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Rudy Project Rydon II Sport Sunglasses
The Rydon II Sport sunglasses from Rudy Project are a stylish lightweight design that is great for cycling, running or just casual wear.
Rudy Project Rydon II Sport White Pearl With Ls.blue Racing Red Lenses
Rudy Project has re-engineered their Rydon profile with a smaller eye shape for reduced geometric wraparound. Loaded with all the Rydon features, the Rydon II offers a sleek and comfortable look for performance seekers with smaller faces. Unifying seamlessly advanced design technology and materials science, the Rydon II blends cutting-edge ergonomic features with advanced materials to create a super-lightweight, versatile, high performance and elegant sunglass.
In addition to the variety of Rydon II frame styles/colors, there is a lens for everything.
- Rudy Project Polycarbonate RP Optics lenses provide 100% UVA/UVB protection and a CONTRAST LENS is best to enhance depth perception and color while a NEUTRAL LENS is best to give you the darkest coverage possible.
- Rudy Project’s ImpactX™ Photochromic Lens Technology represents the most advanced solution for vision protection in the sunglass market… (+ 100% UVA/UVB Protection)
- Rudy Project’s Polar 3FX Polarized Lens Technology contains unique light absorption molecular properties to enhance contrast and depth perception… (+ 100% UVA/UVB Protection)
- Rudy Project’s Polarized ImpactX™ Photochromic Lens Technology represents the most advanced solution for vision protection in the sunglass market… (+ 100% UVA/UVB Protection)
With additional lenses you can customize your Rydon II glasses and have a high quality lens for any weather/lighting condition. And new from Rudy Project; you can further customize your Rydon II‘s with temple tips and nose tabs available in assorted colors.
Bike Score arrives, analyzing the most bike-friendly cities
(GeekWire - May 14, 2012) You’ve heard of Walk Score, which assigns a ranking of 0 to 100 to homes and apartments based on how close they are to schools, transit, restaurants and more. Now, the folks behind that Seattle startup are rolling out the much-anticipated companion to that service: Bike Score.
Like the name suggests, Bike Score rates the bikeability of cities based on factors such as bike lanes, hilliness, road connectivity, nearby amenities, and the percent of people in that area who bike to work.
“For this release, we’re showing bikeability maps of cities and the overall city score but didn’t add the functionality yet to look up individual address scores,” said Walk Score’s Matt Lerner. The new Bike Score functionality is available in 10 cities in the U.S. and 10 in Canada. As part of the new offering, Bike Score has rated each of those cities. Those with scores of 70 or higher are considered “very bikeable,” while scores of 50 to 69 are “bikeable.”
The new service comes four months after Walk Score raised $2 million from a group of Seattle angels that included former Amazon.com CTO Shel Kaphan, former Facebook general counsel Rudy Gadre, entrepreneur Edward Yim and others.
Here’s a look at the top 10 cities for biking in the U.S.
1. Minneapolis (Bike Score: 79)
2. Portland (Bike Score: 70)
3. San Francisco (Bike Score: 70)
4. Boston (Bike Score: 68)
5. Madison (Bike Score: 67)
6. Washington, D.C. (Bike Score: 65)
7. Seattle (Bike Score: 64)
8. Tucson (Bike Score: 64)
9. New York (Bike Score: 62)
10. Chicago (Bike Score: 62)
Broken Bike campaign supports MS
NEW YORK — The Broken Bike campaign has kicked off in Albany, as well as other regions upstate. It’s part of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society of Upstate New York’s effort to raise awareness and support for the deadly disease.
These broken orange bikes are being placed at 15 upstate locations to promote three bike events the society is hosting. The project will help raise funds for the Capital Region’s Hudson River Ramble.
It also helps fund Rochester’s Finger Lake Challenge and Buffalo’s Head for the Hills event.
Event organizers said everyone is welcome to participate.
“The course themselves are rolling hills, it’s not just for the experienced rider, there’s definitely opportunities for the novice rider who wants to enjoy a beautiful ride,” said campaign manager Alyssa Shoup.
The Capital Region’s Hudson River Ramble will take place on September 22nd in Schodack.
The MS Society hopes to raise more than $65,000 at the bike events. The organization said that in Albany County alone, there are more than 580 people living with MS.
via Broken Bike campaign supports MS – YNN, Your News Now.
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10 Worst Mistakes to Make Winter Riding
We’ve all done it: overestimated the temperature outside, hammered up a climb in the cold only to freeze in our own sweat on the descent, put on that extra pair of socks in an attempt to keep feet warm only to have all blood circulation cut off from the tight fit, accidentally stayed out after the sun had dipped below the horizon. There are hundreds of ways to mess up a winter ride with more dire consequences in the winter than the summer.
There are a few classic mistakes, that when avoided, can greatly enhance a winter riding experience. This is by no means an exhaustive list of things that can go wrong, and each point has a dozen variations, but the next time you’re at the top of a climb thinking that you’re plenty warm and don’t pause to put a jacket on for the descent, think again…
Read the full article here: 10 Worst Mistakes to Make Winter Riding.
