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We’ve had a strange winter this year, up in our part of the Great White North. To illustrate; on February 3 I went for a ride (in shorts) in the afternoon when it was around 10oC and very windy. That’s … Read More

I recently stumbled onto something called BikeGuard - https://www.myassettag.com/bike/. From their website: Every 7 seconds, a bicycle is stolen in the U.S. Thousands of bicycles are recovered by law enforcement each year, but due to a lack of identification, few … Read More

We recently announced to our newsletter subscribers that we are sponsoring the recumbent race at Overdrive Race & Relay, on October 30, 2016. If you don’t know already, this is an on- and off-road riding and running event held at … Read More

Reverse Gear is proud once again to be one of the sponsors for the HPRA Florida Challenge 2016. It’s coming up pretty soon - February 20 and 21. You can find a link to it on our Events Calendar. Presented … Read More

It sounds like a recipe for a good old-fashioned heated debate, especially on the internet, but the UK’s Guardian newspaper took a stab at identifying the 12 designs that most revolutionized cycling towards the end of last year. 12 designs … Read More

If you haven’t already heard on various bike media, a record was broken yesterday. A record that hasn’t been broken in quite a while… In 1911, a British Cycling magazine started an annual mileage challenge and track riders’ achievements. In … Read More

We have started to populate our Events Calendar for 2016 and there’s already plenty going on, particularly in February! These are a mix of races, rallies and tours that are either specifically focused on recumbents or welcome recumbents. We encourage … Read More

Generally speaking, recumbents are uncommon. I’m part of a local riding club of 100+ members and I was the first recumbent to join three-ish years ago - there are two recumbent members now! Like anything different and uncommon, often people … Read More

Our products have received a number of reviews over the years by magazines and online sources. If you’re wondering what others have said about our products, here are all of the various articles and other media we’re aware of. When … Read More

Looking for a recumbent Cyber Monday deal? From now until the end of Monday November 30 2015, use the coupon ‘cyber2015’ to receive 15% off your online order!

As newsletter subscribers already know, we made our first gift card available recently. It’s a recumbent themed design - “I BRAKE FOR UPRIGHTS”. That first card was a ‘blank’ one, meaning that it would suit any occasion and you are … Read More

I’ve seen it said that people who ride a recumbent don’t need to be protected from their bike like upright riders do, so they don’t need cycling-specific clothing. I think that’s an unfair categorization of uprights and an oversimplification of … Read More

We’re pleased to offer some combination products, particularly leading up to Christmas. These bring together some of our best sellers - Boab, Banksia and the matching shorts. Some of the sizes are limited, these are likely only short-term offers so … Read More

We’ve just found out about an opportunity to ride a race track in Ontario. Unfortunately, it’s this Sunday November 8 so this is late notice. But it’s the inaugural Overdrive Race & Relay series, held at the Canadian Tire Motorsport … Read More

Ordering clothing can be tricky, we get that. As part of our website overhaul earlier this year, we spent quite a bit of time trying to improve both the quality of our sizing information as well as the ease of … Read More

If you’ve explored our website much, you may already be aware that Reverse Gear distributes a newsletter about four times a year. This is a chance for us to share with you any recent changes or releases that you might … Read More