Haiku Reviews #10: Specialized BG Pro Carbon MTB Shoes

Cyclocross from the Bottom Up

Fleet-footed Hermes
Leaps barriers on carbon lasts
Puke rolls off the uppers

More about the Specialized Pro Carbon shoe here.

Haiku Reviews #8: The Manitou Black

Suspended Disbelief

The sparrow needs not
The wings of a swift eagle
And never needs adjustment


More on the Manitou Black here.

Haiku Reviews #8: DeFeet socks

Price Based On Relative Ugliness

Comfy and clever
You are faithful and bomb-proof
Even stink-bomb-proof

More on DeFeet cycling socks here.

Haiku Reviews #8: The Adidas Minnret

Hate The Redesign

He rides in queer shoes
Little black ballet slippers
When will winter come?

More on the Adidas Minnret here.

Haiku Reviews #7: Peace Coffee

Like Singletrack for Your Heart

Black loamy earth dirt
Bike-delivered beans for souls
A hot cup runs deep


More about Peace Coffee Here

Haiku Reviews #7: Showers Pass Elite jacket

Probably the Greatest Cycling Rain Gear Ever Devised

A great lover, rain
Dry kisses on his shoulder
Warm breath envelope

More on the Shower's Pass Elite

Haiku Reviews #6: Crank Brothers Power Pump

Lighter Than Compressed Air
Small light wonder tool
Breathes summer wind into tires
Goodbye cylinders


More on the Crank Brothers Power Pump here.

Haiku Reviews #5: The Masi Speciale Fixe

The Perfect Paint Job
An orange flashing streak
White cloud hangs in a window
She loves her track bike

Haiku Reviews #4: The Giro Atmos

Possibly Too Euro

Summer wind flows in
Less helmet is more money?
Each vent costs six bucks

More about the Giro Atmos here.

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Haiku Reviews #3: Velo-Orange Chaincase

Chainring Armor

You wear a helmet.
Why is your drivetrain naked
even in winter?

More about the Velo-Orange Porteur Chaincase here.

Haiku Reviews #2: The Down Low Glow

The Buffer Zone

A pool of green spreads
Under moonlit bike
It's car repellant


More about the Down Low Glow bike lights here

Haiku Review #1: The Swobo Folsom

We hereby introduce a useful new feature we know you'll appreciate: Short and to-the-point product reviews written in classical Haiku style. Feel free to submit your own reviews, we'll publish them if we like them. But they MUST adhere to Haiku style (5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables. Must include a reference to season, doh!) and they must refer to a product or service of interest to the genteel cyclists of Pinch Flat News.

The Opposite of Prison Blues

Black hooks on hot tar
A derby bike and cocktails
My coaster-brake smile


More on Swobo bikes, here.