For once… I’m speechless. The B.O.N.D. (Built of Notorious Deterrents) bicycle has a bulldozer type track, an ejector seat and a flamethrower. Yep… a flamethrower.

Bicycle designed to combat the things that most annoy the urban cyclist. Handlebar-mounted flamethrower to stop motorists overtaking too close, ejection seat to deal with bike thieves and a caterpillar track to tackle potholes and snow. The B.O.N.D (Built of Notorious Deterrents) bike will be on show at Cycle 2010 on the ilovemybike.co.uk stand

Forget a fixie. I’ll take one of these bad boys.

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Chrome has announced their Pro Series messenger bag named after one of my favorite European cities, Berlin. Built tough with over 15 years of messenger bag experience behind them, Chrome guarantees the bag for life. Yep… for life.

With over 15 years experience designing and manufacturing bags, Chrome introduces a new professional series messenger bag called the “Berlin”. The Berlin was designed from the bottom up, incorporating a completely new pattern and a functional four-point harness system. Working with professional messengers on this project for the last year has allowed Chrome to dial in all necessary features that messengers rely on. The end result; the Berlin is the best messenger bag Chrome has ever made.

• Weatherproof 1,000 denier Cordura outer shell
• 18 oz. weatherproof truck tarp liner sealed with military spec. seam binding
• New pattern allows for significantly increased capacity.
• Secondary shoulder strap with four point adjustment system for large loads
• External strap system for oversized packages
• Velcro accessory mounting strap
• EVA foam padded shoulder strap and back panel

The Berlin Pro Series messenger bag clocks in at $220 bucks… and worth it.

[ Chrome Berlin ] [ Related: Pabst Blue Ribbon & Chrome Bags ]

Pabst Blue Ribbon… a name that I knew intimately during my college years. Apparently, PBR is also very well known for their involvement in the bicycle community as well. Chrome Bags, manufacturer of elite bicycle courier and message bags has teamed up with PBR for a contest where you can win a one of a kind, Chrome Bags/Pabst Blue Ribbon messenger bag.

All you have to do is sign up to win. Good luck!

Thanks Chrome Bags. Even though you tipped me to this awesome contest, you’ve reminded me to hit up the grocery store in a bit to buy some PBR.

By Luke Anderson

Sometimes you see a new product and think, “why didn’t I think of that?” The Bikeboard is definitely not one of those products, namely because I know exactly why I haven’t thought of it. Riding a bike is fun, and people that can actually skateboard seem to think riding one is fun. However, there is nothing about either one of those activities that makes me think that doing both at the same time would be fun.

Essentially what you have here is a really lame scooter. For some reason I picture Marty McFly seeing one of these, trying to confiscate it, and then looking very confused. I can’t say I blame him, I’m still really confused as to why someone would even make this. Even more, I want to know who they think will pay 0 for one.

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