike Riding | Tips & Tricks

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Ben

Winter. The season of snow, ice, wind, visible breath, and numb fingers. For many, this is the time of year that bikes come inside and are pedaled on a trainer, or worse yet, simply hung up until the spring thaw. For some, its a time to cross-train on skis or snowshoes. For others, a time to pound out as many trainer miles as they can tolerate.

Bicycle Poster Background

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Ben

One of the great commercial marriages of the late nineteenth century was the development of the bicycle alongside the development of the multi color poster. While both inventions had international appeal, their foundations were provided in France. Artist Jules Chéret developed a process of overlapping color fields to create vibrant, multi-tonal works...

Your Local Bike Shop in Madison

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Ben

Our cult is an eclectic one. Spandex wearing roadies, flocks of gear-hound one-upsmen. College students on rusty Huffys with flat tires, riding through red lights, blissfully unaware of the fact that they almost just died.